Tag: Gun Control

Reported By www.thenewstribune.com on 2014-11-20 

“A 62-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife were home … the woman taking a bath…. Three men knocked on the door and then forced their way inside when the man, who didn’t recognize them, tried to close the door, police said. One of the intruders was armed with a knife, another with a gun. They beat the man, who needed stitches to close a head wound, and cut his wife’s hand after dragging her out of the bathtub…. The intruders then tied up the couple before searching the house for valuables, police said. At one point the robbers went outside, and the man was able to free himself and lock the front door. He and his wife then retreated to their bedroom and locked that door as well…. The bandits broke through the front door, firing a shot as they did so…. The man retrieved his own gun from a lock box and fired two shots when a pair of the bandits forced the bedroom door open…. Police believe the man hit one of the robbers, who then fled. An hour or so later in Federal Way, police were called to the scene of a dead man with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an apartment complex….”

Reported By www.wtvy.com on 2014-11-17 

“One person is recovering from a gunshot would after a shooting in Hartford on Friday night. According to Hartford Police Chief Anne Ward, the man was shot after he and group of men approached a couple as they were returning home. The group of men was allegedly armed. Police say the husband then fired one shot at a group of men, hitting one in the nose. His injuries are non-life threatening….”

Reported By Deseret News on 2014-10-31 

“A man shot and killed his neighbor’s pit bull after he says the dog attacked him. The man, who was not identified by police, was washing his car in his driveway … when the pit bull got out of its kennel and bit the man’s foot. The same dog had bitten the man’s wife in September, according to police…. He yelled for this wife to grab his gun, he kicked at the dog, and it took off running…. When the wife came back out of the house with the man’s handgun the dog tried to attack again, at which time he shot it…”

Reported By crimeblog.dallasnews.com on 2014-10-29 

 “A 36-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday night while he was attempting to rob an elderly couple outside a Northwest Dallas grocery store, police say. The man, who has not been publicly identified, approached a man and a woman as they walked out of a grocery store and snatched a gold necklace from the woman’s neck, police said…. The man knocked the woman to the ground…. The woman’s husband, 71-year-old Ronnie Lummus, pulled out a handgun and fired several shots at the man…. The man got in his car but died before fleeing, police said….”

Reported By wtnh.com on 2014-10-24 

“Police are investigating after a woman had to confront a naked man at gunpoint while he allegedly performed sexual acts on her pit bull….” [The woman fired a warning shot into the dirt and kept the man at bay as he threatened her, until police were able to arrive and arrest him.]

Reported By The Blaze on 2014-10-15 

“Pennsylvania state Rep. Marty Flynn (D-Luzerne) was reportedly walking home with fellow Democratic Rep. Ryan Bizzarro (D-Erie) on Tuesday night when they were confronted by an armed robbery suspect…. Flynn left the criminals stunned after he pulled out his own concealed handgun and opened fire. The Democrat reportedly continued to trade shots with the suspect, though no one was hit during the shootout….” [I wonder how Mr. Flynn has voted on Second Amendment issues? I sure as heck hope he votes for the Constitution, and that he is not another elitist that believes he and his privileged pals should be armed, while disarming us average folk…]

Reported By www.khou.com on 2014-10-04 

 “Just after closing around 2:30 Saturday morning, four armed men barged in at [a Texas bar] demanding money…. Instead, a customer inside the bar … pulled out his gun and started exchanging fire with the robbers. He shot and killed two of them while the other two ran. Once the heated exchange ended, the patron left, too…. [A] longtime customer said that the patron who killed the robbers always stays until closing to walk the female bartenders to their cars. The friend said the man would never start anything, but would always protect his friends….”

Reported By www.khou.com on 2014-10-03 

 “A man opened fire on a group of home invaders inside his family’s [Texas] home…. One of the suspects died at the scene while the other two fled in a getaway vehicle…. Family members told deputies that their mother was in the kitchen cooking breakfast with three young granddaughters when the armed men broke in. The woman’s adult son heard the commotion from his bedroom and grabbed his gun…. The son wasted no time in shooting and killing one of the suspects…. Thankfully, none of the family members were hurt. There were eight people in the home at the time….”

Reported By Fox News on 2014-09-26 

 “A man was shot in the chest early Friday morning after trying to break into the home of a former girlfriend, according to police…. Citing the woman living at an apartment complex, [authorities] said she called officers regarding a former boyfriend kicking her door. Police said the woman fired two shots at the man once he made entry into the unit, hitting him once in the chest. The man fled from the scene and tried to hide in the area. A K-9 unit was able to locate him behind bushes… The victim … had been sleeping with a chair in front of her door to keep her stalker out….” After the incident, the victim (the woman who was stalked, not the man who was deservedly shot

he most definitely was not a victim) posted a blog entry, and had this to say: “I’m writing this staring at the mess the police left for me, in a bit of a fog.  After 6 months of stalking and threats against my life my stalker finally snapped and decided to kick my door in and make good on his promise. Out of fear, the past month I had begun sleeping with a chair propped against my front door, to give myself a few extra precious seconds in case of emergency.  I shudder to think how differently things might’ve turned out had I not barricaded the door. I awoke around 1:15 am to the sound of the door giving way after one kick followed by the sounds of my stalker struggling to dislodge the chair while forcing his way inside. I jumped up and grabbed the gun I’ve learned to do everything even shower with. I stood at the top of my stairs and fired twice. Hitting him in the chest, I hear his scream, his disbelief that I’d stood up for myself.. 0 to 100 in milliseconds. I’ve never been so afraid in my life. I do not know if he is living, but I do know the police have him and that’s what helps the most. For months of him evading the police I began to question whether he was unstoppable. Untraceable. Houdini, he would murder me and get away with it. As of now I’m in a haze of  guilt, surprise, relief  and disbelief. I shook as the canines drag him out from his hiding place under a bush. I survived, where so many people do not…. Those who believe there was other things to be done have never had someone tell you that you no longer deserve to draw breath and mean it. And for the ‘shouldve fired a warning shot’ folks: There are no warning shots, a gun is a deadly force, you only pull that trigger if you are in fear for your life and all other methods of deterring are gone. When he kicked my door in, there was no longer a deterrent preventing harm. Warning shots are dangerous and could hurt the unintended. This is not a wild west movie. That’s what responsible  gun ownership is.”

Reported By The Blaze on 2014-09-26 

“The fired employee [Alton Nolen] who beheaded a woman with a knife and stabbed another person at an Oklahoma food processing plant on Friday likely would have hurt more people if it weren’t for the company’s heroic

and armed

chief operating officer, who shot and neutralized the suspect before police arrived…. [Nolen] recently started trying to convert several employees to Islam. Nolen had recently converted to Islam, according to the co-workers…. Immediately after being fired, Nolen reportedly drove to the entrance of the business and started attacking co-workers at random. He allegedly beheaded 54-year-old Colleen Hufford and stabbed Traci Johnson, 43, several times before he was shot and stopped by Mark Vaughan, a reserve sheriff’s deputy and the company’s chief operating officer….”