Miss America 1944 Shoots Out Thieves' Tires

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WAYNESBURG, Ky. -- Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder.

Venus Ramey, 82, confronted a man on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week after she saw her dog run into a storage building where thieves had previously made off with old farm equipment.

Ramey said the man told her he would leave. "I said, 'Oh, no you won't,' and I shot their tires so they couldn't leave," said Ramey, formerly of Cincinnati.

She had to balance on her walker as she pulled out a snub-nosed .38-caliber handgun.
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[barb162]

1. This reminds me of Ruth Gordon in "Any Which Way but Loose"

sitting on the porch with a shotgun.

More power to her.

[AlCzervik]

2. good for her, not just thieves but ones that prey on the elderly.

there is a special place in hell for people like that.