A Stun Gun For Grandma
This year, more than ever before, I’ve noticed a sickening trend. More and more news reports of people attacking, mugging and beating older people. Our elderly, our parents and grand parents.
It’s hard for me to believe anyone could do that. If drugs are that important to you, you should know it is time to get some serious help. Check into a mental ward. Or turn yourself in to a jail, or a rehabilitation hospital.
It is time for us to stand up and get something done about this. Are there not harsher penalties for **** Crimes? Why not do the same for our elderly? I believe they have the right to stay independent for as long as possible. My Mother is determined to, and I applaud her for that. Although I worry about her constantly. A while ago, I was so nervous about her that I called my brother in Seattle. I told him that I thought she was doing too much and wearing herself out. He gave me the best advice possible. He said, “Let her do what she can, while she still can. It means a lot to her.”
I saw a news report where a man tried to take away the car keys of a man in his nineties. The man refused to just give the guy his keys, so the monster beat him to the ground and took the keys and the car anyway. A security camera filmed the whole thing.
There are more stories of the mean people – it’s not always men – following older people home and robbing them. Even when the victim does cooperate, they still get beat up.
And so, when my Mother requested a stun gun for Christmas, I started doing my research. I had to make sure it would be safe for her. I was delighted to find that they now have stun guns that look like cell phones and other common items. They even have them in pink! I found a great one for Mom. It has an audible alarm to try to scare the offenders off. If that doesn’t work you have to resort to actually using the stun gun. The best thing is that it has a safety pin in it. If the attacker takes it away from them, the safety pin comes out and is still around their wrist. Hopefully by then, other people will have noticed the ruckus and come to help.
Once you do stun a person, depending on the voltage, the attacker will lose control of his muscles and his brain becomes foggy and confused for about ten minutes, giving you or your loved one time to get away. Another benefit of just having it with you is that you feel safer and more relaxed. Not so terrified to go to the drug store for something you need.
The drug store popped into mind because, even though we live in a nice little suburb, our local drug store got robbed. The robber was actually there twice. The first day he intended to commit the theft, my Mother happened to be in line ahead of him. There was one more person in front of her. When the first person left, my Mother asked the girl behind the counter to come down to the photo counter to help her. That was when she noticed the man behind her get very irritated, curse under his breath and leave the store.
She told me about the strange incident when she returned home. She said when she turned to look at the man, he quickly pulled his baseball cap down over his eyes. She thought she should say something to the girl that worked there, but decided she did not want the girl to think she was just a paranoid old lady.
The next night on the news, we saw the story of our drug store being robbed that day. The store security camera showed the man, however, he had his hat pulled down and was hard to identify. Mom said she was sure it was the same man. He was even wearing the same clothes and hat. She went down to the store and told them to look at the video from the day before, and showed them the time on her receipt. Luckily as he had to wait in line, he did not keep his head down the whole time and they were able to identify him. Way to go Mom! Just another reason she is my hero.
When she asked for the stun gun for Christmas, I didn’t even think of telling her no.
By: K. T. Banks
About the Author:
Despite many ups and downs financially, we are still madly in love. Once we came into a lot of money, and through mostly our own ignorance, we lost everything after a while.
Sometimes we have in-law problems. We’ve had to deal with death in the family. Our 18 year old lost one of his best friends in a car crash about 6 months ago. That was really hard to deal with. I have anxiety problems .
And yet we are always there for each other. We’re in this together and learning how to compromise is huge.
So, while we really enjoy writing novels together. We like this avenue to try to help others that may need it. A happy family life is one of the greatest blessings you can have.
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