Defensive Gun Use of the Day

An ongoing archive of DGU (Defensive Gun Use) stories in which armed victims defend themselves and others against threats of grave injury or death. They’re more common than some think.

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Man Selling Xbox in Online Transaction Shoots Armed Pair Who Tried To Rob Him

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What happens when you arrange to meet up with someone after midnight to sell some merchandise from a Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist ad? Nothing good, usually. Such was the case in Chicago when an...

Employee Armed With a Shotgun Stops Workplace Active Shooter in Nebraska

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So many workplaces across America prohibit employees from carrying their personal firearms even when legally allowed to do so. This simply means that disgruntled current or former staff can produce a gun and start...
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Eugene, Oregon Home Invasion Stopped Cold, Courtesy of the Right to Keep and Bear...

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Early this morning, a Eugene, Oregon couple was rudely awakened by the sound of a home invader forcing his way into their apartment. The male occupant of the apartment grabbed a firearm and, well,...
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Armed Facebook Marketplace XBox Seller Defends Herself Against Attacker Who Tried to Shoot Her

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Thousands of Americans shop online marketplaces like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace every day. Unfortunately, a few listings have armed robbers trolling for potential victims, posing either as sellers or buyers. In Baton Rouge, one...

Burglars Caught At Gunpoint: A First-Person Account

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Last week, outside a (very) small town in rural northern Illinois, sophisticated game cameras caught a pair of alleged burglars snooping around a farmhouse. Two card-carrying good guys went to investigate, and eventually held...

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Indiana Home Invader Shot and Killed While Impersonating a Cop

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A home invader who was attempting to impersonate a police officer has met his maker in Anderson, Indiana. A neighbor's video surveillance system caught Jeffery Flowers, 40, playing the Big Bad Wolf as he...

POOR VICTIM SELECTION: Armed Robbers Pick the Wrong Church’s Chicken As CCW Shoots Both,...

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Maybe the two armed robbers at a Port Arthur, Texas Church's Chicken thought the chain's tasty Wild Berry Cobbler was to die for, as they old expression goes. Instead of buying one, they tried...
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Defensive Gun Use: Syracuse Concealed Carrier Killed a Shooter, Saving the Lives of ‘Several...

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By Brandon Curtis A concealed carry permit holder successfully stopped a gunman who had begun firing into a crowd of people, saving countless lives. The incident happened in Syracuse, New York, on Tuesday at around 2:30 p.m. The...
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Concealed Carrier Shoots and Kills an Armed Robber in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown District

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“'It’s actually scary. It was just an ordinary day. And that happens?' said...movie-goer, Mary Jane Gonzalez. " Yes, well assaults, robberies, rapes and murders happen every day in this country and in others around...

South Carolina Home Invader Shot and Killed by Homeowner After Kicking In a Back...

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Personal defense trainers teach their students to aim for center mass when firing on an attacker. It's a large target -- that makes it easier to hit when you're moving, the attacker is moving,...

Toledo Woman Shoots Would-Be Home Invader ‘Multiple Times’

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The Centers for Disease Control acknowledges that there are somewhere between 60,000 and 2.5 million defensive gun uses in this country every year. Each one is a robbery, assault, rape or murder prevented. The...
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Webster Groves ‘Burglary in Progress’ Ended by Homeowner With a Shotgun

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A burglar attempted to enter a suburban St. Louis home through the back door on Friday. The homeowner who heard the intruder met him while holding a shotgun to defend himself. He ordered the...