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…
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…
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…
This family did everything right after a man broke into their home and assaulted them. A little before 8:45 PM this past Monday, a man broke into a home in Baxter Springs, KS. He then proceeded to assault two adult occupants of the home. The homeowners then retreated to their bedroom with two juveniles that were also in the house…
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — A court-ordered handoff of a child, based on a custody agreement, couldn’t have gone any worse than it did. When the child wasn’t available at the agreed-upon time, the father refused to leave until he had his son. The man in the green shirt is the child’s father, Chad Read. His ex-wife, Christina Read, is also visible…
An Anderson resident shot and killed a masked man who broke into her home around midnight after claiming he was the police and demanded money. The suspect fatally shot was 40-year-old Jeffery Flowers, according to Anderson Police. “Neighbors had videos of him parking in front of the residence and looking through windows, ultimately breaking through the door and pulling a…
Last week in an area North of Orlando, FL., a case of road rage got out of control and ended up in the death of pregnant Sara–Nicole Morales. Apparently, she intentionally hit Andrew Derr, who Police say was not knocked off his motorcycle or injured. “We don’t know why she hit him,” said Orange City police Lt. Jason Sampsell. “She…