“Tag: SELF DEFENSE”

A 77-year-old retired Chicago firefighter and CCW holder was working in his garage just after noon on Nov. 6, 2021, when he noticed a vehicle pull into the alley next to him.

A female homeowner in Anderson, Ind., called 911 in the early morning hours of Sept. 29 to report that she had shot an intruder. Her neighbor’s home security cameras captured a man wearing a mask parking in front of the home and looking through the front windows.

A Houston, Texas, gas station’s security video shows a dark vehicle pulling into its parking lot at 11 p.m. on Sept. 8. A man reportedly got out of the vehicle’s passenger side and approached another man walking in the parking lot, then lifted his shirt to reveal a gun, threatening the victim and demanding valuables.

The conversation didn’t begin as one. I wear NRA hats and shirts all the time, so it didn’t even occur to me that I was when this waiter said at me, though not with any eye contact, “Guns are an abomination.”

A man in a Natchez, Miss., Walmart became irate over a self-checkout machine “shorting him” 21 cents on July 3. A witness tried to de-escalate the situation by offering to reimburse the irate man the amount he believed he was shorted.

A couple driving their vehicle through a Walmart parking lot in Fresno, Calif., slowed as a man approached them for unknown reasons. The husband got out of their vehicle, and the stranger suddenly charged at him with a knife, causing him to back up several yards.

On the evening of May 21, a 33-year-old man walked into a barber shop in Riverside, Calif., apparently intent on causing harm. According to the Riverside Police Department, the suspect, an ex-employee, started a fight with a former co-worker.

In Pearland, Texas, on the night of April 17, a couple had just gone to bed when they heard a loud noise coming from downstairs. The husband grabbed his pistol and investigated.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 21, two female roommates were asleep in their North Philadelphia home when they were suddenly awakened by a crashing sound.