West Palm Beach Police Department hailed a 9-year-old as a hero after bravely jumping into action as her mother was being attacked and robbed. This incident was caught on a surveillance camera outside of the Sabor Tropical Supermarket in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 2. You can see the suspect hiding behind what looks to be a propane tank…
A pair of armed teens, 19 and 17-years-old forced their way into a Fayetteville, NC apartment home a bit after 5:00 PM. The resident of the home was able to get to his gun and fire on both suspects killing them. His nephew was also shot during the incident, but the resident was able to render aid to him. During…
While it is true that there is generally less crime in rural parts of the country, that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen. Rural areas can be attractive to criminals because of fewer witnesses and often much slower police response times. A 74-year-old woman in rural Ferndale, CA, apparently knew this since she was armed when she arrived home later…
In Casa Grande, Arizona, a man claiming self-defense might have got overzealous in confronting someone leaving a convenience store. A man was walking out of the store and asked 21-year-old Jerome Denmark if he had some drugs. Allegedly, Denmark told the man, “He wasn’t into that kind of stuff.” Denmark told detectives, “Something didn’t feel right,” and thought the man…
During concealed carry classes, a fairly common question is, “How many rounds do I need?” Another instructor I know answered that question with, “I don’t know. Ask me when it’s over.” And that’s the issue. We really have no way to know what’s going to happen until it does. So many gun owners train for dealing with just one assailant…
What was meant to be a light-hearted tweet to recognize the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office staff that processes concealed carry permits caused much backlash on Twitter since last Friday. Here’s the tweet: Guess who came in to receive his Concealed Handgun Permit today? 🎅 Did you know the El Paso County Sheriff's Office has issued 49,750 Concealed Handgun Permits…
I would not want to be sitting in my car on Chicago’s South Side at 3:00 AM, but a 42-year-old woman was doing just that when two men, one armed, approached her and attempted to rob her. The woman, an Illinois concealed carry holder, was able to get her own gun into play and opened fire on the one suspect…
A gun store employee was shot and killed by the store’s owner after a prank that should never have happened went wrong. According to ABC 13 News, Jon Whitley, owner of Coastal Firearms, brought a replica Glock BB gun and placed it amongst other real firearms. The same man then picked up what he thought was the replicate but was…
Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News for an exclusive interview that will be airing tonight at 8 PM EST. One of the clips that have been released from the video shows. Alec stated that he didn’t pull the trigger and that he would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger. So he pointed the gun at…
Retraining orders and “no contact orders” have their place, but they don’t guarantee the person it is against won’t just disregard it and go after the other person anyway. The only real way to protect yourself is to be armed. And that’s precisely what happened in this incident. Latoya Smith had an active “no contact order” against Lakendrick Smith from…