The Oklahoman on a paster shooting someone who broke into his church in Oklahoma City: The pastor of a northeast Oklahoma City church shot at a man Wednesday after the man burglarized the church, Oklahoma City police said. Police arrested a man shortly afterward. . ....
Defensive Gun Use
14-year-old saves his twin younger brothers as two young men break into home
From KSNV (News channel 3 in Las Vegas, video available at link): . . . Two young men are caught on surveillance video breaking in to Kieawa Mason's home. His 14-year-old son, Andrew, and his younger twins were the only ones home. Andrew and his siblings were trained...
Dramatic video of store owner using an “assault weapon” to defend his store against 3 armed robbers
The video of this dramatic defensive gun use is available here. This story is from a local television station in Milwaukee. WISN 12 News has obtained surveillance video of a Milwaukee man defending his store against brazen would-be burglars who smashed into his...
Permit holder saves family of 4 that man was shooting at
Thomas McCary (Hamilton County sheriff's office) Fox 19 in Cincinnati, Ohio originally reported this story from Winton Hills, Ohio. Fox News has this: [Thomas] McCary [62-years-old] was arguing with a woman around 8 p.m. Sunday night and, when the woman’s brother,...
CPRC at Fox News: “Older people need guns, too”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Have you ever thought of letting someone else manage your finances? If President Obama has his way, Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances will be banned from buying a gun. If Social...
Within just a few hours, concealed Handgun Permit Holders Defend Themselves in Nashville, TN; Birmingham, AL; and Richland, SC
Nashville, TN, July 6, 2015 . . . . 74-year-old Larry Dean Claybaker was getting into his car at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Fairfield Avenue when two teens tried to rob him around 10 p.m. The teens allegedly took his cellphone and told him to get out of...
Concealed carry permit holder stops late night armed robber at Albuquerque Hotel
This case is getting some attention because Lynne Russell was such a public figure for so long. But these types of dramatic stories, where as Russell says that her husband's fast actions clear "saved her life," are hardly unusual (see also here). From Fox News: . ....
Uber driver uses permitted concealed handgun to stop passenger from straggling him
An Über driver, Steven Rayow, a retired New York City police officer, used his permitted concealed handgun to stop a passenger from strangling him. Rayow shot the passenger in the foot when he thought that he was about to lose consciousness. The case occurred in...
Detroit: Three armed men try to carjack a woman with a concealed handgun permit holder
A Detroit woman took a wrong turn and drove into a dangerous neighborhood. When she tried to do a U-turn, three men tried to hijack her car. Woman said that "if I had panicked, he would have killed me." The story from ClickonDetroit: "When I see him with the gun as...
Pizza delivery man with concealed handgun permit defends himself against two armed robbers
The picture above shows the holes that were shot into the pizza deliveryman's car. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player From ABC Channel 10 TV in Miami, Florida (Wednesday, June 24, 2015): A Domino's pizza delivery driver shot and killed a robber...
New Violence Policy Center “study” on guns recycles old claims using Justifiable Homicide data
The Hill Newspaper reports on a "new" Violence Police Center (VPC) study (other publicity in the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, among many others). A new study attempts to debunk the claim that gun owners rely on their firearms for...
Permit holder protects woman that he was with from being shot by robbers
Picture from Google Street Maps The robbery and shooting took place at 10:30 PM on Friday night just as the couple was leaving the Shell's restaurant at 2101 East Fowler Avenue. Without for the permit carrier's fast actions, From Tampa Bay, Florida (CBS-TV Channel 10...