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From:
The American Rifleman
June, 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

Five hoodlums strolled brazenly into a Miami, Florida, Burger King in the middle of the morning and ordered the cashiers to give them the money in the registers. While two of them held their guns on the employees and customers, two other suspects jumped across the counter. A brief scuffle ensued and the men ran from the restaurant. As one of the suspects exited the building, he turned to shoot. It proved to he his undoing. By that time, manager Ulysses Williams had upholstered his own gun. He fired first, striking the suspect dead. Police were still searching for the other four suspects. (The Herald, Miami, FL, 12/12/96)

A brief crime spree came to a quick end when a Houston, Texas, bandit attempted to carjack a carry permit holder. A man was fueling his car when a gun-toting robber approached him and demanded his wallet, keys and car. Unable to find the right car key, the crook ran into the intersection and pointed his gun in the window of Robert Eichelberg's van. Eichelberg, a concealed-carry permit holder, fired a shot at the suspect. He then stepped from the van in an attempt to run to safety, but was confronted by the carjacker. The assailant fired several shots at Eichelberg, but missed. Eichelberg returned the fire, and didn't. The wounded thug was apprehended a block away. (The Chronicle, Houston, TX, 2/18/97)

The burglar evidently believed the first break-in of 57-year-old Floyd Williams' Lovington, New Mexico, home had been such an easy job that he returned just a week and a half later. During the first incident, the suspect beat Williams with a pipe, laying a three-inch gash across his head. But in the second burglary, Williams was ready, armed with a .25-cal. pistol. When the intruder broke through the front door, the homeowner fired, striking him in the leg. The wounded house-breaker ran to a car, and he and his accomplice fled the scene. Two months later, police discovered the body of the fatally wounded suspect in a ditch, where it was allegedly dumped by his accomplice after the man died from Williams' shot during their getaway. The accomplice was found and arrested. (The Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, TX, 1/31/97)

Dubbing Marty Killinger, 61, and Dorothy Cunningham, 75, the "Pistol Packing Grandmas," Grant County, Washington, Sheriff Bill Wiester honored the two women for defending themselves against four young thugs who had forced their way into the women's rural home after cutting the phone lines to the house. As the punks struggled with Killinger in an attempt to get her car keys, Cunningham retrieved a Luger pistol from her bedroom and chased the intruders into the yard, where they turned and began shouting taunts. Cunningham then loosed several shots over the heads of the suspects, who finally decided it was best to leave. "This is a clear message to criminals that senior citizens won't tolerate this type of behavior from these young punks," Wiester said. (The World Wenatchee, WA, 2/16/97)

Thugs, one of them armed with a pistol, ambushed 56-year-old Roberta Andrews and her daughter Leashea in a Gainesville, Florida, mall parking lot. The mother was trapped outside the car, but Leashea was able to jump into the driver's seat, where she fished around in the darkness and pulled out her .38 revolver — the sight of which sent the assailants packing. (The Sun, Gainesville, FL, 3/22/97)

A 67-year-old Spartanburg, South Carolina, liquor store clerk was behind the counter when a robber strode in, pulled out a large butcher knife and demanded cash. The woman told him "No," pulled a .38 from beneath the counter and ordered him to leave. Doubting her conviction to use the gun, the knife-wielding bandit threatened her. The woman replied with a single gunshot. A sudden believer the man immediately ran from the store, empty-handed but unhurt. A search of the area by police turned up nothing. (The Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC, 2/5/97)

Mulberry, Arkansas, citizens are discussing the possibility of holding a festival to commemorate a foiled heist at the town's hank. An ex-con just three weeks out of prison was chased down by Mulberry's mayor and the public works director after the crook robbed the bank of more than $50,000 in February. Using a .22 rifle handed to them by a citizen, the two chased the suspect to a railroad bridge where law enforcement officers arrested the culprit. (The Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, AR, 3/16/97)

Deacon Bob McMillan grew suspicious of the 18-year-old man who had asked him to pray with him following services at a church in Apache Junction, Arizona. During a break in prayer, McMillan retrieved the .32-cal. pistol he kept in his car. Upon returning, his suspicions were confirmed as he found the stranger waving a handgun at his wife's head and at his two best friends and demanding the weekly offerings. McMillan pushed his wife out of the way and quickly shot the man, wounding him. He then called police. McMillan said later, "I felt I only had a split second to live." (The Tribune, Mesa, AZ, 3/19/97)

Defense Secretary William Cohen's brother, Robert, opened the door to his Bangor, Maine, home and found himself facing the same man he had filed a police report on for harassing him in a bar two weeks earlier. The man charged through the door and slashed Robert Cohen, who fought back with a single shot from a .22 pistol. Cohen attempted to back up the stairs, but again his six-foot, seven-inch attacker came after him cutting the homeowner on the face. Cohen fired a second shot that sent the intruder tumbling down the stairs. Police arrested the wounded man at the scene. Two accomplices were also later apprehended. (The Daily News, Bangor, ME, 3/1/97)

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