Granny’s got a gun
Date: Mar 19, 2007 7:18 AM
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/NEWS01/703180310
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March 18, 2007
Granny’s got a gun

By Erin Elaine Mosely
Montgomery Advertiser

Frances Babington, 65, is a pistol-toting grandma, who says
she is a “fighting person.”

“I’m the type of person … (that’s) not going to let
someone take something from me. I decided I wanted to get
the better end of the fight,” Babington said.

“When I started carrying the gun, I made it a priority to be
instructed by the Montgomery Police Department about how and
when to use my gun. To my surprise, the officers spent
about 75 percent of the course time teaching how to avoid
having to use a weapon but did not neglect the shooting
aspects.

“Having said that, you would-be criminals take note! The
next time you attempt to rob or break and enter into the
home of an elderly, gray-haired lady, it might be me. If
you enter my home I would consider my life to be in peril
and would not hesitate to blow you out of your socks.”

Babington said she and her husband Tom, 65, a retired
pharmacist, took the gun-safety class together. Tom was
robbed twice as he left work, and Babington had a close call
of her own when she worked downtown at the old St.
Margaret’s Hospital.

Babington was headed to her car in the parking lot after
work when she noticed a man walking near her. She said she
noticed the man turn suddenly about 12 feet away and came up
behind her.

“I reached in my purse grabbed the gun and showed it to
him,” Babington said. “I looked him directly in his eyes.
He turned away. It worked. I didn’t have to use it, but it
worked. If he had attacked me, I would have felt
comfortable using it.”

The Babingtons have identical blue steel revolvers, and a
gold police shield in their window they got from the Police
Department that lets people know trained gunmen protect
their property.

Frances Babington believes that anyone seeking to bear arms
should do it the right way.

“I think that having a class ought to be part of getting a
gun permit,” (DO NOT make the govt have to tell you or be able to tell you to take a firearms class for safety – People, come on, that SHOULd be COMMON SENSE! )

she said. “You’ve got to know what you’re doing with it if you’re going to carry it.”
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This I agree with but le’st NOT get the govt involve ,please?!?!?!?, people….. have a little common sense that God gave you….. If you buy a gun learn how and when to use it…..

The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !