Story highlights It was the first time Roberson had ever used her weapon

She's not in trouble with the law for defending herself

(CNN) Rebbie Roberson wasn't having it.

A man wearing a mask and gloves was standing in her house after he broke in Sunday night.

"When I started to get up, he was in here on me with a gun facing me right to my face," she told CNN affiliate KSLA

But the 74-year-old grandmother from Bowie County, Texas, had something for him.

"I reached over there (a nearby table) and grabbed this gun. And when I swerved around, I pointed it at him and he ran."

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