One old lady against 4 young men.... fun read

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bookkie

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Don't know if this is true or not, but it did hit my fancy bone.

I thought you might like this.


Car jacking Foiled: An elderly lady did her shopping and upon return found 4 males in her car. She dropped her shopping bags
and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her voice that she knows how to use it and that she will if
required... so get out of the car! The 4 men didn't wait around for a second invitation but got out and ran like mad, where upon the lady proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the drivers seat.

Small problem: her key wouldn't fit the ignition. Her car was identical and parked four or five spaces further down. She
reloaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The sergeant that she told the story to nearly tore himself in
two with laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter where 4 pale white males were reporting a car jacking by a mad
elderly white woman...no charges were filed.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I don't give a damn if it isn't true, it's funny! Make my day you little punks, do you feel lucky. Grannies got a gun, now if she can just remember where she put the bullits! Thanks for the laugh Bookkie!
 
It would be even cooler if it was like a flintlock or something. :D
 
Guys, think about this for a minute. What if these were four clean cut young lads from the high school football team sitting in their car, minding their own business. Would'nt have been very funny if granny had opened fire.
 
mickthenailer

In a free society such as ours it is expected that every citizen apply appropriate force when faced with criminal activity. If inappropriate force is applied the citizen should then face criminal charges. The elderly lady applied proper force in the perceived theft. Had it been a real theft, blazing away with her firearm would have been criminal unless they escalated the situation.

Disclaimer: This of course should not be mistaken for actual legal advice. It is purely the opinion of the author. Any similarity between those living or dead are purely coincidental. ;)


[This message has been edited by gRAVEdgN (edited September 27, 2000).]
 
bookkie,

I have seen this reported in a few other forums, in slightly different forms, and slightly different cast of characters.

IMHO, it is an urban myth. But even myths may spring from an actual incident.

To me, the most valuable thing about this story is the lesson it can teach a wise person. You have a duty to be ABSOLUTELY sure of what is going on before you pull a weapon on another person.

Frosty
 
Mickthenailer

In my experience the "clean cut" athletes are the exact kind of people who are most likely to be out doing that kind of crap. They only time I have had to pull a firearm out in self defense was against a mob of 20-30 "clean cut" athletes who were terrorizing the town and throwing rocks at people from their cars.

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The Alcove

I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist

The Bill of Rights is a document of brilliance, a document of wisdom, and it is the ultimate law, spoken or not, for the very concept of a society that holds liberty above the desire for ever greater power. -Me
 
Thanks Fprice.... I figured it was... Thought it was funny as a joke anyway.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
Watch that 'old lady' crap.... Some thing like that did happen to my mother once, back in about 1980, when she wasn't even fifty yet.

She was at the local grocery store and went out to her car (1972 brown, tan vinyl top Olds 98). Got in, started it up, pulled to the front of the store to load the groceries (this was in the day when shopping carts were not allowed in parking lots and the attendant loaded the car for you in the pick-up lane). As she reached over to hand the attendant the claim check, she noticed a raincoat folded across the passenger seat back. Hmmm, that's not my raincoat she thinks, and then looks around the inside of the car and, yep, wrong car! :eek: Mom's car and this one were absolutely identical, and even the ignition key worked! Mom's car was parked three spots down from this one.

I can't believe she told us about it when she got home. We teased her unmercifully for a long time after that! 'Hey Mom, was that other car in (better shape/cleaner/fewer miles/etc.) than yours?' and other like comments. We still laugh about it when we think of it. Poor mom! :D
 
It can happen to anyone - honest.
I was staying at a hotel for a week (fly in, rent a car, do the seminar) and at the end of one day I parked the car at the hotel, ran inside to change and came back out in a hurry to go meet some people. I hopped back in the car and became frustrated because the iginition key didn't work. I was about to reach for the glove compartment for the rental agency # when I realized there was an open briefcase on the seat next to me. It wasn't mine, and the top sheet of paper was about a parole case. Reality set in and I jumped out of the car NOW seeing my similar rental car next to this one.
After a couple of beer with the Austin guys it seemed more funny than serious.
 
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