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.

West Virginia Mom Stops Kidnapping

Personal Defense: Just Because You’re Homeless Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Have Gun Rights

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A late Saturday afternoon argument over food at an Atlanta location that aids the homeless with meals, medical services, and additional help give new meaning to the term “food fight.” Events spun quickly out...
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Three Doors Down – An Alabama Homeowner Drops an Ex-Beating Intruder in His Tracks

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News4 out of Dothan, Alabama, reports that a man was shot and killed after he broke into a home on a Saturday afternoon and began assaulting an ex-girlfriend. The Dothan Police Department reported Charles Kevin...

Defending Against a Break-In: Homeowner Cleared After Seven Months

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By Brad Fitzpatrick A homeowner was awakened at approximately 3 a.m. by a noise in his home and found an assailant entering through the second-floor master bathroom window. The kicker: The suspect used the man's...
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Home Invader Shot by BOTH Homeowners When They Returned Fire During Burglary Attempt

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McDonald County, Missouri is in the extreme southwest part of the state, hard on the borders of Oklahoma and Arkansas. It's an Ozark county populated by people who declared their independence from the state...

First Night Jitters: Philly Pizza Delivery Guy Shoots One of Two Armed Carjackers

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Yesterday we highlighted a defensive gun use that took place in our nation's capital. Today, we move up America's gold coast on the Acela line to the City of Brotherly Love where violent crime...
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One Attacker Shot, Another on the Run as Washington, DC Carjackers Choose Their Victim...

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If you're unfortunate enough to reside or work in our nation's capital and want to exercise your Second Amendment rights to their fullest extent possible, you'll need to navigate the bureaucratic nightmare that is...
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Situational Awareness: San Antonio Man Shoots Two Who Tried to Rob Him While Using...

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There are few places where people are more vulnerable -- and generally less aware of their surroundings -- than when they're using an ATM. They tend to focus on the screen and completing their...
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No One Needs An AR (or AK): Video Shows Florida Homeowner Open Fire on...

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Safety tip: don't mess with an armed Florida Man™. Video captured aspiring criminals knocking on a homeowner's door in Escambia County, Florida. When he opened the door, two of them pushed him back inside while...

Cook County Prosecutors Drop Charges After 14-Year-Old Uses Mom’s Gun To Shoot Her Attacker

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Chicago's mainstream media seemed appalled that a mother would tell her teenage son to get her carry gun out of her car as she was being accosted in a working class neighborhood carry-out restaurant....

Early Morning Amarillo, Texas Home Invader Shot Down By Armed Female Victim

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Cedric Milligan, 53, didn't finish near the top of his high school class. In fact, he might not have finished high school at all given his lack of common sense in breaking into a...

Body Armor Saves Denver Cop Who Was Shot Three Times During an Unprovoked Ambush...

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Body armor saves lives. Yes, it's hot and uncomfortable, but it stops bullets sent in your direction by bad guys. A Denver cop learned that first-hand earlier this month when a lunatic named Nicholas...

Father’s Day Story: North Carolina Man Shoots Attacker to Protect His Daughter

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It won't surprise you that most parents have a strong protective instinct when it comes to their kids. Nothing brings out the mama or papa bear instinct like messing with their cubs. On Father's...