Chattanooga Father Fends Off Second Home Invasion In One Week

posted on November 14, 2015

Three days after being awakened by burglars breaking into his home, and two days after buying a handgun, a Chattanooga father used that handgun Thursday morning to stop a home invasion and attempted armed robbery in his bedroom, according to press reports.

Security cameras recorded video of four masked men breaking into the home of Andrew Buckland of Hixson, Tenn. Two of the men proceeded to the couple’s bedroom, where they sprayed Buckland in the face with mace, threatened him with a tire iron and demanded money. At the time, the Bucklands’ 6-year-old daughter was asleep in a nearby bedroom. 

Following the suspects’ demands, the couple got down onto the bedroom floor. From there, Buckland was able to retrieve his handgun, which sent the suspects fleeing uninjured but empty-handed. Buckland believes the same crew may be responsible for a string of other crimes in the neighborhood. No suspects have been arrested yet.

Latest

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey

Anti-Gun Extremists Never Rest

Court activity seems to never rest and neither do anti-gun extremists who want to deprive citizens of the right to bear arms.

Gun Skills | Reloading 2: Basic Equipment

A simple array of tools is all that is needed to start handloading.

Gun Review | Beretta 30X Tomcat

Beretta did an excellent job of updating this classic. It has tweaks, but retains the features that made it so popular in the first place.

Voters Are Fighting Back

Anti-gun jurisdictions display indifference to crime, but voters are fighting back.

President Trump Signs Huge Executive Order on Guns

President Trump is moving fast to find and root out any remaining anti-Second Amendment rules, actions and legal positions still in place.



Get the best of America's 1st Freedom delivered to your inbox.