Gun-toting granny still firing at age 82

[FPrice]

There is hope for some of you guys yet!

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/08/04/gun_toting_granny_still_firing_at_age_82/

Gun-toting granny still firing at age 82

August 4, 2006

JANESVILLE, Wis. --Not even triple-bypass surgery has kept Rita Roherty from the shotgun shooting that has been her life's passion. The 82-year-old great-grandmother underwent surgery last year, and then recovered to win a bronze medal in the women's shooting division of the Badger State Games in June.

She hit 91 of 100 clay pigeons to take third place in the competition, three years after winning the gold.

She said she intends to keep shooting as long as she can still hold the gun, and she'll take on men as well as women.

But be forewarned -- Roherty admits she sometimes can't resist asking competitors, "You let an old lady beat you?"

 

[SiameseRat]

Just have to wait 51 years and they'll be writing articles about me. That is if I can still shoot worth a darn at 82.

That's a cool old lady.

 

[LoginName]

Grannies with guns are not to be messed with!...

 

[dwarven1]

Darn right!!

And may I say that my mother was horrified to discover that proof that she's fired a gun is posted on the internet?

 

[dreppucci007]

Darn right!!

And may I say that my mother was horrified to discover that proof that she's fired a gun is posted on the internet?

It's a beautiful thing, ain't it?

 

[dwarven1]

It's a beautiful thing, ain't it?

Oh, yeah... it only took me 25 years to get her to the range, too!