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Car Rental Agency Employee Shoots Assailant Wielding Sawed-Off Shotgun

By on May 7, 2013 in Good guys with guns

Mackroy Griffin was checking the gas pumps at the Atlanta, Ga., car rental agency where he works when a man struck him on the head with a sawed-off shotgun and snarled, “Don’t move or I’ll kill you.” Griffin knocked the weapon aside, drew a pistol and shot his assailant, who fled. Police later questioned a [...]

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California bookstore clerk confronts robbers with pistol

By on April 4, 2013 in Good guys with guns

After waiting until all customers had left, two men, one wearing a long coat, entered a Fontana, Calif., book store and approached the clerk Larry Singleton. When Singleton saw a gun being pulled from under the coat, he snatched up a pistol from beneath the counter and fired two shots. Both would-be robbers ran. Source: The [...]

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Chicago man chases off burglar with his 9mm pistol

By on January 13, 2013 in Good guys with guns

Boat owner Norman Long of Chicago, Ill., was awakened by his wife who heard noises aboard their yacht. Long grabbed a 9 mm pistol and surprised a burglar. When the intruder tried to flee, Long halted him by firing four shots into the air.  He soon was arrested. Source: The Chicago Daily News, Chicago, Ill.; [...]

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Armed NRA member confronts home invader

By on January 10, 2013 in Good guys with guns

NRA Life Member Richard Willard awoke to the sounds of someone rummaging about his Woolwich, Maine, home. Armed with a pistol, he entered his living room and confronted an intruder who threw a chair at him. Willard fired one shot that sent the man crashing through a door in a hasty retreat. Source: The Newspaper, [...]

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Coin shop owner and his wife fend off 3 armed robbers

By on December 5, 2012 in Good guys with guns

Three men arrived for an appointment at the Winchester, Ind., coin shop of Leon Hendrickson carrying pistols in an apparent robbery attempt. But in the scuffle that followed, Hendrickson’s wife shot one of the intruders fatally with a pistol and her husband held another suspect at bay with a shotgun. The third would-be bandit escaped [...]

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Beverage store owner uses his pistol to stop armed robbery; kills one, wounds the other

By on November 15, 2012 in Good guys with guns

Alone in his Little Rock, Ark., beverage store, Floyd Strickland was approached by 2 thugs, one of whom was carrying a single-shot rifle with a sawed off barrel. Without saying a word, the armed bandit fired at Strickland, wounding him in the arm. Strickland pulled out his pistol and fired 5 shots at the intruders. [...]

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