> Thought you'd enjoy this. The lighter side of the debate that's been going > on. Don't mess with granny! Maybe we need to keep them out of the hands of little old women over 70 (and children, of course)! > An elderly lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found > four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. > She dropped her shopping bags, drew her handgun and proceeded to scream at > them at the top of her voice, "I have a gun and I know how to use it! Get > out of the car you scumbags!" > > The four men didn't wait for a second invitation but got out and ran like > mad. Whereupon the lady, somewhat shaken, proceeded to load her shopping > bags into the back of the car and get into the driver's seat. > > She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She > tried and tried, to no avail. And then it dawned on her why. A few minutes > later > she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down. > > She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The > sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with > laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale > white males > were reporting a car jacking by a mad elderly woman described as white, > less > than 5' tall, glasses, and curly white hair, carrying a large handgun. > > No charges were filed. > >