Granny Get Your Gun(s)

The Sacramento Bee contains an excellent news story on a funny woman with the right attitude.

Firing nine rounds from two handguns, a 53-year-old Rancho Cordova woman fended off an intruder Thursday night after he crashed through her sliding glass door.

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“It was one of those nights. I have a few holes in my glass out front,” Carolyn Lisle said Friday.

“That’s OK, I don’t think he’ll be back,” said Lisle, who emptied one .357 revolver at the intruder before she retrieved a second one and he crashed through another window to flee.

Nice choice of caliber.  The report alone is enough to make a criminal crap his drawers.

OK, so she’s not a very good shot.  At least she has a sense of humor.

“I was trying to miss my furniture. Priorities, right?” Lisle said.

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When the intruder shattered the glass, Lisle’s three guests fled from the house. Lisle stood her ground and opened fire.

“He was like a mosquito hitting the window. Every time he turned around, poweee,” she said.

Lisle wasn’t sure the intruder was alone so she nervously watched her back as she squeezed off rounds.

When she emptied one gun, she still hadn’t hit him. And he wasn’t gone.

“He was still in the garage, flitting around,” she said.

She went to get another gun—“I like to be prepared,” she said—and waited to see his next move. After tearing up the garage, he finally broke out through a garage window, but he veered toward Lisle’s front door. She fired again, hitting him at least once.

The bleeding intruder ran across the street and tried to hot-wire a motorcycle, but its owners, already armed to come to Lisle’s aid, chased off the would-be thief, she said.

She said one of the men yelled after the retreating burglar: “And that’s just our womenfolk.”

Other neighbors “already armed to come to Lisle’s aid."  Sounds like my kind of neighborhood.

But of couse, the article can’t stick with just reporting the news.

Vizzard, who has studied major research and written on gun issues, said two of the most prominent surveys differ dramatically in results, showing anywhere from 150,000 people a year to 2.5 million who claim success in thwarting crime with a gun.

“The answer is, no one can say for sure at the end of the day that the presence of a firearm doesn’t increase your risk of getting injured, nor does it reduce your risk,” he said.

“No one can say”?  Carolyn Lisle can.

Lisle is pretty sure where she stands: “You need protection in this day and age.”

A retired state worker who once worked as a correctional officer, she did admit that she hadn’t been to a shooting range lately: “After last night, I might go once in a while.”

1. I love this story, thanks for bringing it to our attention… :D

   Posted by pam on February 08, 2004 at 0822 hrs




2. That’s great!

   (Hey, shouldn’t you be reading?)

   Posted by on February 08, 2004 at 0945 hrs




3. Yep, that’s pretty much the way it’s supposed to work. The bad guy poses a threat to your safety and security, and you return a threat to his safety with your right to safety and security.

   Have a nice day

   Posted by on February 08, 2004 at 1314 hrs




4. That gun rocks. A real home-defense...like firing a cannon. Bet that guy won’t forget that day. Probably peed himself.

   Posted by on February 08, 2004 at 1750 hrs




5. I keep a S&W;.357 Magnum, a Rossi .38 special, and my 12-guage Winchester Defender handy for anyone who might venture into my home unannounced.  I prefer revolvers for home defence because of their simplicity.  I have a few knives scattered about too (even a sword or two).  They never run out of ammo.

   Posted by Owen on February 08, 2004 at 1858 hrs




6. My friend has an arsenal of swords and throwing knives. Also the occasional Chinese star I’d like to see someone break into his house…
   He always has throwing knives and a dagger on his beltloop, so even try it. I dare you.

   Posted by on February 18, 2004 at 2016 hrs




7. My aim is just fine. I didn’t want the paperwork and hassels. It’s one thing to shoot someone, but quite another to kill. Since I just wanted him out of my house, I thought he would get the message...guess he was a little slow, so took the next step. Thanks for your support.
   Carolyn Lisle

   Posted by on October 08, 2004 at 2046 hrs