‘You Want to Argue?’: 72-Year-Old Tennessee Grandma Who Fired Warning Shot to Defend Grandson Who Was Being Bullied Goes Viral

A gun-toting grandma tried to protect her teen grandson during a fight with another boy but landed herself in jail. Joyce Brown, 72, of Memphis, Tennessee, fired a warning shot into the asphalt outside a community center on Jan. 15, sending kids and onlookers running. According to court documents, her grandson was fighting another boy in the parking lot of Mitchell Community Center, which is next to Mitchell High School, when things quickly spiraled out of control. Joyce Brown (GoFundMe) Brown, who is also the pastor of a church, told police she fired the gun after she heard kids threatening to flip her car, according to court records. Security cameras from the center captured the event and reportedly showed a crowd of teens scatter after the shot rang out. She was taken into custody and charged with three counts of reckless endangerment, child abuse or neglect and endangerment, unlawful possession of a weapon in a public place, and carrying a weapon on school property, according to records. But Marcus Clark, Brown’s son, praised her for intervening. In an interview with Fox13 Memphis, he said the teen was the victim of persistent bullying and believed his mom did the right thing...