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: Gestating Edition

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Few creatures are more protective than a mother is of her child. Which probably had something to do with the response two Fortuna, California burglers provoked when they broke into a home where an...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Charles Robbins

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When Charles Robbins of Daytona Beach woke up to hear someone prying his door open, he picked up his handgun. And as the door opened Robbins dropped him in his tracks with one through...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Virtual Edition

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According to strongsville.patch.com, a Strongsville, Ohio family heard someone trying to break in when, "the husband yelled 'get the gun' and the burglar ran off, the report said. The residents didn't get a good...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Chadbourn Home Owner

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"A roommate, who does not want to be identified, said his friend shot at the intruders as they burst through the door. The buck shot from the 12-gauge shotgun hit one of the two...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Greenville Home Owner

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The movies have contributed some great gun-related quotes to American culture. "Go ahead, make my day," comes immediately to mind. Of course, the Callahan oeuvre also includes, "Do you feel lucky, punk?" And then...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: San Antonio Home Owner

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When an un-named San Antonio homeowner heard two home invaders breaking in through his garage - after a 5:00 a.m. knock at the door - he was already holding a shotgun. One of...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Adan Duran

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Zaiven Ridley, who's from Sacramento, somehow wandered almost 200 miles and decided to invade a home - apparently looking to kill whomever he found - in rural Kingsburg. For a reason no one has...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Unidentified Bar Patron

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You're in a crowded bar waiting for the band to take the stage. That's when three masked men with guns burst in, put a round in the ceiling and shout instructions for everyone to...

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Jay Leone

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Joseph Cutrufelli kicked-in Jay Leone's door and began ransacking his house. At some point in the proceedings, the 90-year-old homeowner onvinced Cutrufelli that he had to go to the bathroom. Leone came back from the smallest...

OK DGU: Sarah McKinley’s Big Mistake?

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The story of the young Oklahoma mother who defended her home against invasion has already been chronicled on TTAG and throughout the mainstream media. Within hours, eighteen-year-old Sarah McKinley became a poster girl for the right...