Exercising the Right

Don’t Mess With Texan Grandmothers!

KLSA reported out of Texarkana, Texas, on January 3 that an elderly woman was able to use her firearm to defend herself against a dangerous intruder. The woman, 74-year-old Rebbie Roberson, was watching the news at home when a masked man armed with a gun entered her house. Roberson told the local CBS news affiliate KLSA that though the man had his gun pointed right at her, she was able to grab her .38-caliber pistol from a nearby table and aim it at her attacker, causing him to turn and run from the house. Roberson said she fired a few shots, but likely missed her target. Police were called to the scene and discovered bullet holes, but the burglar was gone. Authorities are still looking for him.

Roberson told KLSA about the details of the harrowing incident:

I had to walk right out in front of him. I didn’t know if he was going to kill me or what…. I reached over there and grabbed this gun. And when I swerved around, I pointed it at him and he ran…. I tried to kill him…. Anybody break in on me, I’m going to kill them. He’s going to kill me or I’m going to kill him.

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