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From:
The American Rifleman
May, 1997

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

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, pizzeria assistant manager Ailene Jones was enjoying a meal when two young men entered the restaurant where she worked and attempted to force another employee to open the cash register. When their efforts failed, one of the bandits approached Jones, who was armed. The suspect started shooting at Jones, who shot back. The criminals fled the building. While police were interviewing Jones, who had been struck in the foot, in the hospital, a young man fitting one of the suspects' descriptions showed up with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was promptly arrested. Police were still searching for his accomplice. (The Democrat Gazette, Pine Bluff, AR, 12/l1/96)

It was five against one at a Kansas City, Kansas, snack shop, but the armed citizen emerged unscathed. One of the would-be thieves was not so lucky. It all happened when five men, some of them armed, entered Columbus Park Sundries and attempted to take money from the cash register. The clerk grabbed his own gun and shot at the suspects, who promptly vacated the premises. A short while later, a man who police believe to be one of the suspects appeared at a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to his back. It was the second time in four years a Columbus Park employee had been forced to shoot a bandit. (The Star, Kansas City, KS, 10/25/96)

The burglar ransacked 81-year-old Alberta Nicles' Muskegon, Michigan, home before waking her up and ordering her around the house to search for money. Ending up back in her bedroom, the intruder — a suspected crack addict with a long history of criminal activity — removed the widow's pajama bottoms and was preparing to rape her when she informed him that she knew where there was some money. Her assailant let her up and followed her to a closet where the woman instead retrieved her late husband's .38. She turned and shot her tormentor to death. Nicles then went to a neighbor's home to call police because her own lines had been severed by the intruder prior to his breaking in. "This was not just a random breaking and entering. He was planning on taking advantage of the vulnerability of an elderly person. She was clearly acting in self-defense, " Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague said. (The Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, 1/2/97)

Tampa, Florida, pizza delivery driver Clifford S. Jordan reached into his glove box when two thugs ambushed him in an attempt to rob him. Out came his .380, and Jordan fired at both assailants, killing one and wounding the other. Police declined to file charges against the driver, but his employer, Domino's Pizza, suspended him with pay while they waited to review the police report. Jordan's actions were contrary to company policy. Domino's trains their employees to comply with a robber's demands. (The News Herald, Panama City, FL, 12/2 l /96)

A Los Angeles, California, Domino's Pizza delivery driver was walking back to his Isuzu Trooper after delivering three pizzas to a home in a crime-ridden neighborhood when he was approached by a knife-wielding robber. Asked for cash, the driver replied he didn't have any and was subsequently stabbed in the chest. A struggle ensued and the driver — a concealed-carry permit holder — drew a pistol from his waistband and fatally shot his attacker. "The guy's pretty lucky he's in here talking to us," said LAPD Det. Chuck Merritt. Domino's had no comment on the matter. (The Times, Los Angeles, CA, 1/27/97)

Mary Jo Netherton, 61, refused the midnight stranger's request to use the phone in her Knoxville, Tennessee, home. Suddenly, the 26-year-old invader burst through her front door and began hitting and shoving the woman across the room. Pointing a gun at her head, the intruder demanded the receipts from a restaurant she operates. Helpless, Netherton feared she would be killed without her hearing-impaired boyfriend — asleep in the next room — ever coming to her rescue. She was wrong. From the darkness, James Roy Patton emerged, shoving a snubnose .38 into the assailant's chest and firing. Though the criminal had donned a bullet-proof vest, it fit too loosely, allowing the bullet to find its mark. The crook, who had an extensive violent criminal history, including fleeing police and weapons charges from just four months prior to Netherton's assault, died. "They were lucky. If they had not had a gun in the house, they'd have been dead," Knoxville Police Investigator Mike Hyde said. (The News-Sentinel. Knoxville, TN, 2/12197)

San Antonio, Texas, restaurateur Alfonso Orestes Benitez was entering his home with his wife and daughter when two men dashed from the street and confronted the family. One of the pair, with a gun in hand, attempted to force his way into the home. Benitez, a concealed-carry permit holder, pulled a .25 cal. semi-automatic pistol from his pocket and shot the gun-wielding robber. Both men fled, but one was arrested that evening when he appeared at a hospital for treatment of his wound. "Thank God my husband was armed," Benitez's wife. Diana, said after the incident. (The Express-News, San Antonio, TX, 1/19/97)

"He didn't stay long. He went running because I had something to make him run," said 77-year-old Anna Lee England after forcing a bandit from her Calloway, Kentucky, country store. The elderly woman was in the store her late husband built in 1967 when a masked man believed to be in his 20s entered and demanded everything in the cash register. Instead, England pulled out a .38 and ordered the thug to leave. He did so quickly. A suspect was soon detained and questioned in the case. "I just figured I had worked for what I had, and I was going to protect it. I was just using common sense," England said. (The Daily News, Middleboro, KY. 10/15/96)

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