Power struggle: Woman pulls gun on utility worker

Objects to installation of 'smart meter' on property

By WND News Services
Published July 19, 2012 at 10:50pm

(Houston Chronicle) A Harris County woman used a gun to persuade a CenterPoint Energy worker not to install an electric smart meter on her home, according to KHOU-TV story.

Thelma Taormina, who has a concealed handgun license, said she grabbed her gun when a CenterPoint Energy worker arrived to install a smart meter at her Harris County home, KHOU reported.

"He just kept pushing me away," the 55-year-old woman said. "He saw it (the gun), and went back the other way."

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