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.

El Paso Homeowner Shoots Home Invader After the Intruder Shot the Man’s Dog

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  https://youtu.be/YN_hBjUfPkc You can learn a few things from a John Wick movie, but maybe the most important lesson is...don't mess with a man's dog. Maybe Bruce Wayne Murphy isn't a movie fan. Or maybe he's...
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Armed Georgia Man Stops Knife Attack That Wounded Three Women in Suburban Atlanta

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"He stopped the threat. He did shoot the suspect." Those are the words of Union City, Georgia Police Captain Prentice Brooks summarizing what happened over the weekend when Josh Dobbs saw a man stabbing...

Narrative Fail: Legally Armed Civilian Shot El Paso Mall Shooter, Preventing More Casualties

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It happened again. A civilian carrying a concealed firearm stopped a shooting in an El Paso, Texas mall earlier this week. We know news like this will come as something of a shock to...

The Declining Value of Higher Education: Burglar With Gender Studies Degree Held At Gunpoint...

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While they may be highly prized in ivory tower universities, out here in the real world, gender and women's studies degrees don't take you far or open many doors to high-paying jobs. Bringing nothing...

Don’t Mess With an Old Guy: 80-Year-Old Man Fights and Shoots a Pair of...

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Sorry snowflakes, there are no "safe spaces" in Chicago. For example, in a decent neighborhood just east of O'Hare International Airport, an 80-year-old man who was recovering from recent surgery came face-to-face with a...
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‘Erratic’ Aggressor Threatens the Wrong Person — and his Child — at a Yakima,...

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Americans generally love their pets, especially man's best friend. While dogs tend to protect their owners, their owners usually reciprocate the feelings. But when an "erratic" aggressor in Yakima, Washington threatened a dog-owning concealed...

Aggressive Burglar is Permanently Retired After Trying to Disarm a Houston Good Samaritan

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Sometimes bad guys don't really care if a good guy points a gun at them. Oftentimes they've seen the business end of a gun before and figure they'll be just fine. That happened in...

Wrong Store: Three Armed Customers Stop a Holdup in a North Georgia Convenience Store

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By Rob Morse Crime happens. That fact is timeless, but it also changes over time. We are not the society we used to be. We might sit on the couch and watch big-city crime shows...

Sunday Morning Home Invasion Turns Deadly In Terre Haute, Indiana [VIDEO]

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Rather than getting ready for church early Sunday morning, a 30-year-old Indiana man decided to try his hand at home invasion in Terre Haute. He probably thought he could pull off an easy score,...

Louisiana Mom Protects Her Children, Shoots and Kills Home Intruder Armed With a Shovel

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Don't mess with a mama bear. Or bring a shovel to a gun fight. A Hammond, Louisiana woman faced down a masked home invader in her bedroom last Sunday morning. As he beat her...
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‘Let Go Of My Kid’: Gun-Packin’ Mom Thwarts Attempted Child Abduction in Downtown Des...

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Hats off to the Des Moines mom who stopped the abduction of her child without firing a shot from her concealed carry piece. The story could have ended very differently, but in the end,...
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Good Rule of Thumb: Don’t Mess With Texans Eating Tacos [VIDEO]

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An armed masked man stormed into a Houston tanqueria late Thursday evening and demanded money and valuables from the shop and its customers. While the robber walked around the joint, waiving a pistol and...