A true story tells how the two sons of a ninety-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, woman were worried about her safety. "We are going to get you a pistol, mother, so you can take care of yourself. There is too much violence out there." So they bought their mother a gun, which she dutifully packed in her purse. One day, when she left Ridgmar Shopping Center to get into her car she found two young men sitting in the front seat. She took out the pistol, pointed it at them, and said: "Get out of that car or I'll shoot." They jumped out and ran off. She got into the car, put the key in the ignition, and it did not fit. Then she realized it was not her car. She said she would have apologized to the two young men, but she could not find them.

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