An unidentified motorist was in downtown Austin last night at a busy intersection. Unfortunately for him, downtown was also the scene of what the Austin American-Statesman describes as “a protest against police violence.” Here’s the Statesman’s description of what happened: The shooting happened about 9:50 p.m. at Fourth Street and Congress Avenue, EMS officials said. […]
Some might say this sounds like a Florida Man story, but it really happened in Port Arthur, Texas. A buck naked man forced his way into a woman’s apartment at the Avery Trace apartments. When he failed to leave when asked, she shot him – in his “lower extremities.” Readers can feel free to imagine […]
From the AP: New Mexico authorities are investigating a deadly shooting at an auto shop after a man who refused to wear a mask allegedly tried to run over the shop owner’s son and crashed into a vehicle before driving off. An incident report written by Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies say as they were searching […]
Remember: No one needs more than ten rounds of ammunition in a magazine. The very idea of a 15- or 17-round magazine is ludicrous, let alone 30 for a rifle. Any more than 10 (and let’s face it, you probably don’t need even that many) marks you as a gun-crazy idiot who’s just out to […]
Never mind. Nothing to see here. Just another assault — or worse — stopped by a legally armed individual. The kind of thing that all the smartest people tell us almost never happens in this country. The thing that didn’t happen this time was a domestic dispute in a Jefferson City, Tennessee restaurant parking lot. […]
Henry Shuster is apparently the kind of guy who gets up and going early in the morning. He left his Nashville home at OMG:30 Wednesday morning for breakfast. When he got back, he found evidence of a break-in. From newschannel5.com: Metro Nashville police say a 72-year-old Henry Schuster came home after eating breakfast to find […]
Here’s a tip for would-be stick-up men. A large percentage of the clerks who work in Texas’s stop-and-rob convenience stores arm themselves. We’ve seen this ourselves, time and again. They know they’re considered juicy targets for opportunistic crooks and want the ability to protect themselves if a robber pulls a gun. An un-named Houston man […]
On Monday morning a man dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt walked down the middle of a busy highway in Delta Township, Michigan, near Lansing, shooting a handgun in the air and pointing the firearm at passing cars. According to wlns.com, of those vehicles was driven by a concealed carry permit holder. Investigators say a […]
Monday night a clerk in a Brooklyn, New York grocery store was attacked by a man with a knife. The clerk was carrying a firearm and shot the attacker, 25-year-old Edwin Candelario, Jr., who also worked at the store, killing him. Candelario had reportedly returned to the store to retrieve his keys. As CBSN New […]
The Associated Press reported a defensive gun use that happened yesterday in Panama City, Florida. A man was walking down the street acting erratically. When the man smashed his way through the door of a home and started beating a woman, the homeowner shot him. The AP, however, refers to the attacker not as a […]
Today’s defensive gun use of the day comes to us from The Last Frontier. Earlier this month, a 19-year-old man in fatigues broke into a municipal building in the town of Kwethluk in southwest Alaska. According to Alaska Public Radio, “He staged rifles inside, and activated the fire alert system. When village police officers responded, […]
Discovering a home invader in your house is frightening enough. Catching one in your child’s room — masked and naked — is probably every parent’s worst nightmare. A Scottsdale physician was working in an outbuilding on his property Wednesday night when the family dog raised the alarm. From 12news.com: The man began to check the […]