Self-Defense - Page 7

A pizza delivery driver in Houston, Texas, reportedly shot and killed an alleged armed robber shortly after 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

An armed military veteran foiled an alleged jewelry store heist around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska.

A homeowner in Surprise, Arizona, shot and wounded one of two alleged burglary suspects shortly after 4:00 a.m. Monday.

U.S. District Court judge William S. Stickman decided this week against Pennsylvania’s prohibition on 18-20-year-olds securing a concealed carry permit in order to be armed on their persons for self-defense. 

An alleged intruder was found wounded in the street and a second was found dead in the bushes after a resident opened fire on them in California. 

Former President Donald Trump visited a bodega in New York City where a worker was attacked, robbed, and wrongfully prosecuted for murder by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Californians are arming up for self-defense as the U.S. Border Patrol carries out street drop-offs of illegal immigrants in San Diego. 

An 85-year-old Idaho mother was attacked by an intruder in her home but was able to outsmart him, retrieve her .357 Magnum revolver, and shoot him dead to save her disabled son.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence falsely claimed that guns “are rarely used successfully in self-defense.”

A St. Louis, Missouri, resident shot an alleged naked intruder in an apartment building on Friday around 2 p.m.

Democrats in Colorado’s Senate passed legislation barring licensed concealed carry permit holders from being armed for self-defense in five new places on Wednesday.

An alleged home intruder in San Antonio, Texas, died Saturday shortly after being shot multiple times by a homeowner around 9 p.m.

One alleged intruder is dead and a second one injured Friday after a Philadelphia woman discovered them inside her apartment and opened fire. 

Sheriff Bob Johnson of Santa Rosa County, Florida, stands by 2022 comments he made encouraging homeowners to shoot intruders and points out the odds of a dead intruder committing another offense are “zero.”

An Albuquerque woman acted to protect her grandson by shooting a man who was allegedly trying to break into her house to elude police. 

A Houston man was shot multiple times Thursday around 7:30 p.m., allegedly by a woman who claims she pulled the trigger in self-defense.

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) is pushing legislation to allow college students with concealed carry permits to be armed for self-defense on campus. 

A Trenton, New Jersey, homeowner shot and killed an alleged hammer-wielding intruder on Sunday just before 10:30 p.m.

An alleged Muskegon County, Michigan, intruder was shot dead by a homeowner Monday morning at 2 a.m. 

A 16-year-old male was shot and killed Monday while allegedly trying to steal a car around 2:20 a.m. from a San Antonio, Texas, apartment complex.

A concealed carry permit holder killed an alleged robber Friday shortly before 5:30 a.m. during a shootout in Chicago. 

A bill allowing concealed carry in public schools is headed to Gov. Mark Gordon’s (R) desk.

An Indianapolis homeowner shot and wounded a man as he was allegedly trying to steal his portable generator Tuesday morning.

Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) signed legislation Thursday making South Carolina the twenty-ninth constitutional carry state.

The South Carolina Senate passed the constitutional carry conference report on Wednesday and on Thursday Gov. Henry McMaster (R) will sign it into law.

A woman in a Lacombe, Louisiana, laundromat took away a sharp weapon from a twice-convicted sex offender Sunday around 3:30 p.m and stabbed him with it, fatally wounding him. 

A San Antonio, Texas, apartment resident shot and killed an alleged car thief Tuesday morning just before 4:00 a.m.

South Carolina’s constitutional carry legislation has been passed out of conference, and subsequently passed by the House, paving the way for the state to become the 29th constitutional carry state before week’s end.

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation on Tuesday morning, March 5, 2024, making Louisiana the 28th constitutional carry state in the Union.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) used a social media post Wednesday to explain his conviction that constitutional carry levels the playing field for law-abiding citizens.

The Louisiana House passed constitutional carry legislation Wednesday, which means the bill now goes to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk to be signed. 

HB 1364 makes property owners liable if a legal concealed carrier is harmed while barred from carrying for self-defense on the property.

An alleged car burglar walked into a hospital Tuesday morning and collapsed after a San Antonio, Texas, homeowner opened fire on him.

A Chicago jewelry store employee with a concealed carry permit opened fire on an alleged robber just before 11 a.m. Saturday morning, striking him with at least two bullets. 

Judge Roger T. Benitez issued a decision Thursday striking down California’s ban on billy clubs, noting the less-lethal weapons are protected by the Second Amendment.

Constitutional carry legislation, Senate Bill 1, passed the Louisiana Senate on Thursday and will now be taken up in the House.