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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Pizza shop owner shoots attempted robber in Wissinoming, police say :: 04/05/2020

WISSINOMING - Authorities say a 16-year-old is in stable condition after he was shot by a pizza shop owner during an attempted robbery.

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Developing A Future Family First Responder :: 04/04/2020

My son has been around firearms his whole life.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Man fatally shot while trying to rob North Philadelphia store: Police :: 04/04/2020

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man in his 20s was fatally shot while trying to rob a store in North Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, police said.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Resident Shoots Man Through Door During Attempted Break In :: 04/03/2020

About 9:00 pm a Gwinnett County, Georgia man was in his bedroom when he heard someone banging loudly on his back door. The resident told police that he grabbed his gun and fired two or three shots through the door. He then opened the door to find a man screaming with a gunshot wound in his leg.

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Florida Self-Defense: Sheriff: Florida mother shot burglar who entered home because 'dinosaurs were chasing him' :: 03/31/2020

DELTONA, Fla. – A Florida man was shot by a mother of three after deputies say he broke into her Deltona, Florida home early Tuesday morning, March 31 because he thought that dinosaurs were chasing him.

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Illinois Self-Defense: Concealed-carry license holders shoot man who fired at them in Scottsdale: police :: 03/29/2020

CHICAGO - A 47-year-old man was wounded after the men he shot at returned gunfire Sunday in Scottsdale on the Southwest Side.

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Illinois Self-Defense: Gunman robs 2 stores, carjacks driver, then gets shot at by concealed carry holder - all within 15 minutes :: 03/28/2020

An armed man carjacked a motorist, robbed two businesses, and was shot at by a concealed carry holder whom he tried to rob — all within 15 minutes Thursday evening in Rogers Park, according to CPD reports. No one is in custody.

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Oklahoma Self-Defense: Concealed carry permit holder fatally shoots armed woman outside north Tulsa shopping center :: 03/28/2020

A concealed carry permit holder fatally shot a woman outside a north Tulsa shopping center Friday evening after she reportedly opened fire on customers. 

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Missouri Self-Defense: Shooting in Newton County deemed self-defense :: 03/27/2020

STARK CITY, Mo. — A 36-year-old man was being treated for gunshot wounds after he allegedly attacked another man with a machete Thursday at a residence near Stark City, and the victim grabbed a rifle and shot him in self-defense.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Putnam County Sheriff says 'these hoodlums make me sick' after homeowner shoots burlgar :: 03/26/2020

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. -- Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says a homeowner on Thomas Dr. called 911 dispatch around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday about a man armed with a knife up a tree making a disturbance.

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California Self-Defense: Good Samaritans help bring down man accused of shooting at Fresno police officers :: 03/25/2020

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A couple of good Samaritans helped police stop a man accused of shooting at officers in Fresno.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Man Defends Self After First Date Turns Into Home Invasion :: 03/25/2020

An Atlanta man thought he was going to meet a woman for a date, but instead found himself in a shootout with strangers in his home Wednesday morning. According to Fox 5 in Atlanta, Tikoyo Lamonz Reeves connected with a woman on an online dating site, and invited her over to hang out. When she got there, she had brought along two uninvited guests; a woman who came in the front door with her, and a man who snuck in the back of the home armed with a rifle.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Cobb County resident shoots would-be burglars, 1 dead :: 03/23/2020

MARIETTA, Ga. - Police are investigating after a Cobb County resident stopped three burglars in their tracks, killing one of them. 

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Georgia Self-Defense: Police investigate carjacking, shooting in northwest Atlanta :: 03/21/2020

ATLANTA - Atlanta police are investigating after a suspect was shot during a carjacking Friday. 

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Pa. homeowner won't be charged in fatal shooting of armed intruder :: 03/20/2020

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania homeowner accused of fatally shooting an armed intruder will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said Thursday.

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Ohio Self-Defense: Police: Two shot in Hamilton during home invasion :: 03/19/2020

Two men were shot late Tuesday night after apparently breaking into a Hamilton residence.

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North Carolina Self-Defense: Woman fights back, shoots suspect after 5 men try to rob her at ATM :: 03/18/2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman was in her car Wednesday morning at a Wells Fargo ATM in north Charlotte when she said five men tried to rob her, but she pulled out a gun and shot one of them.

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South Carolina Self-Defense: Citizen holds man at gun point after Sumter police chase :: 03/18/2020

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — The Sumter County Sheriff's Office seized more than four pounds of marijuana after a driver wrecked his car trying to evade a traffic stop and have a citizen to thank for helping with the capture. 

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Illinois Self-Defense: Shooting On Joliet's Far West Side Leaves Man Hospitalized :: 03/17/2020

JOLIET, IL — A 35-year-old man getting ready to leave for work was shot in the leg around 3:35 a.m. Monday in a far west side subdivision, Joliet's police said. The man told police he was shot after being confronted by two masked men who showed up at his property.

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Texas Self-Defense: Disabled apartment resident shoots burglar to death :: 03/16/2020

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A disabled woman shot an intruder to death Saturday afternoon at her north Harris County apartment, according to investigators.

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