The Armed Citizen
SITTING AT HIS kitchen table, a long-time NRA member
and competitive shooter was alarmed when a
masked intruder walked through the front door
wielding a knife. "Who the [expletive] are you?" the NRA
member demanded, but the intruder just mumbled
something and progressed toward
him. The NRA member grabbed for the intruder’s knife
hand, receiving lacerations. He continued
struggling with the intruder with his left hand, and
reached into his pocket with his right, drawing a
.38-cal. revolver. "Get the [expletive] out of here or I’m going to shoot
you!" the NRA
member shouted. The intruder backed away, saying,
"I’m an alcoholic; I’m not going to get shot over this.” He fled the
scene.
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WHEN A NOISE woke an 84-year-old grandmother, she
noticed her hall light was on and knew something was awry. The sharp-thinking,
independent woman opened a nightstand drawer and
quickly grabbed her .38-cal. revolver. "My mind told me to get that
gun,” she explained.
No sooner had she done so than an intruder appeared
at the bedroom door. The woman fired a shot, striking the wall. The intruder
ran out the
back door, which he had kicked in. (KTVU-TY,
DENARD
JOE WAS stopped in his car at an intersection when a man wearing a red bandana
tapped on the window and pointed a gun at him.
Big
mistake. Joe, a concealed-carry permit holder, drew a handgun and opened fire
through the window, striking his assailant twice in the chest.
The
carjacker, who had just been released from state prison last November, ran a
short distance and then died.
(The Ledger,
HOME ALONE IN his two-story house, a man heard a
knock at his door. Glancing out the window, he saw three men sneak around to
the back
sliding door. The sound of breaking glass made it
clear that the men were entering the house. The homeowner went upstairs, locked
himself in a
bedroom and got his gun. At least one of the burglars
approached the bedroom door and was about to enter when the resident opened
fire,
killing him. The other burglars fled, one of whom was
nabbed by a responding officer’s police dog.
(The News Tribune,
CHURCH MINISTER KIMANI Wright and his young son
interrupted a burglary as they returned home one morning. Wright saw the
burglar,
who was armed, and immediately drew a handgun and
opened fire. Glass shattered as bullets struck the front door. The burglar
wisely ran away
According to police, the intruder was not struck.
Neither Wright nor his son were injured.
(The
"YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED to knock old people down
... I’m too old to be going through all that!" said 83-year-old James
Brooks after a
hair-raising burglary incident. It began when a man
knocked on the door, claimed to have lost his cell phone and inquired whether
Brooks
had seen it. Soon after, a second man knocked on the
door. "He told me to go sit on the couch because he didn’t want to kill
me”, Brooks
recalled. At first he thought the suspect was joking,
but his intent to do harm quickly became clear. As the suspect attempted to
lift Brooks’
television, Brooks saw his opportunity to retrieve a
firearm. He fired a shot, wounding the suspect, who fled the scene with the
assistance of
two accomplices. Brooks said he’s lived in the neighborhood
for more than 25 years and never had anything like this happen. "These
young people have got their whole lives to live, why spoil it?" Brooks
asked rhetorically. "I'm thinking [the suspect] got the
message:' (
Daily News,
A woman and her husband pleaded with a man to quit trying to break into their
home. As the woman
dialed 9-1-1, the suspect banged on the front door and shattered the
surrounding glass. The husband shouted that he was armed with a rifle-he even
fired two warning shots in an attempt to halt the break-in-but the suspect
forced the door open anyway. As he entered the home, the husband fired a single
shot from his .22-Cal. rifle. The suspect was shot once in the chest and
killed. (The World,
If you have had a firsthand ':Armed Citizen" experience,
call NRA-ILA!PR Communications at (703) 267-1193. Studies indicate that firearms are used more than 2 million times a year for personal protection, and that
the presence of a firearm, without a shot being fired, prevents crime in many
instances. Shooting usually can be justified only where crime constitutes an
immediate, imminent threat to life, limb or, in some cases, property. Anyone is
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