Second Amendment News
AmendmentII.us is about sharing the purpose and history of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law in America, but it can be changed, rightly and wrongly. Unfortunately, most of the attempts to change the Second Amendment to the Constitution are done wrongly. These news articles expose just some of these disingenuous and unconstitutional activities in order to persuade those interested to work within the constitutional process.
'Microstamping' technology could help police crack down on gun crimes
To put it simply, "microstamping" does not exist as a viable commercial technology. Therefore, a law requiring it be included in new firearms is essentially an attack on a person's right to keep and bear arms. Furthermore, this California legislation clearly demonstrates the attempts by that state to bully national gun policy through both legislative and market forces affected by their giant economy. In this case, the market has said, "No," and the Los Angeles Times editorial board is indignant about it. The law is still on California's books and it has effectively stopped new firearms sales in the state, so why is the Times upset? Because they have not been able to strangle the Second Amendment outside of California with this one... yet.
California Brags About Using Democracy to Destroy the Republic
This is from an article, not an OpEd, in the Los Angeles Times:
Proposition 63 would enact the toughest gun controls in the United States. But it also would do something else: represent an astonishing historical milestone. And if passed as expected, the ballot measure would illustrate a textbook example of how public policy can be radically changed in a democracy laden with competing checks and balances. How is that? Through the long, slow process of taking incremental steps over decades. By pushing hard and steadily, but with patience.
Read that carefully. The ballot proposition is a "textbook example" of strangling the Bill of Rights with Legislation (in this case a ballot referendum). Read it again:
a democracy laden with competing checks and balances.
The author believes that the checks and balances in the American Republic are a burden to the whims of the mob rule of democracy.
You may like this result. You may smirk or wink at it because your "side" won something by it. Be assured, when the people who believe that the end justifies the means and that rights come from government are through with those you are against, they will come for you, too.
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Bill Introduced Requiring Ammunition to be Printed with Unique Serial Numbers
More classic strangulation by legislation. Require every single cartridge casing to be serialized, taxed and recorded at time of sale. This type of legislation claims to be "common sense" to reduce crime, but it is really intended to bankrupt businesses and punish law-abiding shooters.
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Township Passes Illegal Law to "Do Something"
Township board of supervisors passed a gun safety resolution in the hopes that other local governments will follow suit to bring this issue to the fore with state and federal officials.
While the township is not permitted under state law to establish gun regulations, Chairwoman Helen Tai, who introduced the resolution, stated that after the shooting in Dallas, she felt compelled to do something.
What more needs to be said? These are the same people who will take any of your rights to say they "did something."
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Pastor could go to Jail for Wanting to Destroy Gun
A pastor in Oregon may go to jail for wanting to destroy a gun.
This story exemplifies strangulation of the Second Amendment by legislation and the ill effects arising from such attempts at bypassing the Constitution. This person, someone who seems to oppose guns, may go to jail for an honest attempt to secure a firearm while he prepared to destroy it. This is the case with many, if not most, gun control legislation. Conscientious, law-abiding, gun owners suffer while criminals just ignore the laws.
The Fourth Circuit Runs Roughshod over Heller and the Second Amendment
In upholding Maryland's 'assault weapons' ban, the court employed dubious legal reasoning to trample on American constitutional rights. Freed up by the Supreme Court's ongoing reluctance to engage in depth with the Second Amendment, the Fourth Circuit has taken it upon itself to rewrite Heller en banc. In a 10–4 decision, issued yesterday afternoon, the court upheld Maryland's ban on both "assault weapons" and "high capacity magazines." By so doing, it deprived the people of Maryland, the Carolinas, and the Virginias of the core protections to which the Constitution entitles them.
Read more, and watch video here.
All of this judicial activism is supposed to be about promoting "safety" at the expense of liberty. Yet in Maryland in 2015 only 3 people were killed by rifle. Five times that many were beaten to death. Read some context about what was being "controlled" in this case.
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The Fourth Circuit Takes Aim at Gun Owner's Civil Rights
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals just suffered from an outbreak of bad judging. In an en banc opinion, the court ruled that after a lawful traffic stop, the police may frisk any person who they believe may possess a firearm, regardless of whether that person possesses a concealed-carry permit. The court actually typed this sentence: “The danger justifying a protective frisk arises from the combination of a forced police encounter and the presence of a weapon, not from any illegality of the weapon’s possession.” The implications were clear: Even lawful gun owners are by definition “dangerous” and can be broadly treated as such by the state. The court is relegating lawful gun owners to second-class-citizen status.
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Texas professors ask U.S. court to ban guns in their classrooms
Three University of Texas professors asked a U.S. judge to give them the option of barring students from bringing guns into their classroom although it is permitted under state law.
Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, filed papers to halt the injunction, calling the professors' case a "frivolous lawsuit." "There is no legal justification to deny licensed, law-abiding citizens on campus the same measure of personal protection they are entitled to elsewhere in Texas," Paxton said in a statement.
Should the court decide to grant the professors' an injunction simply because they don't like the classroom atmosphere - one that they simply suppose and have not even experienced - it would be an usurpation of the power of the legislature by judicial fiat.
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President Obama Driving Gunsmiths Out of Business
On Friday, July 22, just as members of his party were gathering in Philadelphia to coronate Hillary Clinton as their presidential nominee, the Obama Administration once again released a sweeping gun control measure by executive fiat. This time the bad news came via the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), which is primarily responsible for administering the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and its implementing rules, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The upshot is that DDTC is labeling commercial gunsmiths as “manufacturers” for performing relatively simple work such as threading a barrel or fabricating a small custom part for an older firearm. Under the AECA, “manufacturers” are required to register with DDTC at significant expense or risk onerous criminal penalties.
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Rubber Bands may soon be Illegal, in the Name of Gun Control
Rubber bands may soon be illegal, as may ponytail elastics, bicycle inner tubes and bungee cords. Any of these could be used to “modify” a semi-automatic firearm to enable it to “bump fire” at a rapid rate.
Bump fire was apparently used, or at least intended to be used, in the Las Vegas mass shooting on October 1, 2017. According to numerous sources, a number the firearms of mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, were outfitted with bump fire stocks such as those offered by SlideFire. These stocks enable the recoil of a semi-automatic (single trigger pull, single shot) rifle to rapidly effect the next trigger pull, creating a high rate of fire that approaches full-automatic (single trigger pull, multiple shots) rates.
The heinous nature of the Las Vegas shooting, and the esoteric nature of bump fire devices, along with the lack of perceived need for bump fire – it is chiefly a recreational mode of fire to get the thrill of simulated automatic fire – has even staunch supporters of constitutional rights like Ben Shapiro, and Republicans like Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Representative Bill Flores (R-TX) suggesting that bump fire devices be made illegal.
One should note that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has cleared bump fire devices such as that offered by SlideFire. That ruling should not be overturned by bureaucratic whim because of the evil efforts of one person. However, it could be changed legislatively, and it did not take long for reactionism to initiate that process. By October 4, 2017, Senator Diane Feinstein (D- CA), a longtime proponent of gun control already had a bill to outlaw bump fire devices. The bill, dubbed the ‘‘Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act’’. The bill states:
“It shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a trigger crank, a bump-fire device or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun,”
It is clear in this language that, if passed, SlideFire and competitors would be out of the business of producing bump fire stocks. But SlideFire did not invent bump firing. Bump firing has been around for a long time and can be accomplished by skilled shooters on many semi-automatic firearms without any accessories. Bump fire can also be accomplished by any shooter on many semi-automatic firearms with some elastic tension pulling forward on the trigger. You can see an example of bump fire using a “hair tier-backer” on YouTube.
Elastic tension for bump fire can be achieved with a rubber band, a ponytail elastic, a section cut from a bicycle inner tube, elastic from a bungee cord, perhaps even elastic from your underwear. Since the Feinstein bill states that it will be illegal to “transfer or possess… any… accessory that… functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle,” rubber bands and these other elastic materials will be a federal crime to possess.
If this sounds ridiculous, it is. It is ridiculous – worthy of ridicule – to attempt to make illegal the use of, or possession of, bump fire accessories that can be made from household materials (not to mention that more sophisticated devices like those offered by SlideFire could be 3D printed at home). There is nothing in the Feinstein legislation that would have stopped Stephen Paddock from setting his rifles up to bump fire. All that Feinstein’s legislation would have done is save Paddock the thousand dollars or so that he spent to outfit his rifles with commercial bump fire devices.
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UPDATE:
On October 5, 2017, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on House Speaker Paul Ryan to bring legislation to the floor that bans bump stocks, or devices used to increase the discharge rate of a firearm. During an exchange with CBS News' Nancy Cordes, Pelosi suggested that Republicans might feel such a ban would be a "slippery slope" for other gun bills. "So what?" she said, adding, "I certainly hope so."
On October 8, 2017, Diane Feinstein appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation. In the interview which covered the Las Vegas shooting and Feinstein’s legislative efforts afterward, Senator Feinstein was asked, “Could there have been any law passed that would've stopped him?” In response, Feinstein said, “No, he passed background checks registering for handguns and other weapons on multiple occasions.” See the video at 1:54.
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Consider also that Paddock used bipods on some of his guns for shooting stability, and may have used mounts to attach firearms to camera tripods for stability. Will these accessories now be deemed needless and become illegal? What about rifle scopes? Scopes certainly increase the effectiveness of shooters selecting targets at a distance. Should they all be banned? No one would reasonably say they should. Certainly not those constitutional stalwarts who have suddenly become weak-kneed at the thought of bump fire.
So what can be done when criminals use legal devices for crimes? Don’t ban the devices; rather increase the penalties for the criminal use of the devices. Just as armed robbery carries increased penalties over robbery without a weapon, penalties should be increased for anyone committing a crime using, or in possession of, a bump fire device or accessory. This still would not have made a difference in the Las Vegas shooting because Stephen Paddock took the coward’s way out and killed himself. But, the Feinstein legislation would not have stopped him either.
Some will still falter and say that there is no need for anyone to have a bump fire device. “Need,” beyond food, water and shelter, is always debatable. But it has been well said that in America, we don’t have a Bill of Needs, we have a Bill of Rights. American’s should never cede the rights that were promised to posterity, especially based on the evil acts of individuals.
Do Laws Protect People, or Do Actions?
The Trace is an anti-gun, propaganda site. You can check that out for yourself. They seek to drive emotional reactionism as a tactic to attack Second Amendment rights.
Most gun owners are very safety conscious. Essentially all gun owning parents love their children and want to keep them safe. Just like in vehicle wrecks, poisoning, or during sports, children sometimes accidentally die, and sometimes its due to negligence.
There are already laws about criminal negligence. If applicable, they should be applied. However, this article is driving for all guns in private homes to be placed under lock and key. Such laws would effectively eliminate a person's right to self-defense in the home using their own firearm. It's a straight-up attack on natural rights and the Second Amendment.
A Father's Blind Anger
This is a classic example of Reactionism heading toward unconstitutional action. As is often the case, this man's reactionism is driven by the murder of a loved one, and as is also often the case, the cowardly murderer killed himself rather than being brought to justice in a court where he could be confronted by the grieving family.
There is no doubt, that this man's anger and frustration are understandable and that he deserves sympathy.
What he does not deserve, however, is a special status in the determination of others' constitutional rights.
Andy Parker has turned his anger into a mission, and since he cannot make that mission be to convict his daughter's murderer, he has made it a mission to take the rights of law-abiding people. He wants a misguided justification for a senseless, evil act. And the media is complicit.
Out of State Donor Seeks to Influence Gun Law
A group backing a Maine statewide ballot effort to require background checks for private gun sales has received a $125,000 donation from from Seattle-based entrepreneur Nicolas Hanauer.
The effort is to place a referendum question on the ballot. Here's the question:
“Do you want to change Maine law to require background checks prior to the transfer of firearms between individuals, with some exceptions for certain circumstances?"
Who wouldn't answer this incredibly vague question in the affirmative? It sounds like it will provide safety. But will it? No, rather it will just adversely affect the rights of lawful gun owners.
Find out more about "universal" indivdual transfer background checks here.
Senate and House Express Bipartisan Opposition to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
The Senate and House have each expressed opposition to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty which was signed by Secretary of State John Kerry on September 25, 2013 for the Obama administration. This article contains, in order, the Senate press release, the Senate letter to the president, the House press release, the current House letter to the president and the previous House letter to the president.
Defensive Gun Use
The incidents of defensive gun use are too many to continue to list with summaries. New links will just be added to the top of this page. The American Rifleman Armed Citizen page also carries up to date articles.
Death of 16-year-old on northeast side reclassified as self-defense shooting
Prosecutor: Woman shot teenager in self-defense
Killing of teenaged Instagram shoe seller ruled self defense
Prosecutor: Muncie woman shot teenage relative in self-defense
Armed robber holds up Arby’s. Female employee armed with Glock chases him down.
Auto shop employees credited with taking down accused Rockledge gunman
Authorities: Ohio home intruder’s shooting death was self-defense
Authorities: Home intruder’s shooting death was self-defense
State cites self-defense, files no charge in Reddick homicide
Authorities: Home intruder’s shooting death was self-defense
Louisiana Woman Uses Her Rifle To Ward Off Intruder
Prosecutors: Fatal Shooting was Self-Defense
'Hero' pulls gun to stop woman from being raped on Austin trail
Sheriff: Man shoots girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in self-defense
Witness: Fatal shooting in York was self-defense
Deputies: Uber driver shoots Sarasota Co. passenger in self-defense
Fatal shooting in Oshkosh was apparently in self-defense
Police: Wounded couple killed gunman in self-defense near Bear Lake
Fatal shooting of Greenville man was in self-defense, Sheriff's Office says
Authorities say no charges will be filed in Allentown killing
Police: Assailant killed by couple in self defense in Rich County shooting
Armed runner stopped sex assault on trails near Rainey Street, records show
Clerk who shot suspected robber says she's being fired
Homeowner fatally shoots man in self-defense, chief deputy says
Police: Intruder killed during east side home invasion kicked down door of wrong apartment
Police are calling it self-defense after a man with a gun took down an armed teen
Deadly motel shootings were self defense, Spg. Co. deputies say
Man acted in self defense in fatal southeast Wyoming shooting, authorities say
Sheriff’s Department: 69-year-old Sierra Vista woman shoots intruder
Homeowner reports shooting intruder; man taken to hospital in serious condition
Employees shoot, kill armed robber at Cleveland Taco Bell
WATCH: Thugs Start Drive-By Shooting Spree But Tough Texas Homeowner Has Something Else In Mind….
Police: Homeowner shoots intruder on city's Southside after Harvey's landfall
Sheriff: Fatal shooting apparently self-defense
Verizon clerk shoots suspect during robbery attempt
61-year-old man shoots teenager trying to steal his gun on Detroit's west side
Armed man flees when Victorville clerk brandishes gun
Man shoots, kills intruder in Marion County, deputies say
3 People Killed in Possible Self-Defense Shooting, Police Say
PD: Homeowner shoots trespasser in bedroom of Phoenix home
Homicide at Winston-Salem apartment complex ruled self-defense
Fatal shooting was self-defense, District Attorney's Office determines
3 Stabbed Before Man With Gun Stops Robber: Deputies
Columbus man kills home intruder in self-defense, police say
MPD: Robber Shoots & Kills Man; Witness Shoots Robber
Twin Falls fatal shooting was self-defense, police and prosecutors conclude
'I would have died': Durham man who acted in self-defense found not guilty of murder
Glendale PD: Woman shoots in self-defense during road rage incident
Fatal Shooting at Minneapolis Storage Facility Deemed Self-Defense
Woman killed man in self-defense say officials
Sheriff: Licking shooting was self-defense against home invader
Texas woman shoots, kills home intruder
MH shooting death ruled self-defense
Fatal shooting ruled self-defense
Columbia victim says shot own handgun at armed robber; suspect on the run
Woman pulled a gun on the man running down her family members at cemetery
Suspect fatally shot by man in self-defense
Homeowner shoots, kills burglar dressed like woman
Las Vegas homeowner shoots, wounds intruder
Charlize Theron opens up about the night her mother shot her father in self-defense
Robbery suspect shot by 7-Eleven clerk, in critical condition
Man allegedly shoots, kills camper in self-defense in Randle
Deputy Howell Acted in Self-Defense According to D.A. Investigation
Video shows firefighter acted in self-defense when shooting neighbor
Deadly Fairview Avenue shooting called self-defense
Fatal Orlando apartment complex shooting was in self-defense, witness says
Sporting Goods Store Owner Opens Fire During Attempted Robbery In Brooklyn
SCMPD: W. 49th St. deadly shooting was self-defense
Female Homeowner Shoots Suspect, Thwarts Residential Burglary in Castaic Area: Sheriff’s Dept.
"I didn't want to have to kill 'em": Veteran talks about shooting suspected burglars
Castaic Home Invasion Ends With Intruder Shot By Homeowner
Fatal shooting in Rogue River ruled self-defense
After bar fight, suspect shot while trying to enter nearby home in Holiday
Man Shoots Would-Be Robber Who Tried To Steal Cellphone
Business owner shoots 3 would-be robbers, 2 fatally, in gunfire exchange in Downey
Police: No charges for homeowner who fatally shot 2 robbers
Deputies: Woman shoots ex-boyfriend in self-defense
Hero homeowner loaded guns, prayed before inmate escapees surrendered
Sheriff: Texas County shooting ruled self-defense
IMPD: Mother kills intruder trying to break into apartment on Indy’s east side
Woman with gun praised after getting purse-snatcher to drop purse
Chicago Teen Shot, Killed After Trying to Rob Man in Oak Park: Police
Colorado Springs homicide ruled self-defense
Okla. Man Fatally Shoots Man Who Was Attempting to Drown 3-Month-Old Twins
Lancaster city homeowner shoots intruder after early Sunday morning break-in, police say
Police Say Deadly Davie Restaurant Shooting Was Act Of Self-Defense
Police: Dayton Mall shooting was self-defense, man shot could be charged
Man shoots, kills robber who tased him
Underwear-clad home invasion suspect killed in NW Harris County
Fairfield clerk shoots gunman, police say self defense
Cops: Man Kills Knife-Wielding Neighbor in Apparent Self-Defense Shooting
Concealed carry holder shoots robber in attempted carjacking on Southwest Side
Man killed in self-defense shooting on west side
Attempted Robbery Suspect Shot By Woman After Picking Wrong Home
Spokane jury acquits man who claimed self-defense in East Central killing
Woman rushed from bedroom with gun blazing, killed robber, officials say
Police: Fatal Fairfield shooting was case of self-defense
Woman feared 'for her life' when she shot burglar
Deadly Fairfield Bar Shooting Ruled Self-Defense
Store owner’s fight against robbers caught on camera (VIDEO)
Man killed, 2 injured during shootout at Bordeaux shop
Homeowner fires at masked men who broke into home
Prosecutor says woman shot her boyfriend in self-defense
Easter Sunday shooting in St. Roch was self-defense, New Orleans police say
Homeowner shoots, kills intruder
Shooting of Fulton man ruled self-defense
Concealed carrier holds stabbing suspect until police arrive
Cops: Fatal Shooting At Elmwood Park Gas Station ‘Self-Defense’
One dead, another injured in armed robbery of Triad game store
Home Invasion Ends Badly For 2 Men That Broke Into A Marine Vet’s Home
Home invasion victim: 'I hate that boy dead, but I don't hate I shot him'
Sheriff: Shooter won't face charges in home invasion that led to deaths of three teens
Man shot, killed by ex-girlfriend's brother during home invasion
Armed person shoots, kills suspect attacking deputy, witnesses say
Las Vegas Man Breaks Free From Armed Home Intruders, Shoots Them
Video shows self-defense fatal shooting of ex-soldier at Miccosukee casino
Smoke Shop Owner Gets Shot Multiple Times But Manages to Open Fire, Kill Robber
Man accused of threatening to set homeowner on fire — but victim had just purchased a handgun
Subway employee in Cobb shoots attempted robber in chest, police say
Foley PD: Suspect shot by homeowner after breaking in using pick-axe
Video recorded self-defense shooting at Jacksonville Landing
Shooting death of teenager in Derry ruled self-defense
Armed Robber Shot in Crotch by Armed Jogger
Business owner shoots suspected burglar during break-in
Victim whose abuser was shot: 'God sent me an angel'
Homeowner Shoots at Would-Be Burglar in Hollywood: Police
Pizza Deliveryman's Gun Saved His Life During Ambush In Philly
75-year-old man shoots and kills man with shotgun in self-defense, police say
St. Louis Vietnam veteran shoots robbers; killing one
Homeowner forced into harrowing decision
Authorities: Customer shoots would-be robber at gas station
Home intruder fatally shot, another escapes
Second suspect arrested in deadly shooting at Rolling Oaks Mall
Police: Deadly shooting in Decatur appears to be self-defense
Woman holds burglar at gunpoint
Homeowner kills burglar in self-defense, cops say
Stranger saves Arizona state trooper shot after traffic accident on I-10 near Phoenix (not probably)
Deputies: Homeowner shot "squatter" in self-defense
Two 2016 shooting deaths in Henrico ruled as self-defense
Gun store owner shoots, kills would-be robber
Woman who shot home invader recounts ordeal
Pistol-packing grandmother chases off masked home invader
Police: Uber driver fired in 'self-defense,' killing man
Pizza Delivery Driver Thwarts Armed Robbery Attempt in Philadelphia
Intruder Held At Gunpoint By Homeowner Says She Broke In Because She “Ran Out Of Gas”
Roadside BBQ stand owner "heartbroken" after shooting a man, but says he had no choice
Robbery Suspect Shoots Man Outside Philly Strip Club, Friend Shoots Back: Police
Philly Pizza Driver Opens Fire On 2 Suspects In Set Up Robbery: Police
PASTOR'S WIFE SHOOTS SUSPECT DURING ROBBERY IN NE PHILADELPHIA
Cops: Gun-toting grandma chases armed robbers from home
Neighbor kills man who was attacking woman, Garner police say
Intruder shot after Tampa resident spies him on home surveillance phone app
UPDATED: Civilian shoots, kills man attacking deputy in Florida
Barnwell mother shoots son in self-defense
Off duty officer fires shot at man coming through bathroom window
Cedar Falls stabbing suspect was stopped by citizen with gun permit
Police ID suspects fatally shot by homeowner in Bevo Mill neighborhood
Police say Pizza Hut employee shoots, kills attempted robber
Woman describes holding burglar at gunpoint until police arrive, credits Second Amendment for keeping her safe
An couple who held a burglar at gunpoint Sunday morning until police arrived credits the Second Amendment for keeping them safe. Police reported the couple, a 61-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, woke to find 38-year-old DeJuan McCraney in their home. McCraney, who was convicted in 2001 of attempted aggravated murder and released from prison in 2010, faces charges of aggravated burglary and having weapons illegally. “This is why gun control is a bad idea,” she wrote. “We held him at bay until police arrived about 10 after 7. Did anyone die? No. Could anyone have died? Most certainly. Our guns saved our lives today. Responsible gun ownership should never be revoked. If it was, our situation today could have cost both of us our lives.”
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70-year-old Sanger man pulls gun on burglar, detains him until police arrive
A burglar allegedly attempting to steal property from a house was surprised when the 70-year-old homeowner met him with a raised handgun and ordered him to the ground. The homeowner found the burglar inside and pointed the gun at him. The man ordered the burglar to put his hands up, go outside and sit down in the front yard until police arrived. The sheriff’s Eagle One helicopter captured footage of the homeowner detaining the burglar. The burglar was booked on a felony burglary charge and a probation violation, as well as a misdemeanor drug possession charge. Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article57425373.html#storylink=cpy
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Chinese American Becomes A Global Sensation After Shooting At Armed Robbers
Thirty-six-year-old Chen Fengzhu is the latest Internet sensation in China, except she doesn’t live in China. She is a seafood restaurant owner who lives in Gwinnet County, Georgia. Surveillance video the Gwinnet County police department recently released showed that around 4 a.m. on September 16, three burglars armed with guns broke into a house Chen shared with a shop assistant. The robbers were so cocky that they didn’t bother to cover their faces. Their criminal activity must have made a loud-enough noise to waken Chen. Video footage shows she ran out of her bedroom, still in her pajamas, a handgun in hand, and started shooting at the intruders. The burglars were astounded by Chen’s fearlessness, and fled in different directions to avoid the rain of her bullets.
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Homeowner shoots arsonist in home invasion
A homeowner went for his gun and pulled the trigger after waking up to find a man lighting his house on fire. "By the time I got from the bedroom. He was already lighting the floor on fire," the homeowner said. The suspect ran off and was discovered by first responders just a few blocks away.
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71 Year-old Man Fights off Surprise Attack in His Prius
A shooting that left a man wounded on Friday night was done in self-defense, police say. A 71-year-old man and his wife were sitting in a 2013 Toyota Prius outside the Red Rock Inn on Friday night when another man opened the car door and began punching the man in the head before trying to steal the Prius, police said. The victim pulled out his concealed carry handgun and shot the suspect twice, hitting him in the arm and back. The suspect then ran off and was found by police outside a nearby McDonalds after the victim called 911.
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Woman apparently acted in self-defense in fatal shooting
Investigators said a woman appears to have been acting in self-defense when she shot and killed a man at her home. The homeowner was housing a former girlfriend of the 53-year-old trespasser, who was barred from the area by a restraining order. The trespasser, wielding a realistic-looking BB gun, was shot by the homeowner as he threatened her while trying to contact his ex-girlfriend. He died at the scene. Police said the homeowner was not charged.
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Police say home burglary suspect was unarmed — but that wasn’t the case with the homeowner
A homeowner shot and critically injured someone who tried to break into his home, police said. The homeowner told officers he grabbed his gun when he heard the sound of someone breaking into his home through a rear window. “In fear for his life, (the homeowner) fired one round at him,” she said. “The suspect then ran back to the room he entered in.” The tresspasser faces a charge of burglary. Police don’t expect to file charges against the homeowner.
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Texas Clerk Calmly Sends Would-be Robber Running through Glass Door
An armed robber realized he attempted to rob the wrong smoke shop last month when the clerk behind the counter pulled a pistol on him and began firing. Video surveillance of the incident captured the whole scene. A man with a gun enters a smoke shop and points it at the clerk who was standing behind the counter at the time of the incident. The clerk immediately reacts and draws a CZ-75 SP-01 9mm pistol and fires at the robber.
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