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Category: Situations
Universal justification for the use of deadly force
You are universally justified in the necessary use of deadly force when there is a reasonable fear of immediate or otherwise unavoidable danger of death or serious bodily injury to the innocent. (Each of these factors must be present.)
The Melinda Herman Case: Six shots to save your life
Donnie Herman owned two guns for home defense. One was a .38 revolver, and Donnie took his wife Melinda to the range to learn how to fire it in case she’d ever have to use it to protect herself or her 9-year-old twins. That circumstance arose just two weeks later when, home alone with her children, Melinda was confronted by an intruder.
Continue reading “The Melinda Herman Case: Six shots to save your life”The Kristen McMains case: The armed defender’s dilemma
The Kristen McMains case is the story of a young woman who used her concealed firearm to end a vicious, life-threatening attack. On the evening of January 26, 2016, the 25-year-old attorney left her office and stepped into a parking garage elevator. A suspicious man had followed her across the skywalk and joined her. As the elevator doors closed, McMains’ fear spiked when the stranger didn’t push a button. “I had the instinctive feeling I was going to die tonight,” she said, “unless I did something.”
Continue reading “The Kristen McMains case: The armed defender’s dilemma”Mass shooter stopped by man with a rifle
69 mass shootings have been stopped by armed civilians
At least 69 mass shootings have been stopped by armed civilians since 1990, data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center shows. This flies in the face of the media (examples here, here, and here) arguing mass shootings are caused by lack of gun control. The truth is, armed civilians stop mass shootings regularly, and one major way to dampen the amount of mass shootings is to allow people to carry guns wherever they go.
Continue reading “69 mass shootings have been stopped by armed civilians”How a Texas gunfighter cop stopped the jihadi attack in Garland, Texas
In Garland, Texas, on 3 May 2015, Gregory Stevens, a veteran police officer with the Garland Police Department, was working off-duty as armed security for the “Draw the Prophet” cartoon contest event.
Continue reading “How a Texas gunfighter cop stopped the jihadi attack in Garland, Texas”Customers, staff fired back in gun store shooting; 3 dead
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Saturday, prompting customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, a sheriff said. The shooter also died.
Continue reading “Customers, staff fired back in gun store shooting; 3 dead”Florida homeowner utilized Second Amendment right when he killed intruder: sheriff
A homeowner was “utilizing his Second Amendment right to protect himself and his family” when he shot dead a man who broke into his home with a gun, a Florida sheriff said.
Continue reading “Florida homeowner utilized Second Amendment right when he killed intruder: sheriff”Armed bystander ends shooting attack by taking down gunman
A legally armed Indiana man is credited with saving lives when he shot and killed a 22-year-old gunman who had fatally shot a cemetery worker and was about to kill another.
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