Armed Grandma Detains Intruder

Sandra Mize has a motto: “You don’t get do-overs.” That’s why the 63-year-old grandmother of 10 keeps a gun by her bed, a canister of mace in her living room, and reinforces the doors in her north Spokane home with deadbolt locks and metal jambs before she goes to sleep every night. Her preparedness may have saved her life just after midnight Wednesday when she held off a burglar – at one point firing a wayward shot at the intruder – until police arrived. Mize knows gun use and property crime are hotly debated issues. The break-in occurred nine days after a car thief was shot and killed by the car’s owner about a mile away from her home/ Jennifer Pignolet , SR. More here . (Dan Pelle SR photo: Sandra Mize confronted an intruder breaking into her north Spokane home early Wednesday morning)

Question: Have you ever been burglarized?