In yet another example of how firearms are a great tool to stop criminals, WKYC reports how a Summit County great-grandmother used her new firearm to ward off teenage criminals.

Many studies show that guns are used to stop or prevent a crime 2,500,000 times each year in our country. 95% of the time, no shots are ever fired. Would-be victim Eleanor Lynn describes the encounter, “Somebody was breaking into my house so I took the gun out and went to the door. They flew.” So typical it happens 6,500 times every day.

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Also important for the community, police were called and apprehended the suspects. This 75 year old women sets a great example of not being a easy victim, defending herself, and in the process helps the police arrest the suspects, saving all her neighbors from similar home invasions. Now that’s a block watch program to be proud of.

Further details available on the WKYC web site.