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FL: 70+ homeowner kills home invader beating his wife

Last post by eieio1 « Fri May 29, 2020 8:41 pm
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by ELB » Fri May 29, 2020 2:25 pm

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Panama City Florida

70-something yo man was in front of his house around 6 a.m. when he saw a man acting erratically, swearing and screaming while...

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As the saying goes - don't mess with an old man, if he's too old to fight he will just kill you...

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Fri May 29, 2020 8:41 pm
TX: Homeowner shoots intoxicated man who walked in and made threats

Last post by Grayling813 « Tue May 26, 2020 7:24 pm
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by ELB » Tue May 26, 2020 4:05 pm

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According to homeowner (that is, according to what the reporter, who reported according to the police, who said according to the homeowner) an...

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Always let the reporters cite whatever your attorney says after you are involved in a shooting.

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Tue May 26, 2020 7:24 pm
NV: Las Vegas gun owner recalls deadly shootout: 'I got all of my hits'

Last post by ELB « Thu May 21, 2020 4:54 pm
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by ELB » Thu May 21, 2020 10:22 am

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Man, walking with his brother, thwarted earlier in day while attempting to purchase a gun at a gun store threw rocks at the gun store windows after...

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I get the impression she was unarmed when this happened. Whassup with that? Pure gamer I guess.

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Thu May 21, 2020 4:54 pm
Judge gives man who kicked in door in Fulshear what he wanted

Last post by ELB « Wed May 20, 2020 3:37 pm
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by philip964 » Wed May 20, 2020 10:02 am

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.410 Judge that is.

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Heh.

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Last post by ELB
Wed May 20, 2020 3:37 pm
TX: Fort Worth homeowner shoots one of three men in black who kicked in his door at 6:30 am

Last post by ELB « Wed May 20, 2020 10:43 am
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by philip964 » Tue May 19, 2020 6:24 pm

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Police caught all three.

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Do we know it was a shotgun? I didn’t see that in the article linked.

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Last post by ELB
Wed May 20, 2020 10:43 am
TX: Port Arthur man kills robber armed with stolen LA officers AR15

Last post by philip964 « Mon May 18, 2020 4:53 pm
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by philip964 » Sun May 17, 2020 5:04 pm

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Don’t interrupt a man while he’s crabbing with his wife.

Killed him with his handgun he got from his car.

Opelousas unmarked police car and his...

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Pleasure Island seems a pretty out of the way place.

Was this BG just looking for some people in an out of the way place to rob?

Probably was low...

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Mon May 18, 2020 4:53 pm
FL: Flare gun vs CWP

Last post by The Annoyed Man « Sat May 16, 2020 11:51 am
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by ELB » Fri May 15, 2020 4:35 pm

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Monroe County Florida

Two process servers (apparently civilian or private, not deputies) tried to serve papers on an elderly couple. They weren't...

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I miss ALL the fun stuff! :lol:

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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Sat May 16, 2020 11:51 am
OH: Dollar General clerk shoots robber

Last post by John Galt « Fri May 15, 2020 12:46 pm
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by ELB » Thu May 14, 2020 1:14 pm

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This is from back in Oct 2019 and I thought I had seen it here already, but I can't find it in this forum. So:

A young man with a pending weapons...

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Can't argue with that

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Last post by John Galt
Fri May 15, 2020 12:46 pm
TX: Conv store patron shoots robber

Last post by ELB « Tue May 12, 2020 3:07 pm
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by ELB » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:06 am

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San Antonio

Wow. Read both of the above links. Interesting how different they are, not so much about the facts but how the whole story is...

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I looked for updates on this, but nada.

The only additional detail is that some other news stories from the time of the incident say the two guys...

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Tue May 12, 2020 3:07 pm
GA: Neighbor shoots man beating 86 yo man next door with a pipe

Last post by 03Lightningrocks « Sat May 09, 2020 12:41 pm
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by philip964 » Sat May 09, 2020 11:58 am

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When the 86 yo opened the door after someone knocked the man at his door pulled him outside and began beating him with a pipe. Neighbor with a gun...

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I suppose no citizens arrest on this one. :mrgreen:

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Sat May 09, 2020 12:41 pm
TX: Houston convenience store clerk shoots at four invaders

Last post by ELB « Thu May 07, 2020 10:46 am

by ELB » Thu May 07, 2020 10:46 am

Four guys forced open the locked doors of a convenience store at 0130. At least three of them ran inside. The clerk fired at them four times, killing...

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Thu May 07, 2020 10:46 am
TX: San Antonio man shoots armed car burglar

Last post by Papa_Tiger « Wed May 06, 2020 1:04 pm
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by ELB » Wed May 06, 2020 12:46 pm

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Suspect found dead in nearby Bellaire Park.

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That reads more like a police report write up than actual reporting. I won't fault you a Rule 19 violation for your quotes. If you did, you wouldn't...

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Last post by Papa_Tiger
Wed May 06, 2020 1:04 pm
OK: Man with shotgun runs off burglars

Last post by JRG « Sat May 02, 2020 11:37 am
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by ELB » Sat May 02, 2020 10:27 am

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Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Man wakes up to sound of window being broken, arms himself with shotgun, the observes two men breaking into his house...

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That entire east Oklahoma area especially south of there is a big meth area.

Joe

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Last post by JRG
Sat May 02, 2020 11:37 am
KY: Son shoots man strangling his mom

Last post by ELB « Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:01 pm

by ELB » Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:01 pm

Lexington KY (again)

While strangling a woman, man is shot in leg by woman's son. Man fled, but later picked up by police, treated at hospital,...

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Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:01 pm
KY: Intruder shot dead by resident

Last post by ELB « Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:57 pm

by ELB » Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:57 pm

Lexington KY

24 yo with warrants for domestic violence and recent robbery of a motel broke into the house of a woman who said she had dated him....

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Last post by ELB
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:57 pm
FL: Apartment dweller rousts three home invaders

Last post by Paladin « Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:51 pm
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by ELB » Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:36 pm

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Neptune Beach FL, back on 14 April.

Three guys break through apartment door intending to rob occupant(s). Occupant fires five shots, hits one of...

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Looks like about 7 seconds to break in that door. When seconds count police are only minutes away.

Its a good rule of thumb to be ready to make your...

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Last post by Paladin
Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:51 pm
IL: One home invader killed, partner charged with felony murder

Last post by ELB « Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:17 pm

by ELB » Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:17 pm

This turned into quite a fight. Two car salesmen cooked up a scheme to rob a family - dad, mom, two teenage kids. Showed up at house during day...

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Last post by ELB
Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:17 pm
IL: Chicago CCL holder shoots home invader

Last post by ELB « Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:54 pm

by ELB » Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:54 pm

Article notes she had a CCL and the invader went to the hospital in good condition.

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Last post by ELB
Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:54 pm
GA: Burglar with knife gets shot.

Last post by C-dub « Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:09 pm
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by ELB » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:06 pm

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This is back on 25 March.

At 2330 homeowner calls 911 about a man in a tree with a knife. Next door neighbor also calls 911 when Treeknife (TK)...

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The NDN was probably aiming for center mass, but missed. Now, every anti-gun liberal nut will be screaming, See, he just wounded him and everyone...

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Last post by C-dub
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:09 pm
Potential confrontation with crazy shooter

Last post by Setxjeff « Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:52 pm
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by Ruark » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:13 pm

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Had a near-miss with a lunatic the other day.

We live about 20 miles out of San Antonio, just off of I10. I10 is a major interstate highway that...

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My wife is a great shot ( tri state champion in her teens) has her carry license, but has never been good a keeeping a gun handy. After several...

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Last post by Setxjeff
Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:52 pm
MI: Detroit CHL defends himself

Last post by WildBill « Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:20 pm
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by philip964 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:30 pm

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Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:20 pm
TX: Fredericksburg woman kills an intruder with head shot

Last post by johncanfield « Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:39 pm
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by philip964 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:19 am
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73 yo Fiancé went to investigate noise at night in home, encounters intruder. 19 yo robber beats and strangles Fiancé to unconsciousness, woman grabs...

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The perp was probably thieving for drug money. We're on a ranch west of Fredericksburg, even out here drugs are a problem, Kerrville PD makes a few a...
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Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:39 pm
OK: Tulsa CHL kills active shooter at mall.

Last post by Paladin « Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:11 am
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by philip964 » Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:45 pm

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Good guy released.

No doubt this will be big national news.

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-EDWARD L. BERNAYS

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Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:11 am
IN: Homeowner shoots man breaking in at 0300

Last post by Tex1961 « Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:29 am
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by ELB » Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:03 am

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Most details available are in thread title. Intruder taken to hospital in critical condition.

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Virus update.... All persons who are injured in the act of illegal activities will no longer be admitted to emergency rooms, as they are currently...

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Last post by Tex1961
Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:29 am
TX: Houston homeowner shoots intruder in legs

Last post by Charles L. Cotton « Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:21 am
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by ELB » Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:46 pm

Deputy put tourniquets on.

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Last post by Charles L. Cotton
Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:21 am
TX: Katy homeowner shoots intruder inside his home

Last post by baseballguy2001 « Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:26 pm
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by philip964 » Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:10 pm

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On the radio they interviewed the homeowner.

It was better than the ABC TV story: “We exchanged gunfire, I heard him groan and then he fell down the...

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I don't live in the area, but my advice is for the home owner to keep his trap shut. The LAST thing to do is speak with the media.

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Last post by baseballguy2001
Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:26 pm
GA: Clerk shoots knife-wielding robber (ASP video)

Last post by LDP « Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:52 pm
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by ELB » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:17 pm

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This just came out on ASP yesterday, and I don't recall this incident being posted here earlier, so here goes:

From news story:

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Not that I disagree with you but the grand jury might.
I think, IMHO, that the clerk needs to go spend more time at the range and train with a...

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Last post by LDP
Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:52 pm
TX: Two burglars killed, one "injured" in Austin

Last post by LDP « Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:27 pm
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by ELB » Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:05 pm

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I was looking at something else on the Austin Stateman website when I noticed a small headline at the very top Two Killed, One Injured in northeast...

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Double-happy ending for sure. 2 down, 1 in the hospital. We'll have to pay for his food and lodging for a few years.

And don't sweat the small...

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Last post by LDP
Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:27 pm
OH: Woman with own gun foils armed robbers, kills one

Last post by Noggin « Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:14 pm
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by ELB » Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:55 pm

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Cincinnati

Happened in June 2019

Two 15 year olds, both armed with guns, tried to rob a woman at 5 am on Sat 22 Jun 19. She pulled her own gun...

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Interesting, returned from OH last sunday visiting my daughter who is at Wright Pat (just got promoted to Ssgt) she lives off base so I flew up with...

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Last post by Noggin
Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:14 pm
TX: Aggravated assault with a golf cart

Last post by ELB « Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:51 pm

by ELB » Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:51 pm

Conroe or thereabouts:

This happened last Jun 29th, but I just now became aware of it and don't believe it's been posted here.

The link goes to a...

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Last post by ELB
Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:51 pm
IL: Hard to defend yourself if your firearm is not loaded

Last post by ELB « Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:55 am
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by ELB » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:39 pm

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IL in this case being the international abbreviation for Israel, not Illinois.

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LOL.

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Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:55 am
NC: Pizza delivery guy shoots robbers

Last post by ELB « Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:20 pm

by ELB » Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:20 pm

Four young thugs with what appeared to be a rifle tried to rob a pizza delivery guy (PDG) at midnight. PDG was armed and shot at them. All four of...

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Last post by ELB
Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:20 pm
Man removes window air conditioner at 1:30 am and gets shot in the back by the homeowner

Last post by philip964 « Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:01 am
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by philip964 » Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:30 pm

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I let y’all decide if this was a legal shooting.

Certainly deserved.

No charges filed.

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Said he just shot into the darkness. So hit the guy by luck. So at the worst that would be manslaughter, but the guy hasn't died.

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Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:01 am
TX: Brown County 13-year-old shoots man assaulting teen's grandmother

Last post by philip964 « Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:59 pm
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by Grayling813 » Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:50 pm

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Brown County 13-year-old shoots man assaulting teen's grandmother

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Ooh a rifle.

He won’t do that again.

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Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:59 pm
IN: home owner shoots late night intruder

Last post by ELB « Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:38 am
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by ELB » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:22 am

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Initial story is homeowner in Columbus Indiana confronts bat-wielding intruder at 1 AM, shoots and kills him.

About 20 miles from where I grew up....

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More to the story:

The intruder, Derek Henderson, was an Air Force veteran who had served in Afghanistan and was in treatment for mental health...

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Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:38 am
TX: Dallas LTC holder fends off robbers at home cookout

Last post by ELB « Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:05 pm
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by Grayling813 » Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:05 am
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Texas man with license to carry shoots, kills suspected robber at home cookout

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Unless there is a significant element to this story that hasn't been reported (like a drug deal gone bad), I don't think the LTC'er has anything to...
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Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:05 pm
MS: Homeowner shoots daytime intruder

Last post by ELB « Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:54 pm

by ELB » Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:54 pm

Ne'er-do-well breaks into home Tue morning during daylight, homeowner shoots him. Ne'er-do-well DOS. Unsurprisingly he had criminal history of...

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Last post by ELB
Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:54 pm
OH: Armed man fends off four kidnsppers

Last post by ELB « Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:01 am

by ELB » Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:01 am

Five teens (one 18) call a man to an address where they try to take him hostage and rob him using a gun and a baseball bat. Man uses own gun to fight...

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Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:01 am
TX: Crosby gunshop owner 1 burglars 0

Last post by LDP « Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:54 pm
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by philip964 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:26 am

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Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:54 pm
IN: Robber shot in Indianapolis

Last post by ELB « Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:02 am

by ELB » Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:02 am

20 yo man tried to rob someone at a gas station and the someone shot him. Robber in critical condition, someone cooperating with police.

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Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:02 am
NV: Las Vegas two-fer: two robberies, two dead robbers

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by ELB » Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:06 pm

As of 01 Jan 20 neither defender was facing charges and their identities have not been released.

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Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:06 pm
CA: Man kills home invading exGF, wounds her BF

Last post by SQLGeek « Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:21 am
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by ELB » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:17 am

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Dublin CA (I think in the San Fran area).

Man wakes up at 11:30 pm to someone pounding on door, greeted by ex-GF and her current boyfriend who try...

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Correct. Easy Bay Area.

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Last post by SQLGeek
Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:21 am
IL: CCW fired on, shoots back

Last post by Ed4032 « Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:26 pm
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by ELB » Tue Dec 31, 2019 2:14 pm

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Lansing Illinois

Nobody hit.

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Chicago is the world’s largest outdoor shooting range.

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Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:26 pm
CA: Baypoint liquor store GG kills BG with 1 round.

Last post by The Annoyed Man « Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:15 pm
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by surprise_i'm_armed » Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:46 pm

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The above link is a news report with embedded video from a store robbery. The BG pistol whips the clerk 3X and lays his scalp open. It took the...

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Good luck with that. Baypoint is in the San Francisco Bay region, and located in Contra Costa County. In California, county sheriffs are the...

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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:15 pm
IN: Mailbox thief hits mailbox owner with car, gets shot

Last post by Take Down Sicko « Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:06 pm
Replies: 5
by ELB » Thu Dec 26, 2019 1:51 pm

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Mailbox thief (MBT)) driving around stealing mail on Christmas morning. Mailbox owner confronts MBT, thief hits MBO with car, MBO shoots...

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I got lost with all the MMB's. Glad the thief got his just desserts.

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Last post by Take Down Sicko
Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:06 pm
TX: Three burglars shot dead breaking into home

Last post by philip964 « Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:21 pm
Replies: 8
by ELB » Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:15 pm

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Houston

This just happened this morning and just hit the web, so details are few:

Three DOS and one taken to hospital.

gunman inside the home...

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Used a shot gun.

Biden’s favorite.

Very deadly.

So far not high on the banned list, but just wait.

Does not allow much criminal rehabilitation.

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Last post by philip964
Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:21 pm
TX: Won't-be-victim shoots robber

Last post by ELB « Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:37 pm

by ELB » Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:37 pm

Houston, near East Freeway

Two robbers try to do their thing to someone at 0330. That someone drew and fired. Both robbers ran but one dropped dead,...

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Last post by ELB
Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:37 pm
TX: Brinks guard kills robber

Last post by ELB « Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:33 pm

by ELB » Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:33 pm

Willis TX, north of Houston

Two guys tried to rob a Brinks armored truck as the Brinks guys were loading an ATM with cash. One of the Brinks guys...

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Last post by ELB
Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:33 pm
TX: Wife chases off robbers

Last post by LDP « Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:09 pm
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by ELB » Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:32 pm

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Houston.

Man in his front yard sees car drive by, turns around, two guys with guns exit. They force him inside, demand money. Wife in bedroom hears...

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:thumbsup:

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Last post by LDP
Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:09 pm
PA: Fedex driver shot in robbery, shoots robber dead

Last post by LDP « Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:00 pm
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by ELB » Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:27 pm

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Fedex driver held up while delivering packages, handed over his wallet and keys, and then was shot in the abdomen by the robber. The driver, who has...

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Very happy that the GG survived while the BG did not. Restores the balance in the universe some.

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Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:00 pm

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