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tawadi

(2,110 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:58 AM Jul 2012

Gun-toting 89-year-old SC widow scares burglars

BLENHEIM, S.C. (AP) -

An 89-year-old South Carolina widow surprised and chased off two burglars who broke into her home by using a fully-loaded .38 caliber pistol she pulled from under her mattress.

Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight said he arrived at Ruby Hodge's home Monday morning after she'd used her lifeline emergency device to call authorities.

Knight said 42-year-old Nelson Hawkins of Darlington and 31-year-old Ronnie Stevenson of Lydia were apprehended after a passerby saw a vehicle in Hodge's driveway and took down the license plate number

Read more: http://www.wyff4.com/news/columbia-statewide-news/Gun-toting-89-year-old-SC-widow-scares-burglars/-/9324106/15705022/-/ihw2n6/-/index.html?absolute=true

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Gun-toting 89-year-old SC widow scares burglars (Original Post) tawadi Jul 2012 OP
A link to the video tawadi Jul 2012 #1
How dare she? Missycim Jul 2012 #2
I'll bet those two crapped themselves. badtoworse Jul 2012 #3
She's clearly a racist -..__... Jul 2012 #5
With a tiny penis 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #7
Huh? marmar Jul 2012 #8
Watch the video... -..__... Jul 2012 #10
Only one pistol? doohnibor Jul 2012 #4
...and she didn't need a multiple-round automatic to do it. n/t LeftinOH Jul 2012 #6
Don't mess with Granny... -..__... Jul 2012 #9
 

Missycim

(950 posts)
2. How dare she?
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:48 AM
Jul 2012

How dare she scare those two wayward people? She is a base rude toter who prolly loves to strap a gun or two on before she goes out to the store.

 

-..__...

(7,776 posts)
10. Watch the video...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:03 AM
Jul 2012

guaranteed some here would be throwing fits over her description of the events.

 

doohnibor

(97 posts)
4. Only one pistol?
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:52 AM
Jul 2012

I would have thought she would have needed a couple of extra shotguns in case the pistol jammed, a 100-round magazine, tear gas canisters, and body armor to chase them off......

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