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From:
The American Rifleman
December, 1992

Studies indicate that firearms are used over two 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 free to quote or reproduce these accounts. Send clippings to: "The Armed Citizen," 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030

"I suppose it was silly, but I was worried about my cats," said Corydon, Ind., resident Mary Setzer after she foiled a burglary at her home. Alerted to the break-in by a friend, Setzer arrived home to find the basement door forced open. She retrieved her revolver, found two teenagers in her basement and held them for police. Setzer immediately purchased a shotgun, saying "A pump gun makes a noise when you load the chamber. Most people when they hear that, they're not going to hang around." (The Courier Journal, Louisville, Ky., 06/02/92)

World War II veteran William Marisak's best war story comes from the war against crime. While he was tending bar at his Brooklyn tavern, four armed robbers burst in and shot him twice. Marisak responded with his licensed .308, wounding one of the gunmen and putting the others to flight. "If I didn't have a gun, all of us would have been dead," he said. (Newsday, New York, N.Y., 09/13/92)

Panagiotis "Pete" Ioannidis thought he has left violence behind him when he moved from his native Greece -- where he battled Nazis and Communists -- to Providence, R.I. He was forced to take up arms again, however, when a man walked into his convenience store, pressed a knife to his wife's throat and demanded money. Ioannidis emerged from a back room, pulled his pistol and fired three shots, mortally wounding the robber. (The Journal-Bulletin, Providence, R.I., 09/29/92)

A trio of strongarm robbers demanded money from James Tibbs and his son. When the Pueblo, Colo., residents refused, the crooks started throwing punches. The elder Tibbs pulled a pistol from his pocket and fired a warning shot, then fired for effect, when the criminals persisted, wounding two. (The Chieftain, Pueblo, Colo., 08/02/92)

Benny Taylor of Anniston, Ala., and his wife had been terrorized for years by a thug who regularly stole their Social Security money. When the criminal's attacks became increasingly violent, Taylor finally accepted the loan of a .38 from a friend. When the man showed up at the house again and kicked through the door, Taylor fired twice, killing him. "I didn't know what else to do," Taylor said. "This is my home." (The Star, Anniston, Ala., 09/09/92)

While Clint Reynold's uncle tried to fend off a 600-lb grizzly with a rifle butt as it tried to climb through a window of the family's Central, Alaska, home, Reynolds, 14, jumped out of bed and loaded his .357 Mag. revolver. He rushed to the rescue, firing 15 shots at the bear, seven striking home, mortally wounding the marauding bruin. (The Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska 07/22/92)

A former boxer writing a crime novel did some first-hand research when he stopped a burglary in a crowded North Hollywood, Calif., coffee shop. A regular at the shop, Randy Shields was working on the story when two armed robbers burst in and fired several shots. Slightly wounded as he crawled behind a table, he came up firing when the bandits threaten to kill customers and employees. In the ensuring battle, Shields chased the men from the store. Two wounded suspects were later apprehended. (The Mercury News, San Jose, Calif., 09/21/92)

Steve Cartier thought he's subdued a deranged intruder with his 9mm pistol, but when his wife phoned Battle Ground, Oreg., police, the housebreaker lunged at her. After scuffling with the man, who ignored two warning shots, Cartier shot and killed him. The county prosecutor said he expected no charges to be filed against the homeowner. (The Oregonian, Portland, Oreg., 08/14/92)

After losing nearly everything to Hurricane Andrew, Dade County, Fla., resident Bart Sanfillipo was serious when he put a sign in his front yard warning looters he would shoot. Sanfillipo, his wife and an insurance adjuster were tallying the damage when an armed bandit leaped from a van and fired a shotgun blast over their heads. Sanfillipo responded with his .44, hitting the young thug in the head at 30 ft. "Score one the good guys," a police detective said of the incident. (The Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 09/14/92)

A Yonkers, N.Y., woman demurred when a strongarm robber demanded her purse as she was making a call at a public phone. She instead reached in the purse and came up with her licensed .38. The criminal fled empty-handed. (The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y., 08/06/92)

A semi-automatic pistol provided protection the police couldn't for a New Orleans, La., area woman. After calling police to report a prowler outside her home, the woman got the gun, and when the intruder crept through the front door, shot him once in the neck, putting him to flight. A wounded suspect was apprehended minutes later. (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 07/22/92)

An Upper Marlboro, Md., homeowner warned the intruder he was armed. But the housebreaker ignored the warning and charged up the stairs. The householder opened up with a .38 and killed him. (The Times, Washington, D.C., 09/02/92)

Two would-be burglars made a big blunder when they woke up the owner of a Mechanicsville, Md., home. When one shined a flashlight into the face of the sleeping 71-year-old man, he grabbed his shotgun and chased the duo from the home with several blasts. (The Enterprise, Lexington Park, Md., 08/21/92)

If you have had a firsthand “Armed Citizen” experience,
call NRA-ILA Grassroots at (800) 392-8683.

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