Once, after a meeting, while she was still speaking in tongues, she fired both barrels of a shotgun at her husband, ripping one of his buttocks nearly off.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 8. Granma Joad is a bit of a contradiction. Though devoutly religious, she engages in questionable behavior after one of her meetings when she shoots Grampa Joad in the buttocks.