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...
Defensive Gun Use
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...
Georgia County Sheriff: “in my opinion [concealed handgun permit holder] saved other lives in that store”
Conyers, Georgia, Sunday, May 31, 2015, The Rockdale Citizen Often it is claimed that citizens who stop mass public shootings don't get news coverage because they stop anyone from being killed. But in this case two people were killed before the permit holder was able...
Georgia Permit Holder Uses Gun to Stop Carjacking
The fact that the police shook the permit holder's hand says it all. Apparently this is the second time that the permit holder has used his gun in self defense. As the TV anchorwoman says, the permit holder certainly doesn't plan on becoming a victim any time soon....
Concealed Carry Permit Holder Rescues Woman who was being Carjacked
From KSL TV in Orem, Utah: A 27-year-old man was fatally wounded in the parking lot of an Orem grocery store Saturday morning when he was shot by a man attempting to stop him from carjacking a woman's SUV, Orem police said. Capt. Ned Jackson of the Orem Police...
Elderly man fortunate Bloomberg’s gun groups didn’t convince Kroger to ban guns
Last year, Michael Bloomberg's gun control organization launched a "six-figure ad campaign" pressuring Kroger to ban guns on its property. The extensive campaign had "print and digital ads in USA Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Detroit Free Press,...
74-year-old grandma stops knife wielding robber: “You back off, or I’ll blow your head off”
A 74-year-old woman in Fort Worth, Texas stopped a robber who had a knife to her throat (a video from the local Fox affiliate is available here): Jewell Turner, 74, told NBC 5 she was waiting in her minivan outside of her doctor’s office, near the corner of West...