Self-Defense

Blaze News' first installment of its two-part series on store workers who use their guts, fists, and wits to battle crooks tooth and nail features a mother and daughter encountering a crook right at closing time ... a hard-working dad on a conference call with his daughter's school as he's ready to wind things down [...]

Deputies responded to Dixie’s Gentlemen’s Club along US-17 near DeLand shortly before 2 a.m… Detectives said Collins pulled a gun on another man outside the nightclub, and believe that man fired a shot at Collins’ vehicle in self-defense. The man who fired the gun is not facing any charges at this point, according to Volusia [...]

A homeowner in north central Washington state fatally shot a suspected vehicle prowler amid a physical confrontation Sunday night. The armed homeowner approached a suspect who was seen tampering with the homeowner's vehicle around 7:15 p.m. on Hanford Street near Omak Avenue, KXLY-TV reported, citing the Omak Police Department. The city of Omak is located [...]

Tucson, Arizona, March 2, 2024 (KVOA.com, Arizona Daily Star) On Saturday night just before 11:00 p.m., officers responded to the 3300 block of N. Oracle Rd. after gunshots were heard in the area… Detectives learned in their investigation that the two men who flagged down police were with another acquaintance in a nearby parking lot [...]

Late on March 1, in Albuquerque, N.M., a woman was sharing an evening dancing and singing with her 4-year-old granddaughter, when an unknown man burst into the home and demanded her keys. He stated he didn’t want to be arrested and threatened to hurt the woman and her granddaughter. The woman dialed 911 as the [...]

Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. It was republished at the Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Ohio Star, Real Clear Policy, Before Its News, The Heartland News, the BFD (New Zealand), and USSA News. The 2023 Nashville Covenant School murders understandably received massive news coverage when they occurred. The fight over [...]

The resident 'was pretty beaten up — face, whole body. ... He had obvious injuries,' police said. A Colorado man told police an intruder broke into his Commerce City residence after midnight Sunday and severely beat him — so the victim grabbed a gun and shot the intruder dead, KDVR-TV reported. Commerce City is about [...]

Like a scene out of a scary movie, a brave mother and her three children hid in a closet that had been designated as the family’s “safe room” as a knife-wielding man broke into their Carroll County, Miss., home Jan. 22. According to reports, the 44-year-old man attempted to kick down the front door but [...]

Eight allegedly armed jewelry store robbers fled Oakland’s Phuong Jewelry Wednesday after the 76-year-old owner emerged from the back of the store holding a shotgun. ABC 7 reported the attempted robbery occurred in broad daylight, around 12:30 p.m.

A shooter at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, was reportedly stopped by a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy working security at the church Sunday morning. Update: Around 4 p.m. Central Time ABC News reported that Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez “corrected an earlier statement claiming it was a sheriff’s deputy that fired the shot.” Gonzalez now [...]