Grandma, 72, shoots at intruder, misses in Calif.

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STANTON, Calif. (AP) — A 72-year-old Southern California grandmother who shot at — and narrowly missed — a man trying to break into her home said Tuesday she was shocked at the attention her action was getting but does not regret defending herself and her husband, an 85-year-old World War II veteran who uses a wheelchair.

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[U201491]

Lets pay for a good lesson for gma in sight alignment

next time she'll save the courts time and money.

 

[Burt Gummer]

What is with these idiot criminals?

1. Someone is home.

2. Dog

Aren't there poorly lit, unoccupied, easy-target homes everywhere? What happened to criminals casing a house to figure out when you are not home, etc?

Now these meth heads really don't give a damn. They select a house to break into and just go for it whether the lights are on, TV on, you are clearly home. I've seen stories where the homeowner is yelling "I have a gun" and the perp still is trying to get it via a door or window.

I mean come on! Do these drugs just really turn you into a zombie where you can't even figure out risk/reward at all?

Really bad move nowadays as millions of smarter citizens have decided to take steps toward their own security in the last couple years (skyrocketing gun sales).

 

[Stomper]

Zombies... Drugs, mixed with shallow end genetics... It'd be like going to the carnival and shooting the target ducks traversing about.

Some of those dolts actually believe they have tiger blood in their veins...

 

[drew]

What is with these idiot criminals?

1. Someone is home.

2. Dog

Aren't there poorly lit, unoccupied, easy-target homes everywhere? What happened to criminals casing a house to figure out when you are not home, etc?

Now these meth heads really don't give a damn. They select a house to break into and just go for it whether the lights are on, TV on, you are clearly home. I've seen stories where the homeowner is yelling "I have a gun" and the perp still is trying to get it via a door or window.

I mean come on! Do these drugs just really turn you into a zombie where you can't even figure out risk/reward at all?

Really bad move nowadays as millions of smarter citizens have decided to take steps toward their own security in the last couple years (skyrocketing gun sales).

I think smarter criminals are the ones who aren't getting shot or caught. Probably not strung out on meth either. This guy sounds pretty stupid.

 

[U201491]

What is with these idiot criminals?

I mean come on! Do these drugs just really turn you into a zombie where you can't even figure out risk/reward at all?
.

Actually, yes it's that bad.

 

[U201491]

The only comment in the article that angered me is "the gun was properly registered"
That is something no good citizen should ever have to do.
That was like the screech of fingernails across a chalkboard.