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.

After Being Stabbed in Face, 79-Year-Old Man Shoots 22-Year-Old Attacker Dead in Small Wisconsin...

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Some people think that violent crime almost never happens in small towns. The reality is that horrific crimes do sometimes occur in sleepy, small towns, including the wholesale slaughter of entire families. While we...
Shawn Richard home invasion suspect

Lawful Self-Defense: Nevada Homeowner Shoots Shotgun-toting Home Invader Who Kicked In Their Bedroom Door

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Cops in Nye County, Nevada say a homeowner will face no charges after they shot a 48-year-old home invader who not only forced his way into the home, but then kicked open the bedroom...

Armed American Chronicles: Trio Tries Carjacking in Little Rock, Quickly Become A Duo

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Three enterprising young men who were aspiring to become successful carjackers chose poorly when identifying a potential victim on Sunday. One of the budding entrepreneurs selected a woman in a Little Rock apartment complex...

Retired Pro Wrestler ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan, Now 68, Takes Down Home Invader With .44...

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  What happens when a lunatic decides to break into the home of a former professional wrestler? Even at age 68, Hacksaw Jim Duggan is no pushover. But Duggan took no chances when a man...
Jaylin Morrison

Las Vegas Police Arrest Accomplice After Woman Disarms, Then Shoots One of Three Carjackers

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Carjackings have skyrocketed in urban areas across America, especially those with "progressive," Soros-funded prosecutors. In Las Vegas last month, a pair of 'jackers tried to steal a ride from two women. One of the...

15-Year-Old Shoots Mother’s Ex-Boyfriend to Stop Another Domestic Attack

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A courageous 15-year-old shot and killed his mother's violent ex-boyfriend last week in Eastpointe, Michigan. Cops found the man, Roderick Neely, face-down and very dead in the grass outside the home. It capped off...

Self-Defense Chronicles: Restaurant Robber Experiences Georgia Constitutional Carry the Hard Way

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As of this past April, good guys don't need a license to carry a gun in Georgia. A 23-year-old aspiring criminal learned that the hard way when he pistol whipped an employee of a...
crossbreed IWB holster concealed carry

Armed Citizen Chronicles: Phoenix Defender Shoots, Kills a Man Who Drew His Gun During...

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Everyone has a gun in Arizona. Or so it seems. On Friday evening, at 5:30pm, Jorge Aguila Rodriguez, aged 45 -- old enough to know better -- got into an argument with another man...

Armed Citizen Chronicles: Veteran Holds Fleeing Felon Until Cops Arrive at Georgia Food Bank

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In most of the country, you can't turn a corner without running into a good guy, gun-toting American. After all, roughly 16 million Americans carry a gun (or two) everyday. In College Park, Georgia,...

Like Good Neighbors, Armed Citizens Are There: Michigan Home Invasion Stopped By a Pair...

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Moms Demand Action's Shannon Watts claims that defensive gun uses don't happen.  They're just an urban myth.  A fantasy perpetrated by crazed gun nuts. Then again, "gaslighting" is the 2022 word of the year. Bright...
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San Antonio Man Defends His Mother From Assault, Now May Face ‘Deadly Conduct’ Charge

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In San Antonio, Texas, a man saw his mother viciously attacked by his stepfather and demanded the attack stop. Unfortunately a sternly-worded warning failed to end the assault. That's when the man accessed a...
Fairfax County Waples Mill shooting

Homeowner Shoots and Kills Man Who Followed Him Into His Home and Attacked Him...

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The National Rifle Association's headquarters is in Fairfax County, Virginia. And as affluent a neighborhood as that is, a defensive gun use that took place just down the road last week is a perfect...