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Georgia Self-Defense: "He Is Trying To Kill Me, Help Me, Help Me." :: 12/13/2015

Karen Duncan might be small, and she may no longer be in her youth, but she didn’t let these facts slow her down when she heard an elderly neighbor’s chilling cry for help. Instead, the concealed carrier grabbed her .380 pistol and ran towards the cries, arriving just ahead of another concealed carrier, Ron Childress.

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Wisconsin Self-Defense: Restaurant Manager Shot Brother in Self Defense :: 12/13/2015

Employees of a popular Milwaukee restaurant say their manager acted in self-defense when he shot and killed his brother Saturday night.

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Ohio Self-Defense: Contractor claims self-defense in deadly Evanston shooting :: 12/12/2015

CINCINNATI -- A teen is dead after a shooting in Evanston and the man who pulled the trigger claims it was an act of self-defense, police said.

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Washington Self-Defense: Burglars call 911 on themselves as homeowner holds them at gunpoint :: 12/11/2015

A pair of men who were breaking into a Woodland, Washington, home Monday night got quite a scare when the owner of the house caught them redhanded.

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Maryland Self-Defense: Towson store clerk shoots, kills robber, police say :: 12/09/2015

TOWSON, Md. —A 68-year-old liquor store clerk shot and killed a robber Monday night in Towson, police said. Two men entered Towson Wine & Spirits in the unit block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 7 p.m., according to Baltimore County police.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Homeowner shoots, kills robbery suspect in Philadelphia :: 12/09/2015

PHILADELPHIA >> Police say a homeowner fatally shot a robbery suspect during a home invasion in northeast Philadelphia.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Licensed Carrier Defends Himself - Shooting death of Reading teen was justified :: 12/09/2015

Three people -- two 17-year-old boys and an 18-year-old woman -- were charged Monday in connection with a robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a Reading High School student.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Suspect gets a gut shot after following nightclub worker home :: 12/09/2015

A 41-year-old man is in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound after a confrontation with a nightclub employee in South Philadelphia Sunday night turned violent and the employee defended himself against his attacker.

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Self-Defense Tip: Uncommon Advice for Surviving An Active Shooter :: 12/08/2015

Unlike most of the active shooter training videos circulated by the government, this one includes armed self-defense. It offers some good tips — although I’m not sure why you’d worry about people being behind you. When fighting an active shooter, escaping or disabling the killer or killers as quickly as possible is job one. Protecting those around you from return fire, not so much. Anyway, I take issue with one bit of advice and would like to offer two uncommon tips for staying alive during an active shooter or terrorist attack . . .

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Liberty University president encourages students to carry guns on campus :: 12/07/2015

Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students Friday to carry concealed weapons on campus to counter any possible armed attack, saying that “we could end those Muslims before they walk in.”

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Louisiana Self-Defense: Burglar beats man with a stick before getting chest full of lead :: 12/07/2015

A suspected burglar is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot by a man he attacked in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans Saturday night.

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Oregon Self-Defense: Vale homeowner shoots armed intruder :: 12/07/2015

VALE, Ore. - Detectives are investigating after a home invasion suspect was shot and killed by a resident in the home, the Malheur County Sheriff's Office said.

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Second NY Sheriff Urges Licensed Gun Owners to Carry Their Weapons :: 12/05/2015

“Licensed gun owners should carry their licensed handguns if they feel that they are comfortable and proficient enough to do so,” Sullivan County (N.Y.) Sheriff Michael Schiff said on Thursday.

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California Self-Defense: Gunshots prompts shelter-in-place order near Napa :: 12/04/2015

(BCN) - The Napa County Sheriff's Office has ordered residents to shelter in place Thursday morning in an unincorporated area near Napa after a gunshot was heard in or near a residence where a search warrant was to be served, a sheriff's captain said.

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3 Types of Survival Knives Everyone Should Own :: 12/03/2015

The frontiersmen may have used the same knife to skin game, eat dinner, and shave—but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to have just one blade. Sometimes you need a very specific tool to get the job done, and when that job is survival, you can’t afford to fail. Here are three essential survival knives that everyone should own.

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Colorado Self-Defense: Man arrested for burglary after posing as hotel employee, entering soldier's room :: 12/02/2015

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man was arrested on burglary charges after he posed as a hotel employee to enter a soldier’s room Monday afternoon, according to police.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Allentown store owner fires shot at would-be robber :: 12/01/2015

Authorities say an Allentown shop owner foiled an attempted armed robbery Saturday by pulling his own gun.

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After Citrus Park Mall shooting, Tampa woman gets concealed weapon license :: 11/30/2015

TOWN N’ COUNTRY, FL (WFLA)—A trip to the mall turned into the scare of a lifetime for Heather Barber and her mother on Monday night and now Barber tells News Channel 8 she is not taking any more chances.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Thug Targets Woman, Earns Bullet In Georgia Home Invasion :: 11/30/2015

One of these days, criminals are going to learn that to live in an armed society, they’re going to have to change their ways.

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Israel Self-Defense: Child Terrorists Attack Guard With Knives, Are Shot :: 11/30/2015

A pair of Palestinian boys upset that their cousin was shot and killed while stabbing two police officers in October ambushed a security guard on a light rail train in Jerusalem earlier this month.

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