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From:
The American Rifleman
September, 1996

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

Richmond Watkins, believed to be Haywood County, Tennessee's, oldest man at 108 years old, may have appeared to be easy prey to a criminal 84 years his junior. At first, the younger crook attempted to trick Watkins into thinking he owed the man money for some firewood. When the ruse didn't work, the man grew violent, putting a butcher knife to Walkins' neck and threatening to kill him if he didn't hand over his money. Watkins reached for his pocket, but instead of a wallet, pulled out a .32 and shot his attacker in the neck, seriously wounding him. (The States Graphic,Brownsville. TN, 6/13/96)

Left for dead in a 1994 robbery and shooting in which she was seriously wounded and her 21-year-old godson paralyzed, Richmond, Virginia, resident Dorothy Newton understood the cost she and her niece might be forced to pay. They had already handed the four robbers, one armed with a pistol, all of their valuables and still the crooks wanted more. With nothing else to give, Newton pulled a .38 from the bottom of her purse and began firing, wounding two of the suspects and chasing all of them away. The four attackers were all taken into custody. Later newspaper accounts noted that a grand jury refused to indict the woman, even though she did not have a carry permit for the revolver, which she had borrowed from a friend. (The Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, 6/1/96)

Pulling up to his bank's ATM, Alan Carlson thought he was safely away from the traffic dispute in which he had been engaged just moments earlier. Suddenly, the three men pulled up, blocking Carlson's vehicle in its parking spot and jumping from their car. The Etters, Pennsylvania, resident warned the men to leave him alone and that he was armed, but still they approached. Even two warning shots into the ground failed to slow the advance of his would be-attackers, forcing Carlson to finally shoot one of them. Police refused to charge the armed citizen with any wrongdoing after reviewing video tape from a bank surveillance camera that revealed Carlson had done everything possible to avoid the confrontation. (The Daily Record, York, PA, 4/25/96)

"I think he was as scared of me as I was of him," said 84-year-old Williamsport, Pennsylvania, resident Harold Toler after confronting a burglar in his home. Toler and his wife were awakened by a commotion on their first floor. Toler grabbed his gun and went to investigate as his wife called police. Upon seeing the armed homeowner, the housebreaker begged him not to shoot, then quickly ran from the house. Police arrested the suspect within the hour. (The Sun Gazette, Williamsport, PA, 3/21/96)

Kun Sop Chun had just locked the door to his Charlotte, North Carolina, store when the two young bandits, armed with a rifle, ordered him to open the store so they could rob him. Chun feared for his life and, when the two looked away for a moment, he drew his own gun and began quickly firing, killing one assailant and wounding the other. (The Observer, Charlotte, NC, 5/10/96)

After spotting a strange truck in the driveway of her Bell County, Kentucky, home, Darlene Craig stopped and confronted the two men she found in the process of stealing her television, VCR and other items. Craig used her.357 to even the playing field and forced both men to sit on the couch while she dialed 911. When one of the crooks pushed down the phone's receiver and said he didn't think the woman would shoot, Craig dared them to "give [her] a reason." The two opted to wait for police. (The Enquirer, Pineville, KY, 4/4/96)

Wheelchair-bound jeweler Scott Moline was alone in his West Allis, Wisconsin, store when two customers-turned-bandits charged behind the counter. As one of the attackers drew a gun, Moline instinctively pulled his own .38 and loosed three shots. Though he missed the suspects, the pair were so frightened by Moline's defense that they fled the store, leaving behind their own gun and their stolen get-away car parked out front. Police arrested the two shortly after the incident. (The Star, West Allis, WI, 5/23/96)

The man stood on Clyde Thomas' Carroll County, Georgia, porch explaining that his truck had broken down and that he needed to phone somebody for help. When Thomas handed the stranded motorist a cordless phone and phonebook, the man yanked him outside and began beating him. Meanwhile, an accomplice slid from the shadows and entered the home, only to encounter Thomas' wife, Joyce, who opened fire with a .38. The housebreaker fired a single shot, wounding Joyce Thomas in the leg, before the man and his accomplice fled the property. (Times-Georgia Carroll County, GA, 6/19/96)

The bandit had been attempting take money from the cash register of the Anchorage, Alaska, liquor store, when store owner Billy Williams, Jr., yelled at him from the back office. The crook then leveled a gun at Williams, threatening to kill him as the merchant tried to flee through the back door. Realizing the door was locked, Williams grabbed his .357 and, after the robber followed him to the back of the store and threatened kill him yet again, shot the suspect. The wounded robber fled with an accomplice and the pair were soon arrested. (Tht Daily News, Anchorage, AK, 5/11/96)

Things did not go as planned for bandanna-masked bandit when he brazenly strode into a Hoover, Alabama, gas station flashing a nickel-plated pistol and demanding money. The cashier tossed some bills from the register on the floor and when the crook stooped retrieve them, the clerk grabbed a pistol from beneath the counter and shot him dead. The slain suspect had been arrested earlier that year for another robbery and was out on bail at the time of death awaiting trial for the capital murder of a two-year-old girl. (The News, Birmingham, AL, 5/29/96)

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