Tag Archives: self defense

Self defender downs cop-killer

This posting points to a memorable 1999 event which doesn’t seem to have attracted much media interest (it happened in Phoenix, and don’t remember hearing of it before this).

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Culpepper Co. VA ends investigation of self-defender

Actually, I don’t know that the Sheriff of Culpepper did investigate the fellow, after he held a burglar at gunpoint, but I suspect there must have been some inquiry before the sheriff issued him a letter of commendation .

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Are we seeing a pattern here?

For the second time in a week, a Chicagoan uses a banned handgun to shoot a home invader .

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80 yr old Chicagoan defends self with illegal handgun

Story, at Crime, Guns, and Videotape . A masked robber, with a long rap sheet, burst into the elderly couple’s home, and collided with a .38 projectile going the other way

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89 year old lady fires in self-defense

Story here .

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medicinal pot grower defends self

Story here .

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Tidying up after self defense

Story and photo here .

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Interesting questions re: pistol grip shotguns

From CleanupATF.org comes this interesting question . ATF has consistently taken the position that a shotgun that leaves the factory with a pistol grip and no buttstock, and is kept in that condition, is a pistol rather than a shotgun.

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