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.

Armed 79-Year-Old Georgia Woman Fends Off 20-Year-Old Home Invader

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We've quoted it before, and we'll quote it again. "God created men and Sam Colt made them equal." That's a statement that's so self-evident that it shouldn't need much explanation. But if you're having...
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Louisiana Home Invader Shot and Killed by Homeowner in Exchange of Gunfire

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How many gun owners are there in the US? Good question. No one really knows for sure. That's because 1) surveys of gun ownership are historically inaccurate due to gun owners' reluctance to talk...
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Woman With Gun Holds Home Invader at Gunpoint, Officers and K-9 Injured

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There are few creatures more fierce than a protective mother. "It was either me or him, and I had two kids. There was no way I was going to let them get hurt," the...
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Concealed Carrier With Gun Stops Dentist Office Murderer

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"'I want to thank him from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, I want to call him a hero today,' said Sheriff Cassidy." That's Sullivan County, Tennessee Sheriff Jeff Cassidy talking about an armed man...
Florida Homeowner Shoots Pair of Armed Intruders Dead

Florida Homeowner Shoots, Kills Pair of Armed Intruders Who Held His Mother Hostage

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A dramatic 911 call tells the tale of a Brevard County, Florida man who faced down a pair of  intruders. The two goblins pointed a gun at the resident's mother in her own bedroom....
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Burglar Shot By Homeowner Listed His Occupation as ‘Theif’ on Facebook

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If you've spent much time at all trolling the intertubes, you've probably run across the "Florida Man" meme. That's because there's no end of, well, unusual stories that typically involves criminal activity by male...
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NC Homeowner Shoots Registered Sex Offender After Break-In

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We've said it before and we'll say it again. YOU are your own first responder. No matter how many police officers cover your neck of the woods or how efficiently the respond, they simply...

Good Samaritan Shoots and Kills Would-Be Robber, Protecting Store Clerk and Customers

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He could have run in the opposite direction and called the police, but that's not what a sheepdog does. At around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday morning in Dekalb, Georgia, two employees and three customers were inside...

Woman Acquitted of First-Degree Murder Charge in Controversial Self-Defense Case

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Victims of domestic violence sometimes use guns in self-defense against their spouses or even parents. After a six-day trial and a four-hour deliberation, a jury decided Monday that this was what happened between Ashley Hunter of...

Concealed Carrying IHOP Employee Kills Attacker Who Shot Him and His Dad

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Around 9:50 p.m. last Wednesday in Hunstville, Alabama, 57-year-old Roy Brown and his 32-year-old son, Jay, were both working at the same IHOP franchise location. They'd served countless customers before - especially Roy, who...
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Houston Defender in Home Invasion Shootout Kills Three of Five Attackers

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A Houston homeowner fought back as a home invasion crew stormed his home around 1am Saturday morning. After an extensive gun battle, the homeowner shot all five intruders, killing three. Photos show a very robust...
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Burglar Shot Dead in Self-Defense, Accomplices Charged With Felony Murder

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As the firearms community knows well, the United States doesn't do things quite the same way other nations do. One controversial principle, some form of which exists in most U.S. jurisdictions, is the felony murder...