Gotta love the Armed Citizen

Mrs. Basinski panned a bad act, or rather, a bad actor:

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP)...70-year-old Ellen Basinski...used her favorite pan to fight...intruders at her home west of Cleveland on Tuesday...

Basinski was on the phone with her husband when the teens pushed their way into her home.

...(S)he grabbed the 5-quart saucepan and hit one teen, who was going through her purse.

The four were arrested.

Kinda warms the cockles of your heart. Right along with your chili and rice.

WARNING: In formerly great Britain, it would now be Mrs. Basinski who was arrested, for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Oh, yes: And possibly for possession of a non-metric sauce pan.