Heckler & Koch P7 Pistol

I know this edition of The Armed Citizen Report is being published a little late but, that’s life.  The holidays were pretty busy and I didn’t get all the information from the NRA in a timely manner…oh well.  This month there are seven examples of armed citizens showing criminals that crime doesn’t pay, but it can lead to an early death.

Boom! A ruckus woke a woman and her two young children.  Her first thought was that an earthquake had occurred, and she quickly called her husband at work to confirm it.  No earthquake had been reported.  The woman worried that the source of the sound could be something more sinister, so she retrieved her handgun and walked down the hallway.  Police said she encountered two burglars in the living room.  Terrified, she fired several shots, killing one intruder and wounding the second, who will be arrested after his release from the hospital.  “In my opinion, she did all the right things to protect herself and her children,” said Police Chief Brandon Clabes.  “It’s unfortunate a death occurred, but it was a direct result of criminal activity.”  (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla., 10/22/10)

Charles Place was walking in a restaurant parking lot when a man snuck up behind him, grabbed him and reached for his wallet.  Unfortunately for the suspect, the 83-year-old man was in no mood to become a victim.  Police said he resisted and was knocked to the ground.  That’s when Place drew his .25-cal. semi-automatic handgun, for which he has a permit to carry.  He showed his assailant the gun and demanded to be left alone.  The suspect fled but was followed by a witness who helped police make the arrest.  (The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Daytona Beach, Fla., 09/26/10)

Two men armed with mace seemed to thing they could take advantage of an unsuspecting target.  Police said they kicked in a 79-year-old man’s door and one suspect sprayed him with the mace while the second suspect viciously punched him.  Then something the suspects hadn’t planned for occurred: the elderly man drew a gun, opened fire and badly injured both suspects.  They ran from the home and collapsed outside.  One suspect was arrested; his accomplice died.  (Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Ill., 09/30/10)

Police said a 36-year-old man pumped gas into a black SUV while his girlfriend entered the convenience store to purchase a drink for her 5-year-old daughter, who sat in the vehicle.  To their horror, a carjacker approached and shot the man without warning, causing him to fall to the ground.  The carjacker attempted to enter the vehicle and speed off with the young girl inside.  Wounded but unwilling to surrender his life, the SUV’s owner, who has a concealed-carry permit, drew his handgun and fired numerous shots at the carjacker, killing him.  The SUV owner was in serious condition but was expected to recover.  The young girl was not injured.  (The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich., 10/20/10)

A robber armed with a caustic substance broke into a home as the residents slept, but his entry didn’t escape the ears of the family dogs.  A man in the home awoke to the sound of their barking, armed himself with a firearm and confronted the robber.  The robber attempted to attack the homeowner, but it doesn’t take a tactical expert to know that a gun usually beats a jar of acid.  The intruder was killed.  (Redlands Daily Facts, Redlands, Calif., 10/11/10)

Emboldened by a prior, successful convenience store robbery, two suspects tried their luck at a second store.  They rushed inside and demanded money from the clerk.  Apparently they expected the shoppers in the store, because they paid little attention to them.  One of the suspects drew a gun, pointed it at the clerk and pulled the trigger – it didn’t fire.  That was when a customer with a concealed-carry permit drew a handgun and shot the clerk’s assailant three times.  The suspects fled the store but were later arrested while seeking treatment at a nearby hospital. (WFMY-TV, Greensboro, N.C., 10/12/10)

Like all predators, criminals often target the old and the weak, but the duo who decided to pick on a 95-year-old Alabama man didn’t know that he’s still sharp as a tack and a proud gun owner.  The men knocked on the door and offered to mow his lawn in exchange for money.  The homeowner politely declined.  Shortly thereafter the men again knocked on the door, this time asking for water.  The homeowner told them they were welcome to drink from the spigot on the side of the house.  Noting the suspicious behavior, the alert senior citizen got his rifle and peered outside.  When he heard the men brazenly discussing plans to rob the home, he pointed his rifle at the would-be robbers and ordered them off the property.  Instead, one f the suspects drew a gun and the homeowner opened fire.  The suspects fired shots as they fled the property.  Police arrested one of the suspects.  (Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 10/08/10)
In addition to showing that crime often leads to an early death, the stories this month also serve to show why the Second Amendment is important to the most vulnerable members of our society.  Could the elderly potential victims have defended themselves from younger, stronger, more violent attackers without a gun?  Probably not.  Still, anti-gun organizations continue their assault on your rights everyday.  Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost. Help protect your rights by joining the NRA. The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

Want Some More True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves?:

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The Armed Citizen Report: August 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: July 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: June 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: May 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: April 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: March 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: February 2010
Defend Yourself As Armed Citizens Do
It Is Good News When Armed Citizens Defend Themselves
Still More Armed Citizens Defending Themselves And Others
The Continuing Tales Of Armed Citizens
True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves
Elderly Woman In Maine Chases Away Armed Intruder
Real People Really Do Defend Themselves With Guns
A Public Service Message To Criminals – Stay Away From Texas
Armed Citizens

Walther PPK Pistol

The stories in The Armed Citizen Report are reminders for all of us that private ownership of firearms saves lives.  But, although there are hundreds of thousands or millions of such reminders every year in the United States, there are people who are trying to take away our rights to gun ownership and self defense…even though those rights are unalienable rights from our Creator.  So, while reading stories below keep in mind that there are elections coming up in a couple of weeks and your choices may determine whether your rights are kept intact or trampled upon.

A gas station clerk was working the register when a man walked in and confronted him. He slid a note to the clerk with the words “money now” inscribed on it and demanded the safe be opened. The clerk ran from the store and attempted to phone police, but his assailant quickly caught up with him. The suspect savagely beat the clerk, continuing even after his nose was broken. That’s when a man driving by witnessed the assault and ran to the clerk’s aid. “The Good Samaritan…pulled out a gun to threaten the robber.” said Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. “He is licensed to carry a concealed weapon. I applaud the Good Samaritan for getting involved.” The robber fled, but was arrested because the witness wrote down his license plate number. (The Delaware County Times, Primos, Pa., 08/19/10)

When an alleged intruder broke a window and began entering the home of 80-year-old Stephen Boyechko, he knew what to do – he hastily retrieved his .32-cal. Walther PPK pistol.  “Why did you break my window?”  Boyechko asked.  Instead of answering the question, the intruder climbed inside and ran at the homeowner, who shot him twice and held him for police.  The intruder is a suspect in a number of burglaries.  Apparently in his latest heist he did not know with whom he was dealing.  Boyechko is a veteran of World War II, but he did not fight for the United States.  “I was in the Ukranian underground,” he said.  “I was 14.  We fought the Germans and the Russians.” (The Leader, Corning, N.Y., 08/22/10)

Perhaps an 11-year-old girl seemed like an easy target to a trio of alleged burglars.  Alyssa Gutierrez’s cousins left to run an errand and shortly thereafter she heard a commotion at the back door.  “I though it was [my cousin] playing a joke on me, so I just turned the TV louder and ignored it.” Gutierrez recalls.  But it was no joke.  Three masked burglars, one of whom carried a rifle, pried the door open with a crowbar.  Gutierrez ran to the bedroom, grabbed her mother’s “little pink rifle” and loaded it.  “My heart kept on pounding and pounding,” Gutierrez said.  The suspects fled when they discovered she was armed.  An off-duty officer spotted them jumping the fence and arrested them.  Gutierrez had just learned to shoot a rifle a few days prior.  “I felt proud of myself,” she said.  (KRQE-NEWS13, Albuquerque, N.M., 08/12/10)

Eight weeks pregnant, a gas station manager left work and walked to her car with a bag of money to make a bank deposit.  She saw a man approaching as she entered her car, so she quickly locked the doors – but the man pulled a gun, demanded money and repeatedly kicked the car door.  Terrified, the woman opened the door and handed him all of her money.  Unfortunately, the gesture did little to appease the robber, who cocked his gun and continued to point it at the woman.  Meanwhile, a man with a concealed-carry permit standing near the gas pumps saw the robbery unfolding.  He drew his handgun, pointed it at the robber and yelled, “Back away from the girl!”  The robber got away with the money, but the woman and her unborn child were not physically harmed.  (The Observer, Westland, Mich., 08/12/10)

Loreigh McDaniel was on her porch smoking a cigarette with a friend when a man appeared from nowhere and put a gun to her head.  “I thought I was going to die,” McDaniel said.  The man forced the women inside the home, which McDaniel shares with her boyfriend, Michael Campbell.  As they stepped inside, the attacker turned his attention to McDaniel’s friend.  “I saw my chance,” McDaniel recalled.  She sprinted down the hall and out the back door.  Then she heard a gunshot.  And another.  She feared the worst, but what McDaniel heard was her boyfriend springing into action.  Campbell had seen the gunman forcing the women into the house, so he got his shotgun, walked down the hall and opened fire.  The suspect fled, but was later arrested.  (Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, N.C., 08/03/10)

His slumber disturbed by his barking dogs and screaming wife, Larry Kunzler quickly realized that two men wearing masks and carrying guns had invaded their home.  They’d confronted Kunzler’s wife in the mud room, pulled her hair and told her “not to fight it.”  Kunzler’s unarmed son entered the fray and wrestled with the men while Kunzler obtained his Glock .45-cal. pistol.  He fired one shot into the ceiling so his wife and son could move away from the suspects, then opened fire on the intruders.  He believed he hit both men, who fled the scene.  “I bought the gun because I worked in the big city.  I never thought I would have to use it in my rural home,” explained Kunzler, who works in Seattle.  (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash., 07/31/10)

The stories above are representative of those that happen in nearly every city in the United States but you almost never see them lead the news. Why don’t news organizations show real life examples of people defending themselves against criminals with their guns? Is it because they would rather you didn’t have the right to own a gun and don’t want to “glorify” gun ownership? Maybe. Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost. Help protect your rights by joining the NRA. The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

Read More True Stories Of Armed Citizens:

The Armed Citizen Report: September 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: August 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: July 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: June 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: May 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: April 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: March 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: February 2010
Defend Yourself As Armed Citizens Do
It Is Good News When Armed Citizens Defend Themselves
Still More Armed Citizens Defending Themselves And Others
The Continuing Tales Of Armed Citizens
True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves
Elderly Woman In Maine Chases Away Armed Intruder
Real People Really Do Defend Themselves With Guns
A Public Service Message To Criminals – Stay Away From Texas
Armed Citizens

Colt Detective Special Revolver

What would you do if someone broke into your home while you and your children were sleeping?  Yell?  Call 911?  Hide in the closet and hope for the best?  Good luck with that.  The stories below chronicle people who defended themselves and others with lawfully owned guns…pay attention, it might save your life.

NRA member Geoffrey Tilga purchased items from a convenience store and began walking home.  Unbeknownst to Tilga, two men – one of them wielding a knife – quietly trailed him.  Police say one of the suspects approached Tilga and grabbed cash out of his back pocket.  Tilga spun around and the suspects threatened him with a knife.  Tilga, however, is one of the fortunate few New York state residents licensed to carry a  handgun.  He drew his Colt Detective Special .38-cal. revolver and fired a shot.  The robbers fled the scene.  (Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., 04/22/10)

A 15-year-old boy was alone in his mother’s apartment when he heard a strange sound.  Upon glancing into the living room, he discovered a masked man armed with an illegally possessed firearm.  Police said the boy fled to his mother’s bedroom and grabbed a .22-cal. pistol.  He then locked himself inside the attached bathroom and listened to the burglar ransacking the home.  When the burglar attempted to enter the bathroom, the boy fired three shots.  The burglar fled the scene.  It is unknown if he was injured.  (Times Daily, Florence, Ala., 06/18/10)

Desperate for narcotics, a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a spear and a baseball bat burst into a pharmacy.  Technician Paul Hemmer confronted the masked man before he had a chance to toss the spear.  Police said Hemmer drew his licensed handgun and asked the man, “Do you really want to do this?”  The masked man considered Hemmer’s logic for a moment and quickly fled the scene.  Law enforcement lauded Hemmer’s actions.  “Not only did Paul Hemmer defend himself, co-workers and a customer…he also prevented dangerous drugs from getting out on the street,” said Sullivan County, N.Y., Sheriff Michael Schiff.  “Mr. Hemmer acted courageously and with great restraint.”  (Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y., 06/04/10)

Police said a couple sat in their car deciding what to order from a fast-food restaurant when two men carrying guns leapt into the backseat and announced a robbery.  The boyfriend, a concealed-carry permit holder, drew his handgun and shot both robbers.  One robber was immediately incapacitated and the other ran a short distance before he collapsed.  Both will be arrested upon release from the hospital.  The boyfriend received leg injuries when the robbers returned fire, but he’s been released from the hospital.  A St. Louis homicide detective said criminals should take note of the incident.  “It was a victim defending himself.  [Nowadays] you’ve got a lot of people carrying guns in their cars to defend themselves with, so, too bad for the robbers,” said Lt. John Green.  (KSDK-TV, St. Louis, Mo., 06/2910)

Two children — a 15-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister — were home alone when two suspects smashed the back window and crawled inside.  The boy heard the commotion and, fearing for his safety and that of his sister, quickly got his father’s AR-15-style rifle.  According to police, the boy fired  several shots and the burglars fled, suffering from gunshot wounds.  One suspect was hospitalized and the other was sent to jail.  The boy’s father, a county deputy constable, was the first officer to respond to the scene.  The rifle was a personal-use firearm.  Fellow officers praised the boy’s actions.  “As parents, we protect our kids, and as an older brother, he was protecting his sister and himself,” said Harris County, Texas, Sheriff’s Officer Lt. Jeff Stauber.  (KTRK-ABC13, Houston, Texas, 06/30/10)

One afternoon, a woman heard the doorbell ring while she was alone in her home.  She did not recognize the two men standing on her porch, so she chose not to answer the door.  Police said she hoped the men would leave, but instead they circled the home and threw an object through the glass back door.  The woman quickly obtained a firearm.  She yelled at the men as they entered the home and fired two shots.  The suspects hastily fled the scene.  (WHNS-TV, Greenville, S.C., 05/31/10)

His odd style of dress for a warm, summer day was what first made a woman notice the suspect.  Sporting a black knit cap, winter gloves, a scarf and goggles, she observed him as he approached her husband’s car and broke into it.  Her husband got a gun and confronted the suspect, forcing him to lie face down in the driveway.  The husband held the suspect at gunpoint for police.  The suspect, who was on probation, was found to be in possession of drugs, a knife and other burglary tools.  (The News Journal, Wilmington, Del., 06/30/10)

The stories above are representative of those that happen in nearly every city in the United States but you almost never see them lead the news.  Why don’t news organizations show real life examples of people defending themselves against criminals with their guns? Is it because they would rather you didn’t have the right to own a gun and don’t want to “glorify” gun ownership?  Maybe.  Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost. Help protect your rights by joining the NRA. The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

More True Stories Of Armed Citizens:

The Armed Citizen Report: July 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: June 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: May 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: April 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: March 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: February 2010
Defend Yourself As Armed Citizens Do
It Is Good News When Armed Citizens Defend Themselves
Still More Armed Citizens Defending Themselves And Others
The Continuing Tales Of Armed Citizens
True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves
Elderly Woman In Maine Chases Away Armed Intruder
Real People Really Do Defend Themselves With Guns
A Public Service Message To Criminals – Stay Away From Texas
Armed Citizens

STI GP6 9mm Pistol

Do you have the right to defend yourself?  Do you?  If so, how will you defend yourself and your family?  How will you fend off two, three, or four big nasty home invaders?  Are you going to call 911 and hope the police are right outside your door?  How about a baseball bat?  Loud whistle?

Let’s get real.  Millions of times each year Americans use their legally owned guns to defend themselves and their families from criminals.  Husbands protect their wives with guns, mothers protect their kids with guns, and the elderly protect themselves with guns.  Here are some of their stories:

“He was a big, burly guy,” said 89-year-old Beatrice Turner of the man who allegedly smashed in her front door and entered the home.  “He was pulling at his shorts and talking crazy….I always said if they come inside, it’s me or them.”  Armed with a .22-cal. revolver, Turner yelled at the man to leave.  According to police, the burglar instead advanced on Turner, and she fired a shot in self-defense, narrowly missing her assailant.  A neighbor heard the gunshot and phoned police.  Officers arrested  the burglar in the front yard.  “All of [the police officers] were hugging me and telling me how brave I was,” Turner said.  The friendly officers even helped Turner reload her gun before leaving.  (The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 04/21/10)

Police are calling a man lucky to be alive after he attempted to commit burglary in a firearm-friendly neighborhood.  First he broke into a home owned by Avi Manges, who quickly got her pistol when her barking dogs alerted her to the danger.  “I hollered, ‘Who’s there? I’ve got a gun!’” Manges explained.  The intruder looked through a window, confirmed Manges was armed and fled.  Shortly thereafter, the suspect entered another residence; the homeowner heard a commotion and got his 9mm pistol.  He spotted the suspect, pointed the gun at him and held him for police.  “If [the burglar] had threatened them, he would have been shot,” police Sgt. Roderick O’Connor said.  “You go busting into a house they don’t know what your intent is.”  According to O’Connor, all the suspect had to say for himself was, “Those guys pointed guns at me.  They should be arrested.”  The only charges filed were against the suspect.  (Glenwood Post, Glenwood, Colo., 04/29/10)

A man was enjoying his lunch on a park bench when, according to police, a suspect with a less wholesome agenda spotted him.  Clutching a knife, the suspect approached the man and said, “Give me all your money or I’ll stab you!”  The mugger grabbed the man and shoved him against a fence.  The suspect may have intended to inflict bodily harm on the man; however, he didn’t realize his would-be victim was licensed to carry a firearm.  The man drew a handgun and opened fire on the suspect, wounding him.  The mugger was to be arrested upon his release from the hospital.  (The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Conn., 04/27/10)

When Michael Lish returned home to find the back door and a window ajar, he entered cautiously with his handgun for protection.  As he inspected the home, a man dressed in dark clothing and wielding a sword sprung out at him.  Police say the burglar threatened Lish and walked toward him.  Lish fired a shot, wounding the burglar who fell to his knees.  The burglar reached behind his back in an apparent attempt to grab another weapon, forcing Lish to fire two more shots, killing him.  The burglar, who was on probation at the time of his death, was also carrying two illegally possessed guns, a knife and a stun gun. (Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla., 04/03/10)

Two masked men were going door-to-door looking for a home that looked ripe for burglary.  They settled on one owned by Carlos Martinez, who was at home with his wife and children.  Martinez’s son, Bryan, answered a knock at the door, and the masked burglars thrust it open so forcefully that they damaged the wall inside.  The men demanded money and Bryan, a Marine who was home on leave, retreated into the home and alerted his family to the situation.  Carlos hurried his wife and daughter into the master bedroom and locked the door.  The women hid in the bathroom and Carlos grabbed one of his handguns.  The burglars attempted to breach the bedroom door and Carlos fired three shots.  The intruders fled the home.  (WFTV-TV, Orlando, Fla., 04/27/10)

An elderly couple proved that a firearm is all that’s needed to counteract a burglar’s youth and strength.  Police say a 28-year-old thug learned that fact the had way when he entered their barn toting a crow bar, metal cutters and a flashlight.  Charles and Kathleen Smith, whose barn had been broken into earlier in the week, stopped to check on the property and spotted the prowler.  Kathleen shouted at the prowler not to move and held him with her .22-cal. rifle.  The couple called police, who arrested the suspect.  Neighbors have expressed much gratitude for the Smiths’ brave actions.  (WIVB-TV, Buffalo, N.Y., 04/16/10)

How will you defend yourself?  Will you follow the example of the real people, the real Americans, detailed in the stories above?  If your answer is yes, you need to assert your Second Amendment rights so you’ll be able to buy and legally own a gun.  Unfortunately, it’s become a trend….Democrat Presidents and Democrat Congressional majorities typically do whatever they can to curtail your right to bear arms.  Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost.  Help protect your rights by joining the NRA.  The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

More True Stories Of Armed Citizens:

The Armed Citizen Report: May 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: April 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: March 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: February 2010
Defend Yourself As Armed Citizens Do
It Is Good News When Armed Citizens Defend Themselves
Still More Armed Citizens Defending Themselves And Others
The Continuing Tales Of Armed Citizens
True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves
Elderly Woman In Maine Chases Away Armed Intruder
Real People Really Do Defend Themselves With Guns
A Public Service Message To Criminals – Stay Away From Texas
Armed Citizens

Springfield XDm

Do you own a gun?  If so, good for you…make sure you know how to use it.  If not, why not?  Millions of Americans own guns and it’s a good thing they do because they end up needing them to protect themselves.  It annoys liberals every time they hear it but, Americans defend themselves, their loved ones, and their property millions of times every year with guns.  Some of the stories of Americans using their guns for their own protection follow.

While taking groceries to her car, a man approached an 82-year-old woman and said something horrible to her: “This is your day.  You are too old to be alive anyway.”  According to police, he then grabbed the woman’s cane and beat her.  Despite the savage assault, the elderly woman managed to reach into her purse, draw her gun and fire a shot.  The man fled and, upon hearing the shot, store employees quickly came to the woman’s aid.  The self-proclaimed “stubborn, old broad” is badly bruised but will fully recover.  “If I go naturally or to a sickness or something, fine,” she said.  “I’m ready to go, but I’m not ready to let some idiot like that take me out.”  (KVOA-TV, Tucson, Ariz., 03/15/10)

Daniel Kaplan was parked in front of his business when two men sprinted toward his vehicle.  One of them reached inside, punched Kaplan three times in the face and stuck a gun to Kaplan’s head.  Then Kaplan’s instincts kicked in.  Police say he grabbed the suspect’s gun with his left hand and kicked open the car door into his assailant.  Kaplan then reached under the seat and grabbed his .45-cal. Glock pistol.  “I got five shots off as quickly as I could,” he recalls.  “I was fighting for my life.”  At least one of the suspects was shot.  Both fled the scene and are being sought by police.  “I’m happy to be here,” said a relieved Kaplan.  (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Ga., 03/04/10)

A crazed, knife-wielding man attempted to stab people at random in a convenience store parking lot.  Police said he’d already chased a delivery driver and others when he ran down a car leaving the lot.  He lunged at the car’s driver with the knife, wounding him.  That’s when the driver, whose two young stepdaughters were in the vehicle, produced a handgun and fired about six shots, killing the attacker. The driver will recover from his injuries.  “You’ve got to protect yourself,” said witness Byron Cook.  “He had his two kids in the car and they were terrified.”  (WREG-TV, Memphis, Tenn., 03/05/10)

Maureen Cassidy awoke to a loud noise and got up to investigate.  To her horror, a man with a knife had forced his way into her home.  She hurried back to the bedroom and woke her husband, who got his Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun.  The husband stood in the doorway and yelled to the intruder that he had a gun.  Inexplicably undeterred, the intruder advanced toward the husband, who fired a shot.  The wounded intruder fled the home.  Police found him hiding in the bushes next door.  A second person was also arrested in connection with the invasion.  (The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla., 03/13/10)

Police said that early one morning an armed suspect burst into a home office in an area described by one resident as “a quiet neighborhood.”  Hearing the burglar, the resident quickly armed himself with a firearm.  When the burglar approached, the resident feared for his life and shot the suspect, killing him.  “I’m not for someone being shot,” said Nora Dietz, a concerned neighbor, “but you have to protect yourself.”  (The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md., 03/29/10)

Raymond Michel and his wife Dawn, returned home with their grandson when the 9-year-old noticed a suspicious light in a downstairs bedroom.  Dawn investigated and found a few items in disarray.  Then she found a garbage bag outside with money and jewelry in it, and a window screen was damaged.  She ran to tell her husband that someone had been – or still was – in the house.  Michel got his handgun and walked upstairs.  Items were strewn about the floor and a bathroom door was shut that the Michels always keep open.  Michel kicked the door open and it struck the intruder.  The suspect began to aim a rifle at the homeowner, who quickly fired his handgun, shattering the door and narrowly missing the intruder.  The suspect laid on the ground as everyone waited for police.  (The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, Calif., 03/04/10)

A man wasn’t home when an alarm indicated a possible break-in.  He quickly called his neighbor, Gaylon Crawford, and asked him to check on the house.  The neighbor noticed a door was forced open and the lights were on.  Once inside he found two men wearing dark clothing.  Police said the men claimed they were retrieving their tools, but Crawford didn’t buy it.  He drew his handgun and told the men to put their hands up and wait for police.  Instead, one of the men charged Crawford, who shot him.  The suspects fled.  The wounded man was arrested when he sought treatment for a gunshot wound at the hospital.  His accomplice is still at large.  (White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Ariz., 03/09/10)

Privately owned, constitutionally protected guns save lives.  President Obama is a life-long anti-gun politician as are some members of Congress.  President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder are likely to promote legislation to curtail your right to defend yourself with a gun sometime soon.  Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost.  Help protect your rights by joining the NRA.  The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

More True Stories Of Armed Citizens:

The Armed Citizen Report: April 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: March 2010
The Armed Citizen Report: February 2010
Defend Yourself As Armed Citizens Do
It Is Good News When Armed Citizens Defend Themselves
Still More Armed Citizens Defending Themselves And Others
The Continuing Tales Of Armed Citizens
True Stories Of Armed Citizens Defending Themselves
Elderly Woman In Maine Chases Away Armed Intruder
Real People Really Do Defend Themselves With Guns
A Public Service Message To Criminals – Stay Away From Texas
Armed Citizens

Glock 17 Semiautomatic 9mm Pistol

One of the reasons I’m Happily American is the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  The Second Amendment is recognition of the right of an American citizen to keep and bear arms in order to defend their life and property from all who would try to take them.  Americans exercise their right to self defense using privately owned guns about 2 million times a year but you seldom hear about it unless you read about it here.

When he was awakened by his home security system, NRA Endowment member Steve Bason prepared for the worst – he got his Benelli M1 12-ga. shotgun, while his wife, Beth, an NRA Life member, grabbed her Glock 9mm pistol.  “At first we figured it was just another false alarm,” Bason told the editor of the “Armed Citizen.”  “Then a light came on in our barn and I thought, ‘My goodness, this is real!”  Police say the couple cautiously approached the barn. They peered inside and found a man standing next to Bason’s truck with the door open.  “There was some yelling and we probably said some words that aren’t fit for print,” Bason recalled.  The suspect quickly found himself staring down the barrels of two different guns and waited patiently for police.  (The Express, Lock Haven, Pa., 02/02/10)

The incessant ringing of her doorbell woke a woman from her sleep.  She looked through the front door peephole and saw someone in a hooded sweatshirt outside continuing to ring the bell.  Police say the woman ran to the bedroom, got her handgun and dialed 9-1-1.  As she returned to the front door, a second hooded suspect emerged, sprinted to the door and kicked it.  His foot busted a hole in the door, knocking down the woman.  She looked through the hole and saw the suspect preparing to run and kick the door again, so she stuck the barrel of her handgun out of the hole and fired two shots.  The suspects fled the scene and are being sought by police.  (KNXV-TV, Phoenix, Ariz., 02/11/10)

Some twisted individual broke into a rural home, tied up a woman and her mother and sexually assaulted the younger woman, according to police.  The older woman managed to send a cell phone text message to her neighbor.  The neighbor’s boyfriend, Sonny Osborn, ran to the scene, saw what was occurring and ran to get his gun.  He returned and shot the attacker three times.  The suspect was treated at a hospital and taken to jail.  Incredibly, the police and the attacker agree Osborn did the right thing.  “[The suspect] even looked at Sonny and said, ‘I have no hard feelings man.  You done what you were supposed to do,’” said Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Bill Snead.  “He said, ‘You just protected these people.’”  (WTHR-13, Indianapolis, Ind., 02/24/10)

Richard Evans didn’t feel safe in his own home the day after four teens broke into the house and stole guns and electronics.  Unfortunately for all concerned, the teens returned.  Police believe they were intent on stealing Evans’ four-wheel drive vehicle, for which they’d stolen the keys in the prior burglary.  The teens wore masks and climbed Evans’ fence.  He shouted at them to get off his property, but they did not comply.  Fearing the teens were carrying guns, Evans grabbed his shotgun and opened fire.  All four teens were wounded and taken to the hospital.  Police plan to charge them with armed burglary and grand theft.  (Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla., 02/02/10)

Michael Hommes’ German shepard was strangely upset in the middle of the night, running frantically to various windows in the home.  Trusting his dog’s intuition, Homes released it outside.  The German shepherd likely saw the prowler in the yard.  The next thing Hommes heard was his dog being shot.  He ran back into the home and grabbed a pistol.  By the time he returned to the front door, the prowler had already forced his way inside.  Hommes shot at the armed intruder, causing him to flee the home.  Hommes’ loyal dog was treated by a veterinarian for its injuries and will survive.  An investigation is under way.  (Star-Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio, 02/16/10)

A group of armed men allegedly concocted an elaborate robbery ploy.  The first step in their scheme was to break into an unoccupied home.  Then they used a phone book to call electricians to the house so they could rob them.  According to police, when the first electrician arrived, the robbers ambushed him.  One of the robbers shot him in the leg and tied him up in another room.  Shortly thereafter a second electrician arrived, who was also promptly shot in the leg.  This electrician, however, turned out to be an armed citizen with a concealed-carry permit, and he was in no mood to become a victim.  He drew a handgun and shot one of the robbers, likely saving his own life and that of his fellow electrician.  The wounded robber was taken to the hospital.  His accomplices fled and are still being sought.  (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., 02/12/10)

Privately owned guns save lives.  Unfortunately, the President is a life-long anti-gun leftist as are some members of Congress.  President Obama is likely to support legislation to curtail your right to defend yourself with a gun sometime soon.  Stand up and assert your right to keep and bear arms or it may be lost.  Help protect your rights by joining the NRA.  The NRA fights to keep your right to keep and bear arms intact.

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