Just imagine what might have happened if she hadn’t had a gun:

An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said.

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

Smith heard someone break into her home Monday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she had been keeping by her bed since a neighbor’s home was burglarized a few weeks ago.

“I said ‘What are you doing in my house?’ He just kept saying he didn’t do it,” Smith said.

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

The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court, Trooper Christian Lieberum said. He was not identified because of his age.

“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.”

Good thing she had a weapon in the house. If not, this boy could have done God knows what to her, and possibly been free to keep on going, burglarizing other houses.

This is why banning guns is a bad thing. Banning guns means that defenseless women like Leda Smith, and other law-abiding citizens, are able to defend themselves when someone breaks into their home. Criminals do not care if there is a ban on weapons, because they are criminals. They will still get weapons, and the only people who won’t have them are the people who obey the law. Brilliant reasoning there. That boy could’ve easily overpowered Leda Smith, but with a gun, she was able to control what happened. Good for her.