Looks Like the Media's Getting it's Panties in a Bunch Over a Packin' Granny

"Gun Incident" Near President Bush's Ranch

Except that this was in fact a non-incident that shouldn't even have warranted a story.

The 1st sentence of the article reads,

"A Danish journalist came this close to getting shot Saturday by an elderly woman packing a pistol near President Bush's ranch here in what was easily the strangest incident I've ever witnessed covering the White House."

How is it considered "strange" for an old lady to have a gun in Texas? Hello! it's Texas. Furthermore, from the article it appears that she lives out in the country. Ok, so we've got an elderly lady, in TEXAS, living on a little dirt country road. (where police presence is probably non-existent) It should not be the least bit surprising that she owns a gun. It makes perfect sense for someone in her situation to have a gun when investigating a man trespassing on her property.

The article states she had it in her hand and did nothing other than tell the reporter he was trespassing and tell him to leave. According to the article she did not threaten him, didn't act crazy or irrational, and did not point her weapon at anyone. Where's the claim that he "came this close to getting shot" coming from then? That's just terrible reporting and a flat out lie.

This was not a "gun incident" by any stretch of the imagination, nor was it an "international incident" as CNN claims. No, it was a "trespassing incident" involving a prudent old lady and a stupid journalist who was never in any danger whatsoever.

Also, what does "leeway" regarding use of firearms under Texas law have to do with ANYTHING? she did not use her weapon, and as far as I know you can carry a weapon on your own property with no restrictions in pretty much every state in the U.S. I can't believe some of the ridiculous comments as well. She did not threaten him with the gun in any way.

Good for her, and shame on whoever decided to go ahead and print this article.