Tag: Self-Defense

On April 2, NPR reported that concealed carry permits and gun ownership for self-defense is surging in the black community.

On April 1 The Atlantic published a column claiming armed law-abiding citizens undercut the rule and put police officers in greater danger. The Atlantic tried to substantiate these claims by suggesting guns outside the home, via concealed and/or open carry,

On Tuesday, Media Matters claimed Cam Edwards’ position on Campus Carry is tantamount to blaming the victim for being raped or sexually assaulted.

At about 3:40 a.m. on March 30, a Detroit female homeowner retrieved her gun and ran downstairs, where she fired multiple shots and wounded one of two alleged intruders, leaving him in critical condition.

On March 22 a man who opened fire on children and adults in a Philadelphia barbershop was shot and killed by a citizen with a concealed carry permit.

Opponents of the Second Amendment and haters of self-defense are facing a relentless barrage of pro-Second Amendment and pro-self-defense legislation in state legislatures across the country.

In the most forthright, albeit logic-twisting, argument given against campus carry to date, University of North Carolina’s Daily Tar Heel claims the passage of campus carry could actually “reinforce rape culture.”

On March 23, a suspect with a knife was shot and killed while allegedly trying to invade a home in southwest Albuquerque.

On March 22, a son allegedly stabbing his mother with a knife at an intersection in Phoenix, Arizona, was shot and killed by an armed citizen.

On March 17, disabled Army veteran Joshua Anderson shot two attackers after one allegedly pushed a pregnant woman to the ground.

On March 11 a Newport News, Virginia, mother who was home alone with her daughter shot an alleged home invader, surmising, “It was either him or me [and] I have my daughter to protect.”

On March 18, Assembly Bill 148—which would legalized campus carry—passed the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee and is now headed to the Assembly floor.

On March 11, a Dallas, Texas, Exxon shop manager intervened and shot two suspects after seeing how they allegedly “assaulted” one of his employees.

On March 3, a Little Rock, Arkansas, man witnessed two suspects allegedly breaking into the home of his neighbor, who is “elderly and wheelchair-bound.” He armed himself and intervened, shooting one of the suspects.

On March 5, Bokeelia, Florida, resident John Marshall allegedly shot and killed his neighbor in self-defense, then loaded the body into his pickup truck and drove 25 miles to his attorney’s office.

On Friday, a female clerk at a Lexington, Kentucky tobacco shop took a firearm from a male robbery suspect, shot him, then beat him until he ran away.

On Friday, an intruder allegedly kicked in the door of an elderly Ohio widower, got shot, and died on the porch.

On March 1, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) student newspaper, The Rebel Yell, published an opinion article contending that until concealed carry holders are allowed to carry their guns on campus, only criminals on campus will be armed.

On February 27 a North Lauderdale, Florida, homeowner shot and killed an alleged home intruder trying to break into the house.

On February 23, a burglary suspect allegedly kicked in an interior door and charged a Catawba County, North Carolina, homeowner only to be shot with a 12 gauge and killed.

While Texas has been front and center in the news with the push for Open and Campus Carry, lawmakers in Florida and Arkansas made big gains in the push for various types of Campus Carry in their states during the past week.