Don’t mess with 85-year-old Leda Smith, because if you do, she’ll pull out her .22-caliber revolver and make you pee your pants – Dirty Harry style.

Last Sunday, a 17-year-old burglar learned this lesson the hard way when he attempted to break into the gun-toting granny’s house and steal… uh, whatever it is grandmothers keep in their homes.

The Associated Press reports (via The Daily Press):

“I walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” Leda Smith said…

 

After the 17-year-old boy called 911 [on himself], Smith kept holding the gun on him until state police arrived at her home in Springhill Township, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.

 

“It was exciting,” Smith said. “I just hope I broke up the (burglary) ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here.”

Way to play it cool, Grandma. If Sunday night bingo doesn’t work out for you, maybe you should consider a career in law enforcement.

Then again, the whole “not being able to walk/run faster than a turtle” thing might be a problem.