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.

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Marine’s 9mm Beats Truck Thief’s .45 Edition

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The 27-year-old thief, who family identified as Blake Moore, and his girlfriend were already driving a stolen Honda with stolen plates when they pulled up to a home in the 21800 block of SE...

DGU of the Day: OpFam Edition

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OpFam. Operational familiarity. Like this: "The guy with a gun picked the wrong clerk. How wrong? A veteran of four tours in Iraq. A 30-year military man. A former prison guard, private investigator, professional extraditor of...

Defensive Gun Use Of The Day: Good Riddance, Rodney Long

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Rodney Long was a ruthless criminal dirtbag with no conscience or remorse. omaha.com reports that last Friday Long escaped from a minimum-security Iowa prison while serving a sentence for burglary. Long story short, the convict shot...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: You Want What? Edition

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"'Leave these senior citizens alone,' he said. 'We ain't playing. I'm serious. If they come knocking on my door, I got something for them.'" When barber Calvin Brown says he has something for them,...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Dope Smoker’s Edition

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  A Phoenix man (not pictured above) was sleeping soundly in his bed Friday, surrounded by his prized possessions and most cherished foliage, when an armed robber kicked down his bedroom door. The 54-year-old resident...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Cleveland Crime Stopper Edition

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"Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo sentenced (Waymone) Williams Jan. 10 to 18 months of probation and ordered him to take the gun class." Sentenced to a gun class? Are they teaching miscreants...

Defensive Gun Use Of The Day: Gun Beats Knife. And Bat

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Deranged thugs can cause all kinds of mayhem with knives and bats, but alleged robber Derrick Mosely discovered that the gun is still the ne plus ultra of defensive armament. He didn't learn it...

DGU: Don’t Bring an Umbrella to a Gun Fight

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You're filling up your car at a local gas station, when a man (who doesn't seem to be quite right in the head) with an umbrella and a knife starts making sexual advances towards...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Pasco County Parry Edition

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Sure, there are reasons why it's not practical for some folks, but home carry can come in mighty handy at times. Like when two hooded doods crash through your door brandishing a fake gun. "'This...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Home Carry is Handy Edition

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"'From what we're looking at right now, it would definitely be a case of self defense.' (Melbourne, Florida Police Sgt. Sheridan) Shelley said. 'When you have armed intruders entering your home, you do have that...

It Should Have Been a DGU: Anna Graham Edition

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  "Anna Graham said she was standing in her pajamas in front of her home on Grand St. in SoHo, smoking a cigarette and watching a car for two friends who were about to...

It Should Have Been a DGU: Lucky Stars Edition

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  Sometimes being armed isn't enough. Sometimes you need to be lucky, too. As in depending on the inherent stupidity of most bad doods. That's pretty much the reason Ellenton, Florida coin shop owner Fred...