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 Woman Stops Uber Eats Driver’s Home Invasion Attempt [VIDEO]

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A whole lot of Americans pay big bucks to have Uber Eats deliver food to their home or place of work. Most of the time, the worst thing that happens is the food is...

Louisiana Man: Persistent, Grass-Eating Would-Be Burglar Stopped by Home Owner With a Gun

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Quitters never win. That's the old saw that a grass-eating, would-be home invader must have lived by. He absorbed multiple rounds before he finally ceased his violent attempt to force entry to a home...

Personal Defense: Forty Miles of Road Rage Ends in a Dead Aggressor

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Police in Minnesota ruled the use of deadly force over the weekend against a road-raging idiot was justified self-defense. For 40 miles, William Haire -- age: more than old enough to know better --...

Illinois Store Employee Shoots Woman Three Times After She Pistol-Whipped a Co-Worker

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An armed society is a polite society. And an order of protection is paper-thin. And the only thing that stops a bad girl with evil in her heart is a good guy with a...
NC home owner shoots burglar sex offender

Self Defense Chronicles: 77-Year-Old Ann Arbor Home Owner Uses His Gun to Scare Off...

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Don't mess with an old guy. That's good advice and a message that an Ann Arbor, Michigan criminal got loud and clear last week when he made the mistake of crawling into a 77-year-old...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Beaumont, TX Homeowner Downs a Burglar in His...

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"The shooting took place early Friday morning in Beaumont's North End. Officers responded to a call about a burglary in progress in the 5300 block of Wildwood Avenue just after midnight, according to a...

You Can Bring a Pogo Stick to a Gunfight, But Your Probably Shouldn’t

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So, who here remembers Kyle Rittenhouse and the guy with a skateboard? Everyone? Good. How about a woman with a gun who was assaulted by another woman with a pogo stick? Apparently in Winston-Salem, North...

Houston: Four Armed Robbers Attempt Gas Station Heist, An Armed Customer Shoots Three

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Things went poorly for four aspiring armed criminals in Houston. Four yoots piled out of a car and attempted an armed robbery at a Valero gas station. At some point in the would be...
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Armed Bystander Helps Las Vegas Mall Cops Corral a Knife-Wielding Thief

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A casual day shopping at the mall can go south quickly when thugs try to stage a holdup by flashing a "large butcher knife." Lots of mall cops aren't equipped to handle a threat...
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Lowest of the Low: ‘Obituary Burglar’ Shot Dead in Henderson, Nevada

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A thug on parole after serving time for drugs, theft, and a dash of child abuse was found in the home of a recently deceased 93-year-old man in Henderson, Nevada. The homeowner's son found...

So a Naked Woman Walked Into a Virginia Man’s Home and Attacked Him With...

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Virginia might be for lovers, but a Carroll County Virginia woman apparently didn't get the memo. In a story that started off like a bad Penthouse Forum letter, an unclothed woman allegedly walked into...
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Canine Burglar Alarm: Early Morning Home Invader Shot by Chicago Home Owner

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Man's best friend makes the best burglar alarm. A northwest Chicago resident's dog woke him up after 1 a.m yesterday. The barking, followed by a noise from the man's basement spurred Mr. Homeowner to...