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: Not My TV Edition

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San Antonio resident Paul Cavazos's home had been burglarized twice before. So when he and his girlfriend came home to find a third break-in under way - by the same burglar, they think -...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Nary a Shot Fired Edition

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"I felt threatened, and I feel like if he would have stepped a foot in, I would have shot him." That's what Pam Loman of Shawnee, OK had to say after an unidentified man...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Man Defends Self and Infant Son from Armed...

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Let me set the scene. Its 9 PM, and you're walking from your car to your doorway after a long day. Your two month old son is in his car carrier, dozing off as...

DGUOTD: Atlanta Mother Shoots Burglar Edition

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TTAG reader Christoff writes: The home defense story out of Atlanta on Friday undermines two myths that, since the Newtown school massacre, have been much bandied about by pundits, most of whom have as much authority to...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: No One Needs More Than Ten Rounds Edition

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  A lazy Saturday morning in Sacremento, California was interrupted by a gun fight Saturday in a Sacramento man's front yard. Three men, armed to the teeth, were attempting to break into his house, but...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Barbarian at the Gate Edition

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You know that whole thing about beating swords into plowshares? Yeah, well Pastor Robert Brooks of the Victory Baptist Church in Orem, Utah isn't down with that. You have to be a pretty hardy...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: If I Had A Hammer Edition

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Guns are tools. Just like a hammer, they're useful for a variety of purposes in an array of situations. Which is why not every DGU has to involve a confrontation with a bad guy....

Defensive Gun Use(s) of the Day: Battling Buckeyes Edition

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Looks like it was a rough day of rest for armed robbers in the Queen City area yesterday. First, the victim of a mugging in Lockland, a Cincinnati suburb, pulled his gun and aerated...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Edition

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Devin McLean, an AutoZone employee in York County, VA did something most people would consider admirable. Heroic even. Unfortunately, his employers aren't of the same opinion. McLean and his boss were in the store...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Two out of Three Ain’t Bad Edition

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What do you do when faced by a superior number of bad guys? Just keep shooting. That's what a Houston man did Tuesday night when he and a friend were approached by Mitchell Deon...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: My First Draw

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHu9pqz7B0 I started carrying regularly about two years ago. As an avid mountain biker I struggled for a long time to figure out a safe and effective way to carry while on the bike in...

DGU of the Day: San Antonio Black Friday Brawl Edition

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  "Black Friday got off to a rowdy start at a San Antonio mall," nbcdfw.com reports, "where police say one shopper pulled a gun on another who punched him in the face while they were waiting...