Home Defense

Suspects who allegedly entered a Brevard County, Florida, home and pointed a gun at woman’s head were shot dead by the woman’s son.

A 70-year-old woman in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, foiled an alleged home invasion by opening fire early Monday morning.

Video from Asheboro, North Carolina, shows a son holding three burglary suspects at gunpoint outside his parents’ home.

Police in Houston say a resident shot and killed three alleged home invaders and wounded a fourth early Saturday morning.

Indiana’s Marion County prosecutor says there will be no charges for a son who shot and killed an intruder while staying at his mother’s house. 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kept his campaign promise by signing a decree ending the good cause requirement for a self-defense firearm purchase.

NBC New York described a January 9, 2019, alleged home invasion suspect whom a resident had to shoot as an “unwanted house visitor.”

Police indicate that a New Jersey resident took away an intrusion suspect’s gun then shot and killed him with it.

Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro notes that “hoodlums already have guns” and demands changes to level the playing field by allowing law-abiding citizens better access to firearms for self-defense.

A homeowner shot and killed a home invasion suspect in Ionia County, Michigan, on New Year’s Day.

A home invasion suspect died Monday afternoon after an alleged gunfight with a resident in southwest Atlanta, Georgia.

An escapee in an orange jumpsuit kicked in the door of a woman’s home in Pickens, South Carolina, and approached her bedroom, only to be shot dead.

Police in Covington, Kentucky, said a homeowner’s son was justified in killing one of three armed intruders who entered his family’s home Tuesday.

A homeowner in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shot and killed an intruder Tuesday just over five years after he shot another intruder at the same address.

Tulsa police are investigating a shooting in which a homeowner killed an alleged home intruder Tuesday morning.

Police in Warren, Ohio, praised a homeowner who shot a home invasion suspect in order to defend his family early Tuesday morning.

A husband in Atlanta is hospitalized after wrestling a gun from his wife’s attacker and shooting him dead.

As part of a new self-defence reform, Italy’s populist interior minister Matteo Salvini has promised that people who confront home invaders will have their legal bills paid for by the Italian state.

The Mossberg 590M is a pump shotgun that takes detachable magazines with capacities of five rounds, ten rounds, 15 rounds, or 20 rounds.

A woman who was jumped by masked armed men in her own driveway Tuesday morning was able to break away, retrieve a gun from inside her home, and open fire.

A woman in Rome, Georgia, sprayed an alleged burglary suspect with mace Saturday night then retrieved a gun and shot him.

A mother in Blakely, Georgia, fought back a home invasion suspect with a spoon on Saturday then managed to grab a gun and shoot him dead.

An armed resident caught two suspects allegedly burglarizing his neighbor’s home, shot out their tires and held them at gunpoint for police.

A Gwinnett County, Georgia, intrusion suspect who charged an armed resident on Friday was shot outside the home and died beside the garage.

An alleged intruder who kicked in a door in Lakeland, Florida, is hospitalized in critical condition after being greeted with a shotgun blast to the chest.

SHOT Show was January 23-26 and seven firearms stood out as perfect for those who buy their guns for concealed carry and home defense.

An armed 82-year-old man in Kanawha County, West Virginia, turned the tables on a home intrusion suspect Saturday by pulling a gun and shooting him dead.

An armed 70-year-old Orange County, Florida, homeowner opened fire on two 18-year-old armed robbery suspects Wednesday, killing one.

A Gwinnett County, Georgia, resident awoke to the sound of a door crashing in on Monday morning, armed himself and shot and killed one of three home intrusion suspects.

A home invasion suspect allegedly kicked in a door in Merced, California, Wednesday night only to make a fatal encounter with a shotgun.