Tag Archives: DGU

DGU Week In Review: Intellectually Challenged Edition

Posted on October 21, 2012 by David Liberman

Every week, I try to come up with a theme for the DGU Week in Review. Small towns, DGUs gone wrong, old folks fighting back. With another thirty articles to peruse from this week’s newsrags, I read each one, looking … Continue reading →

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DGU Week in Review: Hometown Heroes Edition

Posted on October 14, 2012 by David Liberman

It’s worth mentioning that many of our DGU reports occur in small towns, far away from the mega-cities where anti-gun influence so often restricts our natural right to armed self defense. Gypsum, Kansas and Dothan, West Virginia are names that … Continue reading →

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Self-Defense Video Quiz: Would You Shoot This Well Under Pressure?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Chris Dumm

When this unnamed security guard signed on to surf the graveyard shift at a 24-hour Internet cafe, he probably had no idea he was signing up for an unfriendly, unannounced and very high-stakes Tactical Pistol Challenge Match. With 3:1 odds … Continue reading →

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DGU of the Day: NW Burglar Drilled (and Why You Should Hang Up on 911)

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Chris Dumm

Adapted from the annals of KOIN-TV, Portland, Oregon: Setting: Suburban home, bedroom, 2:00 a.m. Characters: HUSBAND, WIFE, DOG, 911 DISPATCHER, INTRUDER. HUSBAND and WIFE asleep in queen bed, illuminated by faint blue gel (oblique through window). (Sound of breaking glass)

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Help Wanted: Cato Institute’s Interactive DGU Map Is A Work In Progress

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Chris Dumm

Being a gun person requires (or at least implies) some level of understanding that there is only so much that any government can do for you, and that in many instances the best thing it can do for everyone is … Continue reading →

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Off-Duty Cop Refuses To Stop Robbery In Progress, So Shopkeeper Takes Care Of Business

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Chris Dumm

When a Portland man walked into a lunchtime robbery in progress at a downtown Central Drugs store (pictured), he backed out and flagged down an officer driving a marked Portland Police Bureau cruiser a block away. He told the officer … Continue reading →

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Defensive Gun Use Of The Day: Rubber Bullet Edition

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Chris Dumm

If I ever hear the dreaded sound of a burglar prying or smashing his way into my home in the middle of the night, I pray I’ll have time to equip myself with the ne plus ultra of home-defense tools: … Continue reading →

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