Defensive Gun Use of the Day

Armando Martinez tried twenty doors before he found one unlocked and let himself into a Springville, Utah home early yesterday morning. After he'd put on some of the homeowners' clothes and helped himself to...

Too old? Never. Too small a caliber? No such thing. Just ask the unnamed man who heard someone trying to break into his Cleveland home Thursday night. "The 78-year-old homeowner told officers that he...

We preach it all the time. Home carry. It's important. No matter how rosy you're rose colored glasses may be, you'll never have time to get to your gun if something happens because it...

  You're a seventeen-year-old girl. OK, statistically, you're probably not. Not here reading this, anyway. But for argument's sake, let's just say you are. You're home alone on a weekday and someone rings the doorbell....

"'I knew one thing — they were gonna deal with me,' (Jack) Goodwin said. 'Cause if you’ve got enough nerve to break in somebody’s house and they’re home, they’ve got enough nerve to kill...

If I ever hear the dreaded sound of a burglar prying or smashing his way into my home in the middle of the night, I pray I'll have time to equip myself with the...

It's no secret that California's having some fiscal difficulties. And because they've been short on funds (and long on NIMBY sentiment) their existing jails are overcrowded due to the lack of new storage facilities...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...