Self-Defense

A father driving a Toyota slid into the passenger seat and shielded his daughter as he engaged numerous alleged carjackers in a shootout in Pinetown, South Africa.

An alleged intruder died early Sunday after fleeing a wrecked vehicle, then being shot numerous times by a Minden, Louisiana, homeowner.

An alleged intruder was shot by a resident Saturday morning in Mesquite, Texas, then arrested and charged by police. KDFW reported the incident occurred at 4:15 a.m. Loud banging sounds awoke the home’s residents, one of whom went to investigate. Upon

An alleged intruder was transported to the hospital Friday night after a Houston, Texas, homeowner’s son opened fire on him in the backyard.

A Toledo, Ohio, woman used a shotgun Tuesday morning to hold two men at bay for police after they both allegedly attacked her family.

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An alleged intruder was shot dead Sunday around 10:40 p.m. after cornering a homeowner in Lytle, Texas.

A Philadelphia woman shot and killed an alleged intruder around 5 a.m. Wednesday and recognized him as her ex-boyfriend once his mask was removed.

An alleged intruder died after being shot around 11:30 p.m. Friday by the occupant of a home in Pampa, Texas.

Police say an intruder kicked in the front door of a Houston, Texas, home Wednesday afternoon and was shot by an elderly homeowner.

A Miami resident shot and killed a man “believed to be an intruder” around 5:00 a.m. Monday, according to CBS News.

A man with an Illinois Concealed Carry License shot and wounded an alleged armed robber Tuesday around 9 a.m. in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson (D) is pushing for a “sensitive places” ban on concealed carry in certain parts of her city in response to the criminal use of guns in the commission of crime.

Transcripts of a 911 call about a homeowner shooting an alleged intruder earlier this month have been released, and at one point the homeowner’s wife says, “My husband had to shoot.”

Magen Am USA held a five-day summer camp focused on firearms training for rabbis from around the country, according to the New York Post.

An alleged intruder is dead after a man managed to wrestle away his gun on Tuesday and shoot him with it at an apartment in Memphis, Tennessee.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella issued a decree loosening a decades old restriction on carrying firearms in public for self-defense.

An alleged intruder died shortly after 9 p.m. on Labor Day after entering a Mobile, Alabama, home and being shot by the homeowner. NBC 15 reported that officers responded to the scene at 9:19 p.m. The deceased alleged intruder was

Steven Tyler Whitehead is claiming self-defense in the October 19, 2025, shooting death of 18-year-old Kimber Mills at a bonfire party in Alabama.

A survey conducted by Georgetown University’s William English found that over one-third of American gun owners have used a firearm in self-defense.

An armed customer in Cedar Hill, Texas, shot and killed an alleged bank robber Monday morning in a Chase branch around 9:00 a.m.

A homeowner in Arizona heard breaking glass at his home Sunday morning and, after investigating, shot and killed an alleged burglar.

An alleged intruder is dead after being shot multiple times by a Spartanburg County, South Carolina, homeowner around 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

An alleged intruder was shot and killed by a Leesburg, Florida, homeowner Tuesday around 4:40 a.m.

During an October 14, 2005, appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien, country music legend Dolly Parton recounted pulling a gun from her purse when she was younger to stop an aggressor in New York City.

A resident in Fremont, California, managed to take a gun away from an alleged intruder shortly after noon Friday and shoot him with it.

A homeowner shot an alleged car thief shortly after 3 p.m. Monday afternoon after the suspect exited the vehicle and ran into a house in Orange Park, Florida.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put defensive gun use figures back on their website, and that data shows upwards of 2.5 million such uses a year.

Fort Worth, Texas, police say an intruder died following a shootout with a homeowner on Saturday around 3:30 p.m.

An employee at a Florence County, South Carolina, Smokers Town shop shot and killed an alleged armed robber around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.

A man in Leesburg, Florida, was shot dead Saturday night while allegedly trying to force his way into a home to get to his ex-girlfriend.

A man who reportedly became angry after being denied alcohol entered a Riverton, Utah, convenience store Friday with a shotgun and was shot dead by a bystander.

A delivery food driver in Miami Gardens, Florida, managed to pull his gun and fatally shoot an alleged armed robber in self-defense around 1:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) is sponsoring the Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act, a bill which would allow former and current members of Special Forces to carry concealed nationwide.