In my own very humble opinion, these would best be stories not of tactical shoulder rolls and overwhelming shock-and-awe firepowerGun ban groups often claim that private citizens rarely, if ever, use guns in self-defense. ABC News' "20/20" is now putting that claim to the test, asking viewers to submit their own real-life "Armed Citizen" stories. ABC's website asks:
Have you ever defended yourself from a crime in your home, in your business, or in public by using a gun? Perhaps you warded off a potential attacker by simply showing a gun?
If you’ve personally used a gun in a legitimate act of self-protection against a criminal attacker, we encourage you to tell your story to ABC News. To tell your story, go to http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3015150 and complete their web form.
And to ensure that we at NRA know how many responses ABC gets, please send us a copy of your story by e-mailing armedcitizen@nrahq.org. You can also call NRA Public Affairs at (703) 267-1193.
, but of the concise, fact-based, human-interest type excerpted at the beginning of each issue of the NRA's American Riflemen. And since the NRA asks that you email a copy of your story to them, while you're at it why not post it here in this Topic so we can all share in what Forum members submit to ABC for possible televising?If you don't receive American Rifleman, here's one story gleaned from the current issue. Any you submit would almost certainly be longer than this, but I think this is a good example of a journalistic snapshot that would get attention:
The safety of his mother and his nephew was all 22-year-old Phillip Mendoza could think about after six armed men invaded their home. Mendoza snuck into a bedroom and grabbed a shotgun. "I knew they had my mom with a gun and my little nephew," he recalls. Police say one of the intruders kicked open the bedroom door and Mendoza fired a load of buckshot, critically injuring the suspect. Then another intruder appeared in the doorway and Mendoza fired again, killing one of the men. The other intruders and the wounded suspect fled. Two were apprehended. (The Tucson Citizen, Tucson, AZ, 01/04/07)
