Sitting Duck Policy

I’ve just finished updating the Good Guys with Guns™: True Stories of Self-Defense™ Android app. It now sits at version 1.9, which includes a few bug fixes, some performance enhancements, and even more True Stories of Self-Defense™! Every 13 seconds in America, law-abiding citizens use a firearm in self-defense. Approximately 2.5 million times each year, [...]

Two thieves were stashing the money they had robbed from 65-year-old Joe Fereira’s grocery in a paper bag and had turned toward the front door, when Fereira, whose Fresno, Calif., store had been robbed just a few months before, drew his handgun and fired. He wounded one robber in the arm, forcing him to drop [...]

A residential landscaper arrived for work one morning and quickly realized that his client’s house was being burglarized. The landscaper confronted the burglar and fired a shot, striking the suspect. The suspect faced charges upon his release from the hospital. Source: The Everett Herald, Tacoma, WA, 08/18/2011

The first thing John Chapman did upon returning home to find his front door propped open was retrieve his Taurus .38-cal. revolver. He slowly went upstairs to investigate, noting that drawers in the bedroom had been opened and items were strewn about. An intruder then sprang from behind the bedroom door. Chapman told him not [...]

When two armed men bent on robbery strolled into R.M. Coulon’s New Orleans La., pharmacy, Coulon pulled a cal. .38 revolver, shot one robber and sent the other running straight into the hands of detectives who had been following the pair. Source: The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., February 1977

After having his home burglarized several times in previous weeks, a Louisiana homeowner was prepared when he heard someone forcing their way into his house one evening. The homeowner retrieved his .38-cal. pistol, faced the intruder and—fearing for his life—fired a shot, striking the man. After receiving medical attention, the intruder was arrested. Source: The [...]