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From:
The American Rifleman
September, 1999

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

David Zamora found himself staving off more than a hunger attack late one evening as he sat behind the wheel of his Camaro in a Phoenix fast-food drive-through. When a man walked up and demanded that Zamora turn the car over to him, Zamora responded with a shot from his handgun, critically injuring the would-be carjacker. Three of the man’s companions were arrested nearby. (The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 6/5/99)

The tranquility of poet Carlton Eddy Breitenstein’s Providence, Rhode Island, home was shattered one evening when an intruder suddenly appeared on the second floor. The 83-year-old Breitenstein defended himself with a gun, sending the man fleeing. Police later caught the suspect who sustained a gunshot wound to the chest that required hospitalization. Breitenstein had been assaulted in his house the previous afternoon and had been the victim of a break-in little more than a week earlier. (Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 6/18/99)

Ranch hand Javier Garcia had reportedly been “acting weird” after returning from a week-long vacation from his job at the K4 Ranch near Prescott, Arizona. Ranch owner Linda Kieckhefer and her father, Chuck Sheppard, would soon find out just how far askew Garcia’s mind had gone. As the pair made their way from the main house to the barn one Friday evening, Garcia burst out of his quarters brandishing a large knife. In the ensuing attack, Kieckhefer and Sheppard both suffered serious cuts; but when the blade broke, Garcia retreated to re-arm himself. John Kieckhefer, Linda’s husband, then attempted to prevent a second attack with a 20-ga. shotgun, but missed and also was stabbed. Finally, another ranch hand’s wife passed Sheppard a .357 Mag. handgun, which he fired at Garcia. Two bullets found their mark and gave Sheppard time to retreat into the ranch house. Garcia continued his rampage-still attempting to get at his victims-before finally collapsing in death. “You tell them, by God, I shot that S.O.B., and I’d do it again,” said the 82-year-old Sheppard after defending his daughter’s life and ending the vicious attack. (The Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ, 6/13/99)

After the garage of Jack Barrett’s Augusta, Georgia, home was burglarized, the 75-year-old bought a 16-ga. shotgun for protection. Not long afterward, Barrett’s wife woke him in the early morning hours to say she heard a prowler. When Barrett went to investigate, he was met by a strapping young man clad in black military clothing and brandishing a knife. Barrett held his fire until the man was only a few steps away. He then delivered one fatal shot, striking the man in the chest. (The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, GA, 6/16/99)

When a couple driving near Bishopville, South Carolina, noticed that a man driving behind them was flashing his car lights, they pulled over. “He asked them how to get to Charleston, and when they said they didn’t know, he pulled out a gun and asked them for their money,” said Lee County Sheriff Odell Corbett. The scared driver appeared to comply with the thug’s request, but instead pulled his own gun and fired, fatally wounding the highway bandit. (Aiken Standard, Aiken, SC, 6/2/99)

Inland Valley, California, Humane Society officer Amy Murillo, 27, was responding to a local resident’s pleas when she attempted to call off a vicious dog. But the animal turned on Murillo, jumping at her and causing her to fall against her vehicle. She suffered several bites to the head and chest from the crazed animal. Witnessing the young officer’s plight, the resident who had summoned her help returned the favor by running to his house and retrieving a handgun. The dog then turned on the man who shot twice, killing it. (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, CA, 4/23/99)

A brazen gunman left his car idling 50 yds. from the Sulphur Springs, Texas, police station one morning, walked into The Pawn Shop nearby and opened fire with a small-caliber handgun, striking two workers and a customer with as many as nine shots. What the man didn’t know was that the store’s co-owner, Jay Price, was in the back and had heard the entire barrage. After arming himself with a 12-ga. shotgun, the storekeeper emerged to fire one deafening blast from the smoothbore, dropping the assailant with serious wounds and ending the assault. “We believe that if Jay Price had not acted the way he did that there would have been some fatalities,” said Sulphur Springs Police Chief Donnie Lewis. “The victims who had already been shot were probably saved by Jay Price.” (The Winnsboro News, Winnsboro, TX, 5/11/99)

In an apparent robbery attempt, Stephen Jerome Stephenson entered Lee’s Country Kitchen in Pitt County, North Carolina, one evening brandishing a handgun and ordering employees to the ground. Fortunately, owner Don Lee, who had been chatting with a customer, was prepared. After Stephenson fired off a shot into the ceiling to prove he was serious, Lee surprised him from little more than arm’s length away, warning the would-be robber to drop his gun. When Stephenson didn’t comply, Lee let fly with a fatal shot from a handgun that he drew from the small of his back. Substances that appeared to be drugs were later found on the body by authorities. (The Daily Reflector, Greenville, NC, 6/3/99)

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