Getting more than they asked for.

 I do know an elderly fellow now passed away, who when he was in his 70's, found that he still had some of his old skills. Skills that he hadn't used since the Second World War.
He had been in the lower part of his duplexed home when he found some young men going up the outside of his building to the apartment above. He told them to get down and get out of there.
It was obvious to him that they were going to try and break in and rob the place.
They laughed at him, telling him to get lost and mind his own business. So he did what came naturally.
He got his shotgun and gave them a warning, "Stop or I shoot!"
They laughed at him and kept on going.
So he fired the gun, right through the window.
They fled.
Now firing a rifle in the city is against the law in this land and soon enough the police were at his door.  They informed him that shooting at people  was an offence and they confiscated his weapon.  Then  they let him off with a warning.
I don't think he had fired a gun in many years. I wonder how many other old fellows still have the knack?