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From:
The American Rifleman
June, 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

Vincent McCarthy wasn't afraid to lend a hand when he noticed a police officer struggling with a man and woman at the side of the road. He tried to help subdue the man, who was kicking the officer in the face. Despite McCarthy's warnings, when the man pressed his assault, the tour boat captain shot him once in the leg with a pistol he is licensed to carry and stopped the attack. Neither the officer nor McCarthy were seriously injured. (The Daily Commercial, Leesburg, Fla., 04/10/92)

T.J. Namen credits his insomnia with helping him nab two teens who were breaking into cars in the lot of the Anchorage, Alaska apartment building he manages. Getting a pistol and sneaking outside after noticing the two, Namen waited until he heard breaking glass, then jumped up, announced that he was armed and held them for the police. (The Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska, 03/31/92)

Jack Arnold, 81, thought he had escaped the gang violence of his North Richmond, Calif., home, when he moved into his motor home and parked it outside of the city. He was apparently the target of random violence, however, when a man carrying a knife burst through the door one evening. After being threatened and struck, Arnold grabbed a 12-ga. and killed the intruder with a single blast. (Daily Ledger/Post Dispatch, Pittsburg, Calif., 03/05/92)

Peter DelFranco, owner of a Bridgeport, Conn., pizza shop, ordered a man out of the store after he tried to get change for a roll of "dimes" actually containing pennies. Instead of leaving, the man stepped behind the counter, feigned having a gun and started taking money from the cash register. DelFranco fired a single shot from his pistol, putting the man to flight. A wounded suspect was found nearby. (The Post, Bridgeport, Conn., 01/15/92)

Mike Court was finishing his day's work by making a bank run for the Tampa, Fla., store where he works. As he prepared to make the deposit, a robber stepped up and demanded the money. Instead, Court pulled his own .380 and, after a short discussion, the two began to shoot it out. The exchange ended when Court wounded the criminal. "If I'd given him the money, who's to say he wouldn't have shot me anyway," Court pondered. (The Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., 02/20/92)

Apparently intent on burglary, two hoods cut the phone lines to Floris Gold's Cape Ferrelo, Oreg., home. They were busy forcing their way into the basement when confronted by the 72-year-old-home-owner, but fled when they noticed she was carrying a shotgun. One fired a shot as he was running — missing Gold — which earned him a charge of attempted murder when police caught up with him and his accomplice a short time later. (The Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, Oreg., 02/12/92)

Increased crime prompted Angelo Accurso to get a permit to keep a gun in his buffalo, N.Y., market. He put it to good use when a man walked in one morning and began to beat him with a piece of pipe. Although seriously injured, Accurso managed to pull his pistol and loosed several shots. Severely wounded, Accurso's attacker staggered from the store and collapsed on the street. (The News, Buffalo, N.Y., 04/03/92)

After entering through an unlocked back door of an Alcolu, S.C., woman's home, a male intruder put an extension cord around the woman's neck and told her not to scream. Thinking quickly, the woman fell to the floor and grabbed a rifle kept under the couch, prompting her attacker to flee. (The Item, Sumter, S.C., 02/8/92)

Even though Pizza Hut has a policy against drivers carrying firearms, a Pensacola, Fla., delivery man decided his own safety was more important than company policy and took his pistol with him. He needed it one evening when three criminals tried to rob him. Making the delivery, the man decided he didn't like what he saw. Telling the trio he was getting their drinks, he instead got his 9 mm. When one of the group yelled "Die!" and fired a shot, the delivery man ducked behind his car and returned fire, driving them away. A company official later said the man would keep his job. (The News Journal, Pensacola, Fla., 01/29/92)

A would-be armed robber found it never pays to bring a knife to a gunfight when he vaulted a counter in Walter Krasowski's Chicago coin shop and slashed him with a butcher's knife. Krasowski pulled a .45 revolver, fired and wounded his assailant twice. The man fled, with Krasowski in pursuit. Police found the man lying in the street, with Krasowski holding him at gunpoint. (The Daily Southtown Economist, Chicago, Ill., 03/20/92)

James Summey of Lincolnton, N.C., got the drop on two men who had broken into his son's home and was holding them at gunpoint while his wife phoned police. He almost made a fatal mistake, however, when he agreed to let one of the house breakers get a cigarette. Instead of tobacco, the man came up with a .25 semi-automatic pistol and fired several shots at Summey; all missed. Summey returned fire with his .44 Mag., prompting the gunman to cease hostilities and wait quietly for police. His accomplice fled, but turned himself in soon after. "If Mr. Summey had wanted to harm one of them, he could have really done it," a detective later said. (The Lincoln Times-News, Lincolnton, N.C., 02/19/92)

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