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From:
The American Rifleman
February, 1993

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

Sue Atkins had vowed not to be the victim of a robbery again, and made good on her promise when a robber walked into the Durham, N.C., Western Union office where she works, said he had a gun and demanded money. What he got was an arm wound from Atkin's pistol. He ran, but police caught up with him nearby. "The threat of a weapon is the same thing as armed robbery in North Carolina," said a police officer. (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., 11/03/92)

A coordinated armed robbery attempt at a Barrington, R.I., jewelry store backfired when the robber met an armed citizen. Owner George Gray was on the phone when the armed man entered. When Gray yelled into the phone for help, the crook fired at him but missed. Gray then returned fire, killing his attacker. Police said the dead man had a long police record, adding that Gray acted in self-defense. (The Journal-Bulletin, Providence, R.I., 09/10/92)

Jessie Bishop was rudely awakened when an intruder tried to climb through the window of her Phoenix, Ariz., home. Bishop warned the man she was going to call police, but when he continued to climb through the window, she fired a single shot from her revolver, fatally wounding him. (The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz., 11/15/92)

Getting cigarettes for his "customer," Trung Thach, manager of a San Antonio, Tex., convenience store, turned back to find him holding a gun. Thach complied with the man's demands for money by reaching into the till with his right hand, but pulled a 9mm from under the counter with his left and fired twice, mortally wounding the robber. Police, noting the robber's "gun" was a realistic-looking toy, said Thach was justified in firing. (The Light, San Antonio, Tex., 10/19/92)

Nathaniel Womack tried to ignore the late-night pounding on the door of his Lynchburg, Va., home, hoping the visitor would go away. When a prowler broke down the door and barged into his bedroom, however, Womack shot him in the face and put him to flight. A wounded suspect was apprehended a short time later. (The News & Daily Advance, Lynchburg, Va., 09/11/92)

Gail Meadows, a columnist for the anti-gun Miami Herald, got a firsthand look at crime and what armed citizens can do to prevent it when her car was rammed by another near her home. Four thugs swarmed her car and were trying to rob her when — alerted by Meadows beeping her horn — her neighbors came to the rescue. One man, armed with a shotgun, wounded one attacker and drove off the others. (The Herald, Miami, Fla., 10/28/92)

Jacksonville, Fla., resident David Pierce capitalized on an unusual opportunity while driving home one afternoon — he recovered his stolen truck. Taken along with over $12,000 in tools and cash in a nighttime theft at his home, the truck pulled up beside Pierce at an intersection about three weeks later. Pierce grabbed his .357 revolver, ordered two men from the truck and held them for police, who lodged several charges agains the pair. (The Florida times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla., 10/29/92)

Hearing noises from his father's grocery store next door early one morning, Hickory, La., resident Bruce Bennett peered through his window and saw a man banging on the side door of the business. Bennett got his gun and found the man trying to break through the front door. Bennett held him at gunpoint until police arrived. (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 11/05/92)

James Brown didn't hesitate in becoming involved when he saw a man being robbed and assaulted by several gun-toting thugs outside a Covina, Calif., bank. Brown chased one of the group who was carrying two bags full of money. When the robber turned and fired two shots at him at a distance of 200 ft. and missed, Brown returned fire and wounded the gunman in the stomach. Brown then held the man for police, who later arrested his accomplice. (The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina, Calif., 10/31/92) An East Long Beach, Calif., man pushed his luck too far when he apparently tried to break into the same house twice in 10 days. Hearing sounds near his front door, resident George Doolittle grabbed his handgun and went to investigate. When he got into the front hall, Doolittle saw the man coming through the front door. Doolittle fired two times, wounded the intruder and held him for police. (The Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif., 10/07/92)

Police scored an easy collar after an Erie, Pa., homeowner heard a break-in, called police and then grabbed his rifle. Confronting the intruder, the homeowner forced him to retreat outside, right into the handcuffs of arriving officers. (The Daily Times., Erie, Pa., 10/22/92)

Billy Sisson and two fellow elk hunters had stopped for gas at a Grande Ronde, Oreg., market, when a man witnesses described as possibly drunk or on drugs approached and started an argument. After a terse exchange with the hunters, he began threatening the trio with a revolver. Sisson retrieved his .30-'06 and fired a single shot, mortally wounding the man; police said he had a lengthy arrest record. (The Statesman Journal, Salem, Oreg., 11/17/92)

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

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