New York Times’ Untold Damage

The New York Times does a bit of lobbying for the gun control industry today with a piece entitled “Untold Damage: America’s Overlooked Gun Violence” in which they recount incidents of gun violence which they claim goes largely unnoticed because it happens in minority communities.

Most of the shootings occurred in economically downtrodden neighborhoods. These shootings, by and large, are not a middle-class phenomenon.

The divide is racial as well. Among the cases examined by The Times were 39 domestic violence shootings, and they largely involved white attackers and victims. So did many of the high-profile massacres, including a wild shootout between Texas biker gangs that left nine people dead and 18 wounded.

Over all, though, nearly three-fourths of victims and suspected assailants whose race could be identified were black. Some experts suggest that helps explain why the drumbeat of dead and wounded does not inspire more outrage.

“Clearly, if it’s black-on-black, we don’t get the same attention because most people don’t identify with that. Most Americans are white,” said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University in Boston. “People think, ‘That’s not my world. That’s not going to happen to me.’ ”

They talk about the 358 mass killings that have happened in the last year as an indictment of the “gun culture” in America. Most of the incidents were perpetrated by illegal gun owners who aren’t affected by gun control legislation. What they don’t mention are the hundreds of incidents in which licensed and legal gun owners protect themselves and their families almost everyday.

Here are 417 incidents which have happened as recorded by This Ain’t Hell since January 1st, 2016 – that’s an average of 2.8 incidences every day so far this year that a lawful gun owner defend themselves or their families from a criminal;

In the Presidio of Monterey, California, a homeowner had an altercation with two burglars in his home. He fetched his firearm and another struggle ensued and the weapon discharged twice, one time into the torso of the thief. Police took him to the hospital for pre-prison treatment.

An Orange County, Florida resident wounded a burglar in his arm as he forced his way into the home. He’s now at the hospital preparing for his just reward at the hands of the court system.

A serial burglar in Newton, Kansas may have been scared out of the business after his latest encounter with homeowners. The family was downstairs and heard someone walking around on the floor above. The man of the house went to investigate and got into an altercation with the old scruffy burglar which ended when the homeowner busted out his firearm and the burglar fled before any shots were fired. Police say they haven’t seen or heard of the old fella since.

In Dallas, Texas, Pam Miller was home when a thief broke into her house. She hid in the bathroom in her bedroom when he kicked in her back door and then the bedroom door. She busted some caps through the closet door, but didn’t hit the man who un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed. He didn’t learn his lesson, though. A few days later, surveillance cameras recorded his burglary of another home nearby.

in Lakeland, Florida this morning, where Chevez Antwann Faison forced his way into a home and began busting caps at the residents there. They returned fire and young Chavez was DRT (dead right there). Sheriff Grady Judd said that what invaders can expect in return for such foolish endeavors in Polk County.

In San Antonio, Texas, a man and his son were stopped at a traffic light in thier SUV when another vehicle pulled up alongside. A man got out of the car and tried to pull the driver from his SUV. When the owner resisted, the man pulled out a gun and fired it in an attempt to scare the victim. The victim then pulled out his legally concealed gun and returned fire. As the thieves drove off, he emptied his gun and then went to a nearby gas station and called police. One of the suspects turned up at a hospital with gun shot wounds to his arm.

A homeowner in Las Vegas, Nevada greeted an intruder at his point of entry, but he escaped so police are not aware of any injuries.

Kevin sends us a story that happened in Dallas, Texas, where a car wash owner came to the rescue of a customer who was being robbed by three other men. When the men turned their guns on the owner, he gave them a full blast from his shot gun. There’s no word of injuries.

In Hamilton Township, Ohio, a judge sentenced a teen to 2-4 years in a Juvenile detention facility. The youngster was shot in the abdomen by a homeowner when the teen tried to rape the homeowner’s wife.

In Little Rock, Arkansas, both the suspect and victim were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after an encounter.

In Columbus, Ohio, Juwaun Pitts and Brandon Pollard tried to break into a home, but the homeowner resisted with some gunfire. Pollard was DRT (dead right there) after the encounter and now Pitts is facing murder charges.

In Stewartville, Minnesota, a homeowner confronted a burglar in his home with his gun. The burglar exclaimed “Oh!” and scurried out the door.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Joey Imerti met an intruder breaking into his house at the window the criminal was using and fired two shots at the crook until his rifle misfired and the bad guy ran off.

In Little Rock, Arkansas a homeowner was injured when his wife struggled with intruders into their home. The homeowner was able to return fire and struck the crook in the chest twice, and in the legs. Both were treated for their non-life-threatening injuries.

In Alton, Illinois, an armed intruder, wearing body armor, shot himself in the hand when he got in a struggle with the resident. He was arrested for being a felon with a handgun.

Bobo sends us a link to the story of a 65-year-old woman in Manchester, New Hampshire who shot a 23-year-old who assaulted her outside her home. She says that she has owned the gun for ten years and this is the first time that she had to protect herself with it. The criminal was arraigned from his hospital bed.

UpNorth sends a link to a story which happened in Detroit, Michigan where a fellow on the street announced that he was sticking up a concealed weapon carrier, and the licensed gun owner refused to submit and sent the criminal to the hospital in critical condition.

David sends us a link to a story in Houston, Texas in which car salesman Jose Martinez was kidnapped and stuffed in the trunk of the car in which he was accompanying a person he thought was going for a test drive. Jose pulled the trunk escape latch and threw himself to the pavement. The pair of thieves went back to get him when one of them dropped his gun. Jose retrieved the firearm and shot one of the thieves. They unassed the AO and there’s no word on the condition of the target.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, a homeowner put one intruder in the hospital when several of them barged into his home and he put an end to that stuff.]

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a homeowner surprised four burglars when he came home early. The thieves opened fire on him as they drove off, so he tagged their car with a couple of rounds which helped the police locate the vehicle a few days later and arrest all four criminals.

In Columbia County, Florida, a man shot a fellow he saw in his living room in his leg. Then the homeowner heard something fall to the floor as he hid in his closet. The police found later that the burglar had dropped his knife. The wounded perp was found in the homeowner’s lawn and he was taken to the hospital to treat his non-life threatening injuries.

In Dannville, Illinois, a homeowner heard Hector Sanchez thrashing around in his home. the homeowner took a gun to the confrontation, but instead of shooting young Sanchez he decided to have a physical altercation instead. Anyway, Sanchez is currently in jail thanking his lucky stars he only got his ass beat.

In Fresno, California, a sanitation worker was attacked by a man with a Taser. The victim made it back to his car and grabbed his gun and ordered the man to the ground. He complied until 31-year-old Bobbie-Sue Alexandra Nicole Sevier drove up to the scene and ordered the thief into the car. As they drove off, their car hit the victims car, so he busted caps on them wounding Bobbie-Sue Alexandra Nicole Sevier in her leg. She hobbled into Starbucks where she stayed until she was arrested. her man got away leaving her behind.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, a armed street thug demanded the wallet of a 69-year-old disabled veteran and his wife. Instead, the victim pulled out his gun and shot the thug and held him until police carted his ass off to the hospital where he’s in stable condition.

In Harrison Township, Ohio, a 22-year-old mom who was alone with her two year old son when she heard someone breaking into her home. She called her boyfriend and the police, but they were minutes away while the burglar was seconds away, so she rang his bell with her firearm. The wounded burglar ran several yards and collapsed in a neighbor’s yard. The police took him to the hospital and they’re waiting for him to recover from his head wound.

In Manchester, New Hampshire, three thieves followed a 65-year-old woman home and tried to rob her. She shot the fellow who tried to grab her, but two women with him escaped. 23-year-old Michael Bontaites is in the hospital recovering from his new perforation. Ironically, that happened just a few hours before President Obama lectured the nation on gun control. BizPac quotes her on Obama; “Honestly, I do not have a problem with background checks. Anything else he’s trying to do, forget it. He’ll never take our guns away,” the woman said.

John S. sends us a link to a story that happened in Chicago, Illinois where two thieves tried to rob a liquor store. One jumped the counter and smacked the clerk causing a ruckus that a relative of the clerk heard. The relative came on the scene with his gun and made both of the criminals DRT (dead right there). The liquor store had a sign forbidding guns that the criminals apparently missed when they brought their own firearm into the gun free zone.

Amy sends us a link to events in Houston, Texas, where two more armed thugs tried to rob a convenience store. While one thug demanded money from the clerk, another clerk took the opportunity to shoot the thief – he was DRT and the other criminal escaped with the loot.

In Rehoboth, Delaware, a father was awoken by his son when the boy encountered a stranger in the bathroom of their home. Dad was attacked by the thief, but successfully overwhelmed him and held him until the police arrived to cart his ass to jail.

In Sacramento, California, a security guard was attacked by an intruder with a tree branch, so the security Guard made him DRT.

In Lithonia, Georgia, an Atlanta off duty police officer had a fire-fight with two burglars in the home. One of the perps was shot and dropped off at the hospital by his chum. The officer was unharmed.

A retired Marine in Clearwater, Florida, Wayne Nundy, sent an intruder to the hospital with life-threatening injuries when the intruder made the bad decision to charge Nundy and the Marine plugged him.

In Memphis, Tennessee, an intruder shot at a homeowner while he was in the house. The homeowner sent a load of birdshot in the fellow’s direction which dissuaded him from continuing. Daniel Rawlings goes to court today facing charges of aggravated burglary and attempted first degree murder.

Three armed thugs tried to rob a “Stop and Shop” store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but the business owner had other ideas. One of the thugs was found by the police DRT (dead right there) from a head wound, another was in custody and the third is in the wind.

In Atlanta, Georgia, an armed shoplifter shot it out with a store clerk in the parking lot. Both of them needed range time because neither was injured after the smoke cleared.

In Indialantic, Florida, a homeowner disrupted a daylight burglary with his firearm. The homeowner claims that he wounded one thief as he un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed.

In Tampa, Florida, a masked and armed thief made threatening gestures at a convenience store clerk who pulled out his gun and delivered a life threatening wound at a critical point in the discussion.

Travis Neely and Eric Connell, in Logan County, Oklahoma, were in the process of stealing an ammunition reloading machine from a homeowner when the resident caught them in that process and held them with his gun until the police arrived.

In Austin, Texas, an intruder is expected to survive after his ventilation by a homeowner.

In Tampa, Florida, a clerk warned off an armed thief in his store but when the thief continued to approach him he shot criminal one time. The police performed CPR when they arrived and took what was left of the thief to the hospital where he’s in critical condition.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Darrel Salazar was angry when a teller at the Bank of America wouldn’t give him any money, so a bank customer followed him when he left the bank in a huff, and alerted police to his whereabouts. When police arrived, Darrel’s anger came to a head and he pointed a gun at the officers, so they shot him. He was in court yesterday to answer to the attempted robbery charges.

In Dripping Springs, Texas, a woman, whose husband was gone watching a sports match with his friends elsewhere, called police when she heard someone breaking into her home. Minutes later with her “large caliber handgun” she shot Randall Dorsett in his abdomen after she warned him that she would. The police say that he’ll be in jail when he gets out of his little hospital stay.

Bobo sends us our first story this morning that happened in Temple Hills, Maryland where a homeowner met an intruder at the site of his uninvited entry into the home. The Homeowner had a firearm and ventilated the fellow. The article says that the intruder was only injured.

In Cocoa, Florida, another convenience store clerk sent a thief to the hospital. The clerk also fired shots at the fleeing getaway car, but there’s nothing about the driver being injured, only the thief.

In Chicago, Illinois, two fellows went to their local T-Mobile store and pretended to shop for phones. Then they pulled out their guns. An employee was also armed so he shot them before they could get a shot off. The pair ran from the store and straight to the hospital where the police found them and rounded them up.

We start the morning in DeKalb County, Georgia where two guys impersonating police forced their way into a home. They were met by the armed homeowner, Timo Hernandez, who shot both of them with his father’s old rifle One was found next door DOT (dead over there), the other fled in their car with a woman driving. Police were called when he fell out of the car, and he was taken to the hospital and the get-away driver was arrested. The homeowner suffered minor injuries and his mother had a heart attack after all of the drama. I can hardly blame her – it all sounds exciting.

In Farmington Hill, Michigan, a homeowner who happened to be a CCW license holder discovered a thief breaking into his home. The thief jumped in his truck and drove at the homeowner who drew his gun and fired a couple of rounds at the man. He swerved and missed the homeowner and took off at a high rate of speed, causing him to crash. But he continued to make good his escape, but I’m sure the police will find the truck eventually.

In Mesquite, Texas, a convenience store clerk was able to disarm a thief and run him from the store with the thief’s own gun. The clerk suffered superficial injuries, but he’s much better now.

We start off this morning with an update to yesterday’s story about Timoteo Hernandez who shot two criminals that forced their way into his home in Dekalb County, Georgia. One of the criminals was dead right there, and it was reported yesterday that the other had escaped. Now, it’s reported that the other fellow died from his wounds, too. He was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Eddie Joe Kimblin tried to break into someone’s home. The homeowner confronted him and Kimblin attacked the resident who shot him in the ear. He’s in custody now with non-life threatening injuries. There is a nice mugshot of him with his bandaged ear at the link.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, Mr and Mrs Medina came home and were confronted in their driveway by a fellow demanding their money, so 69-year-old disabled veteran Mr Medina shot the crook. Twice. Once in the chest and again in the back for good measure. The thief was arrested when he got through at the hospital.

In Camden, Alabama, Terry Hunt tried to abscond with someone else’s all-terrain-vehicle. The owner decided to put his foot down and shot Mr Hunt who continued with his theft all the way home. However, the police scooped Hunt up the hospital and returned the vehicle to the owner.

Our first story this morning comes from Fayetteville, North Carolina, for 21 year old Sheldon Dix’ night of adventure. It began when young Dix tried to assault a woman in a parking lot. An elderly man tried to intervene, so Dix started assaulting him, until the woman pulled out her firearm and shot at Dix. He lit out looking for other victims. That’s when Dix made the choice to enter the home of Glenn Tew and his wife. He forced his way into the home and Tew had an altercation with Dix. Tew’s wife hit Dix a few times with a trashcan and tossed a frying pan to Tew. Tew used his weapon to pound on Dix for a while until police arrived.

In Deerfield Beach, Florida, a masked and armed thief threatened two clerks at the Snappy Convenience Store. Unfortunately for him, both clerks were armed and they both fired multiple shots at him. He was DRT (dead right there) when police arrived.

In Wayne County, West Virginia, James Daniel Hicks was shot by a business owner after an altercation when Hicks broke into a convenience store after the hours of operation. Police took Mr Hicks to the hospital for his non-life threatening injuries.

A Blytheville, Arkansas homeowner got into a gun fight with an intruder. Someone the homeowner knew knocked on the door and asked for a cigarette. While the friendly homeowner fetched one, a second thief barged his way into the house, gun drawn. The homeowner pulled his own gun and blasted away at the pair. The two un-assed the AO, but police found the second fellow suffering from gunshot wounds near by. The first fellow is still on the loose.

In Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Justice Aiden Moses, 19 got into a scuffle with an older homeowner when he pulled his gun out. Somehow during the altercation, Moses was shot. His accomplice was unharmed and lit out, but Moses was treated for his wound and released to police custody. Again, don’t depend on the criminal to bring you a gun – always have your own nearby. No mention of the condition of the homeowner in the article.

In Bronx, New York an off-duty police officer was confronted by three armed thieves. He shot one of the men who was armed with two knives. That thief was taken to the hospital, the other two are still out there.

In Richland County, South Carolina, they still have video rental stores because an armed thief robbed one the other day. When the clerk told him that he didn’t have access to the safe, the thief shot him. The clerk pulled out his own gun and fired back, possibly injuring the criminal which caused him to flee the scene at a high rate of speed. The clerk’s injuries were not life threatening.

In St Louis, Missouri, store clerk Sone Maniphonh, shot a convenience store robber while the thief was involved in an altercation with her husband. The thief may have been DRT (dead right there) but it’s hard to tell from the article.

We begin our stories in Fort Worth, Texas this morning. It looks like someone tried to force their way into a home and the homeowner retaliated with a single shot. The intruder was DRT (dead right there). Fox4 says that a man called the police to tell them his son stopped two intruders when they kicked down his door. Well, he stopped at least one.

In Cusseta, Alabama, 85-year-old Curtis Thornton Rudd and wife heard people breaking into their home. Curtis went to check on the intrusion and got into a gun fight with the criminals. Rudd was dead when police arrived, but one of the murderers showed up at the hospital with a gun shot wound. The second criminal is still on the run for the time being. But Curtis is smiling down because his wife was unhurt.

In Mobile, Alabama, a man was unloading his groceries from his car when he was approached by an armed thief who demanded his wallet. The victim handed the criminal his wallet, then he pulled out his own gun and drilled the thief twice. The thief ran away, but he didn’t get far – he collapsed nearby DOT (dead over there) from two wounds. the vctim’s wallet was found still in the criminal’s grubby paw.

First up this morning is Anchorage, Alaska, where Matthew Willhite interceded when an armed shoplifter scuffled with mall security when they tried to apprehend him. The shoplifter pulled a gun on the Mall cops as Matthew approached. Matthew pulled out his own handgun and forced the thief to drop his own.

Laurencia Gamboa broke into a garage in Redondo Beach, California and tried to steal a motorcycle. Unbeknownst to him, the homeowner’s alarm system warned him on his cell phone of the breech. When Gamboa wheeled the motorcycle out of the garage, the armed homeowner met him. Gamboa charged him and the homeowner shot him in the leg, ending Gamboa’s crime spree.

Two fellows tried to rob a store in Austin, Texas, but the clerk didn’t comply with their wishes and started firing his gun at them. The pair fled, but one called 9-1-1 and paramedics took him to the hospital to get treated for his injuries and the other was found by K9 cops near the store in a bullet-riddled car.

Another masked thief in Athens, Georgia threw a handwritten note on the counter of Waymon Fields’ store and made a gesture like he had a gun in his waistband. Fields, a retired corrections officer pulled out his own gun, shoved the piece in the masked face and the thief took off at a high rate of speed.

In San Diego, California, a shoplifter at 7-11 pulled a gun on the owner and two employees when he was confronted. The three followed him outside and dog piled him. A passer-by heard the three yelling about the gun, so he reached into the dogpile and pulled out the gun and they were able to hold 20-year-old Branden Garcia until the police hauled him away.

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a police officer chased after Tremaine Williams when he interrupted a burglary. The officer got separated from his partner when he finally caught up to Williams. They scuffled and the officer lost control of his baton and Williams began beating him mercilessly. That’s when a citizen witnessed the events and approached with his gun drawn and ordered Williams to stop, saving the police officer from a more severe beating. Williams and his brother are both in jail.

In Columbia, South Carolina, two masked and armed men intended to rob a barber shop. When they pulled out their gats, they were shocked to find two cutomers in the crowded shop also had their legal and licensed firearms and they unloaded on the pair. One escaped the maelstrom, but collapsed on the sidewalk outside. he was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. His partner escaped completely. None of the victims in the shop were injured.

In Ashland, Ohio, Burt Leasure caught two men trying to steal his stuff. He held the pair at gun point until police arrived. Almost a year ago, Burt foiled another burglary with his shotgun when he shot out the tires of a fleeing pair of thieves from his property.

This morning begins in Seabrook, Texas where Bryan Johnson fought off three home invaders who came into his home through his garage wielding a shotgun. Johnson fired his own handgun through a closed door and drove the threesome away. Two were found later by the police and the third is still in the wind.

In Manatee, Florida, a homeowner was lucky when the criminal tried to fire his gun at him. The gun malfunctioned and while the thief took immediate action, the homeowner beat him in the face with his own gun and then fired a shot at him, causing the criminal to abandon his plans for the evening. He fled the scene at a high rate of speed, and police are still looking for him.

In Littleton, Colorado, a homeowner was overpowered when he welcomed two buyers for the item he was selling on Craig’s List. The two tied him up while they ransacked his home. He escaped at the last minute, retrieved his gun and killed one of the thieves DOT (dead over there – at the hospital) when he was attempting to steal the victim’s car. The corpse’s friend is still on the run.

In Chicago, Illinois, a liquor store owner fired at four thieves as they were leaving the business with their ill-gotten-booty. It’s not known if he hit any of his targets.

An intruder was shot and DRT (dead right there) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during a home invasion. The corpse’s best friend is still on the loose.

Our first stop this morning is the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation in Florida where a woman called the tribal police right before her housemate perforated the fellow she found peeking at her from her yard. According to the article the police took the peeper to the hospital to be treated for his six wounds.

A pawn shop customer in Calumet City, Illinois struggled for four minutes with an armed thief. The criminal tried to herd the employees and the customer into a back room when the 50-year-old veteran saw an opportunity to strike. As he wrestled on the floor, the employees were able to make their escape. Finally the customer got the gun from the thug and shot him. The wounded thief was taken to the hospital, his buddy is still in the wind.

In Pontiac, Michigan, a fellow tried to break into a home and the resident shot the fellow through the window. The perp was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Milford, Michigan, an inebriated sot tried to burglarize an off-duty cop’s home. Lucky for him, the cop was a sprinter and not a shooter. He grabbed the thief by the scruff of his scrawny neck after chasing him from the home and held him down while on-duty cops arrived.

In Dallas, Texas, three armed men tried to rob a convenience store. The owner pulled out his own gun and killed one of the thieves who had the good manners to go outside and become DRT (dead right there). The other two are still in the wind after leaving their best friend behind.

A security guard at a Houston, Texas apartment complex was approached by several men in a parking lot. One of the men pulled out a gun and the security guard drilled him. The other men fled, leaving their buddy behind. The wounded fellow went to the hospital and he’s expected to survive.

A man in Lexington, Kentucky attacked a woman in a parking garage and put a knife to her throat. He demanded her wallet and she reached into her purse. In the confusion, the poor woman grabbed her gun by mistake and perforated the fellow. He fled to his safe place where folks called an ambulance for him. She flagged down some patrolling cops and told her story. The thief is expected to survive his wound.

In Louisville, Kentucky, a homeowner with a gun caused an intruder to be DRT (dead right there) after the poor intruder fellow forced his way into the house.

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma a homeowner found a man inside his home so he fired a shot at him and the intruder left at a high rate of speed. The next day, a hired hand called the homeowner to say that the fellow had returned. When the homeowner got to the scene, the criminal barricaded himself in the home. The police came and took him into custody after a brief standoff.

Another from Oklahoma City, where another home owner shot an intruder who was DRT and his partner was arrested for murder and burglary.

In Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a resident came home to find two burglars in his home. He fired a warning shot at them and they un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed.

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two armed men entered a Convenience store and fired a shot at the clerk who pulled out his own gun causing the pair to flee at a high-rate of speed.

Near Center Point, Alabama, three fellows had busted into a home where the homeowner was armed. He blasted away at the trio. When the police arrived, two had fled and one was wounded. So they took him to the hospital with serious injuries.

In Jefferson County, Alabama, an eight-year-old came home from school. After his arrival three men began pounding on the door. the frightened child hid under a bed and called his father who came home immediately and plugged one of the intruders while the other two fled. The recently perforated criminal was pronounced DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Luttrell, Tennessee, police answered a call from a homeowner and found Cregory Thatcher who the homeowner had plugged when he intruded into the owner’s home. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

In Robeson County, North Carolina, a woman came home from shopping to find what turned out to be a stolen SUV in her driveway, she called police and entered her home with a gun drawn. The woman ran into the criminal in the hallway and plugged him. He was DRT (dead right there). She was a military wife.

In Sanger, California, a homeowner finished up some yardwork and went to get a cool refreshing beverage, but he found that he was locked out of his house. Looking in his window, he saw 54-year-old Enrique Garza inside the home. The homeowner, being a CCW license holder, had his firearm with him and pointed it at Garza and held him at gun point until the police arrived.

Another homeowner in Springfield, Illinois, a Marine Corps veteran, heard someone breaking into his home while he was napping on the couch. He got his gun and confronted the intruder – the sight of the gun was enough to influence the intruder to take flight. Police who responded to the Marine’s call located the fellow near by and scooped him up for his new accommodations.

In Montpelier, Vermont, a father protected his wife and infant from an invader as he prevented the intruder from mounting the stairs where his family was hiding. The thief left the home but returned when the police arrived on the scene which led to a tense stand off. Jesse Fitzgerald is currently sitting in jail because he can’t afford the $5000 bail.

In Hampton, Virginia, two thieves were shot by someone inside the business. It is not known if the shooter was an employee of the business or a customer, but what is known is that one thief was DRT (dead right there) and another was found down the street.

Mark kicks off our stories this morning with one from Albuquerque, New Mexico where a coin shop owner was confronted by three folks. A scuffle broke out and the shop owner ventilated one of the thieves. The trio took off, dropping off their wounded pal at the hospital where he was DOT (dead over there).

In Morgan County, Georgia a 71-year-old convenience store owner came out of the store’s bathroom to find one of her employees being taken to the safe by a tough talking, but unarmed thief. 5’1″ Janet Willis grabbed her own gun and told the thief ‘I’ll blow your guts all over this store.’ and led him from the business at gunpoint. he hopped in a stolen vehicle with a flat tire and drove it until the sparks from the rim caught the car on fire which was like a signal for the police to come and arrest him.

A car thief was shot by the owner of the vehicle at a St Louis, Missouri gas station. No word on the condition of the thief, but he was in possession of narcotics when police found him.

From Chicago, Illinois, comes the news of the first police-related shooting of the New Year and it was a rapper by the name of Fif Money (Charles Smith) who was apparently robbing the childhood home of Bulls basketballer, Derrick Rose. Police answered a home invasion call and Fif/Charles met them at the curb and greeted the police with gunfire. He was DRT.

In Las Vegas, Nevada an off-duty cop joined an on-duty motorcycle cop in pursuing Gilberto Gutierrez. When Gutierrez unassed his stolen vehicle, he tried to carjack the off-duty cop who shot Gutierrez three times. I guess Gutierrez will recover because he’s facing quite a few felony charges and will return to prison where he’s been six times in the last thirteen years.

Bobo sends us our first story this morning from Mirage, Arizona, where a woman who was in a domestic abuse situation and ended it with a little well-placed gunfire. Police say that they’ve been to the residence several times, but they can cross that off their list. The armed boyfriend was DRT (dead right there).

In San Jacinto, California, 92-year-old World War II veteran Joe Milspa heard noises that sounded like trouble so he approached the sound with his firearm and discovered someone crawling through a broken window, so Joe fired a warning shot that lit a fire under the criminal and he withdrew faster than the Germans from the Ardennes in 1945 – he left so fast that he left his axe behind. Joe says that he still goes to the range often, so he purposely missed the guy.

Somehow, we missed this story from Brevard County, Florida, where a convenience store robber learned a hard lesson when he tried to rob David Dick, the clerk and Iraq War veteran with an air pistol. Dick took the pistol away from the crook after pounding on him for a while. The criminal did get away, but with a new outlook on life, I’ll bet.

In Greenville, Tennessee, a man who was stealing guns from a home was confronted by a neighbor. The neighbor pulled his own gun out when Brian Allen Boles reached inside his jacket for a gun. The neighbor walked Boles to the curb and ordered him to the ground – instead Boles lit out and the neighbor fired his gun in the opposite direction which didn’t stop Boles at all. Deputies captured the burglar later.

A woman in Lexington, Kentucky shot Joseph Krueger while Krueger was plying his profession as a burglar. He was DRT (dead right there) after a lifetime of violent felonies. His last conviction was supposed to last four years in 2014, but he was released after a year. It will take a fairly competent attorney to get him out of his latest sentence delivered last week by his potential victim.

In Covington, Kentucky, two burglars climbed in through a window where the homeowner met them with some celebratory gunfire sending both to the hospital. The police haven’t reported on their condition so far. there’s an alternate story told by the wounded men’s family where they were lured to the home by text messages and the injured climbed in through the window where the homeowner was hiding in a closet and ambushed them. But, I don’t see anyone climbing through a window when they’ve been invited into a home.

Two men tried to rob a convenience store in Hampton, Virginia. When they entered the store and announced their intentions, the clerk opened up with his own legally owned firearm. Timothy L. Johnson, 18, one of the thieves was DRT (dead right there). The article says that someone else was wounded with non-life-threatening injuries, but they’re not clear on whether it was the other thief or a bystander. The other thief’s name is Tacarie Javar Veney, 21 years old.

In Canada, Peter Khill, a reservist veteran, shot and killed Jonathon Dwight Styres when he was caught stealing Khill’s truck at 3 AM the other morning. Khill is facing jail time for second degree murder. At the link, Canadians discuss it on a call-in radio show, which is fairly interesting.

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, police took Vernon Wyatt to the hospital after a homeowner ventilated him when he tried to burglarize a home and got into an altercation. The homeowner’s shotgun discharged during the fight, striking Wyatt in the back. The homeowner suffered minor injuries.

In Dallas, Texas, an armed burglar broke into a home where he was met by the armed resident who left the thief DRT (dead right there).

In Houston, Texas, a criminal pulled a gun on a business owner to rob the storefront office. The owner disarmed the crook and fired parting shots at him as he jumped in his getaway vehicle. Video of the confrontation at the link.

Fred sends us an update on Kevin Mitchell Gonzales from yesterday out in Longview, Texas.. I guess he had a gun and fired it, but the homeowner took it away from him and continued to beat his sorry ass. Police also found drugs on him, so he’s looking at that charge in addition to criminal trespass and possession of an illegal weapon. And, oh, yeah, an epic ass-beating, too.

An off-duty detention control officer shot a would-be burglar when he forced his way into her home in DeKalb County, Georgia. Two others escaped and there is no word on the condition of the criminal. Updated: The injured thief has non-life threatening injuries and his partners have been arrested.

In Dade City, Florida, three more criminals forced their way into a home. There were two people inside at the time and one of the residents shot one of the trio and the other two fled. No word on the condition of the struck target.

A Dallas, Texas resident met an armed burglar when he forced his way into the home and the resident made the thief DRT (dead right there). The homeowner isn’t facing any charges.

In Houston, Texas, a police officer working his night job watching a convenience store interrupted a robbery when he followed two men in the store that he thought looked suspicious. When one of the criminals turned his gun on the officer, the policeman fired his own gun and wounded the crook. The wounded criminal is recovering in the hospital while his partner waits for him in jail.

First up this morning, in Pensacola, Florida, Jarell Blackmon entered a convenience store wearing camouflaged clothing and a mask. he pulled out a gun and robbed the clerk of some money and cigarettes. The clerk was able to get to his own gun before young Blackmon left and got a shot off. Blackmon hid from police despite a wound to his neck. K9s finally tracked down the intrepid and bleeding thief. Blackmon claims that his gun that he’d used in the robbery was a toy.

A store owner in Hazelton, Pennsylvania stopped a robber in his business from stealing to the tune of four shotgun blasts. Police are sketchy with details, but a 23-year-old is getting his wounds tended to at a local hospital and a vehicle with flattened tires was towed from the scene.

On Friday, the Hawaii Police Department took down one of their “most wanted” criminals, Ronald Barawis, the same day he was supposed to star on their local Hawaii’s Most Wanted TV show. He was on the losing end of a gun battle with police and DRT (dead right there). Judging by his mugshot at the link, I don’t think he would have been on the run much after the TV broadcast anyway.

In Springfield, Illinois, a burglar tried to enter a home. When the homeowner confronted him, he fired his gun and missed the homeowner, who went and got his own gun and returned fire, which influenced the burglar’s decision. He fled and police haven’t found him yet.

AW1Ed sends us our first story this morning from Mount Vernon, Washington, where a homeowner saw an armed man walking slowly towards his home with a car driving slowly next to him in an ominous manner. The homeowner warned the man away, but he kept approaching the home. The resident then pulled out his gun and fired at the man, who jumped back in the car and drove off with his two partners. The police were called to the home where they found the man with a brand new chest hole. They took him to the hospital where he was declared DOT (dead over there).

In Southhaven, Mississippi, Memphis police officer Brian Falatko was relaxing with his family at home when David Clinton Praytor made the bad choice to force his way into the home. Officer Falatko ventilated Praytor who was treated at the nearby hospital and released to his new digs at the Shelby County Jail without bail. Another story says that the officer shot Praytor in the shoulder and then carried his kids away from the scene to call for local police.

In Phoenix, Arizona, a homeowner fired a gunshot at an intruder which convinced the thief to flee.

In Macon, Georgia, Paul Washington Jr. and Darius Washington attempted to rob Douglas Wayne Jackson Jr., who had just made fun with an escort lady. The Washingtons were surprised that Jackson had his own gun and he shot and killed Darius DRT (dead right there), now Paul, Junior is facing murder charges.

In Louisville, Kentucky 41-year-old Sami Abulaila flashed a gun at a liquor store clerk who then pulled out his own gun and showed Sami some of his bullets. Sami was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Manchester, New Hampshire, Zabir Sheikh, the 22-year-old manager of a local convenience store tackled an armed robber when he realized the gun the thief was using was a toy. Police hauled off the offender. Zabir said he’s tired of the drug addicts hanging around outside his store.

Bobo sends us a link to a story from Warren, Michigan where a GM employee was attacked by an assailant and stabbed several times. A nearby valet witnessed the attack and intervened with his legally carried firearm and shot the assailant. The valet claims that he was fired from his job for his actions but GM says he wasn’t fired – so they’ll need to work that out, I suppose.

First up this morning happened in Peoria, Arizona, where two thieves rang a doorbell before they broke a window to get into a house. The homeowner took his firearm to investigate and found a man halfway into his hom, so he let loose a round and shot the intruder in his leg. Mr Intruder reappeared a short time later at a convenience store and he was transported to a hospital until the police can get his room made up for the longer term. The other fellow is still on the loose.

In Bloomington, Indiana, Kyle Kaericher was awakened by his burglar alarm so he took his flashlight and his gun for a walk and discovered a burglar in his garage. He held the fellow and politely introduced him to the responding police officers and to the thief’s future.

A homeowner in Pulaski County, Kentucky heard intruders in her home and called the police and her father. Mark Baker arrived at his daughter’s home before the police and encountered thwo people unassing the AO. One jumped in their car and Baker sent a couple of rounds in their direction as they made their escape, tagging the vehicle with a bullethole. He held the other thief at gunpoint until the police hauled his ass away.

In West Columbus, Ohio, an armed thief tried to rob a convenience store clerk, but the clerk took his gun from him and shot him twice in the abdomen. the thief left the scene and went to Tim Hortons, I guess for the coffee, but he was taken to the hospital from there. The police think he’ll survive. Again, I warn folks that you can’t always depend on the criminal to bring you a gun to the site of his crime. Bring your own.

Wesley Brandon Siever went on a crime spree in Pikeville, Tennessee last weekend. He resisted arrest, fled from an officer, broke into a home, stole clothes there until he finally tried to steal a vehicle at another home where he encountered an armed homeowner. When Siever lunged at the homeowner, he earned a .22 caliber slug to his calf as police pulled into the driveway which ended his life of crime for the time being. He’s now at Bledsoe County Jail without bond.

First up this morning AW1Ed sends us a link to the story of a homeowner in Ontario, California who successfully defended his home from an intruder who was intent on gaining entry to his home for his nefarious intent. Apparently, there was a struggle until the armed homeowner put an end to it. The intruder was DRT (dead right there).

In Norman, Oklahoma, another burglar was DRT at the hands of the armed homeowner.

Nicole Slokken, in Las Vegas, Nevada, tells the story about the other night when her neighbor called to tell her that someone was trying to break down her door. When he failed to get in, the burglar went to the next house and tried to break in through the doggie door, but that homeowner was armed, too, and shot the thief in his stupid face. Apparently, Mr Thief has recovered from his wound and he’s resting comfortably in jail.

In Gladewater, Texas, Tyler Wayne Craig walked into a house in broad daylight and started rifling through the homeowner’s stuff. The homeowner got his gun and put an end to the thief’s antics and tied him up with belts holding him until the police arrived to take out the trash. Craig is awaiting someone to pay his $20,000 bail.

In Nitro, West Virginia, a speeding car turned into a driveway and hit a parked car. The homeowner came out of his house to investigate and the driver slapped him. An altercation ensued, until the homeowner plugged the offender with his second shot from his handgun. The offender is in surgery for his non-life threatening gun shot wound.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a female homeowner plugged a guy trying to break into her home. In the article, the wounded fellow becomes the “victim” as soon as the evil gun altered the trajectory of his life. But he’s expected to survive after fleeing the scene and flagging down the police for help.

In Hendersonville, North Carolina, a homeowner returned to find a strange truck in his driveway that contained a few thousands of dollars worth of his property. He pulled out his cell phone to call the police, but the thief took it from his hand and tossed it. Then the thief shoved his gun the homeowner’s face prompting the homeowner to return the gesture. He fired at the thief who un-assed the AO. As the homeowner went inside his house to call 9-1-1, the thief returned and fired a few times at the citizen and ran away again. The police picked him up at the scene of a domestic disturbance a few nights later and he’s been served notice of charges for about five other charges.

In Richardson, Texas, police got a call from a homeowner who was holding a thief at gun point. While police headed in that direction, 22-year-old, Derick Roderick Jackson, tried to gain control of the firearm, so the homeowner shot him. He was DRT (dead right there) by the time the police arrived.

In Lockland, Ohio, another homeowner called police about a burglary in progress. When police arrived, one burglar was DRT. Three others were arrested by the police on the scene. A fourth escaped in the getaway car.

71-year-old Tony Pitts heard banging on his back door in Hickory, North Carolina late Monday night. He took his gun and went to check on it – he found a stranger standing in his kitchen. Pitts welcomed the intruder with three shots, two of which he claims hit the thief. The thief immediately un-assed the AO and went to a nearby club for medical help. He’s in critical condition in the hospital after surgery.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a homeowner caught a burglar in his garage – his wife brought him his gun so he could hold the thief at gunpoint, but the burglar got tired of waiting for the police and walked off. He’s still on the loose.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, police found a sixteen-year-old on the street with a leg wound. At first, he told police that he had been the victim of a drive-by shooting. More intense questioning by the police and the teen admitted that he’d been shot while he was attempting to commit a burglary. Police returned to the neighborhood and no one would admit to the gunfire intervention counseling, but since the criminal already admitted to committing the crime, he will be charged when he gets out of the hospital. I’m sure NASA will be waiting to recruit the rocket scientist when he gets out of jail.

In Louisville, Kentucky, John Ganobick chased a woman in a parking garage and bashed her face into a pole while he pulled out a knife and threatened her. A single round from her firearm ended the attack. He’s been arrested and recovering nicely in the hospital.

In Greenville, North Carolina, police found another guy with a gunshot wound sitting in his car, in a ditch, with his pal. At about the same time, the police got a call about an attempted armed burglary where a resident had busted caps at the burglars, hitting one. Simple math. The pair in the car were arrested and a third one is still on the lam.

In Beaufort County, South Carolina, a homeowner saw a man breaking into his storage trailer, so he shot twice into the darkness of the trailer’s interior until the intruder admitted that he’d been shot. Then the homeowner called the police. Local LEOs are considering charges against the homeowner. The thief, however, is resting pleasantly at the hospital.

Bobo sends us a link from Bradenton, Florida, David West was visiting his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day at her work when Anthony Nemeth, wearing a hoodie came in the Walgreen’s and demanded drugs from the pharmacist. West, being a trained fighter stepped inn and beat on Nemeth for a while until the police arrived. Pictures of Nemeth and video of the beatdown are at the link.

In Davie, Florida, a homeowner discovered an unknown number of thieves who were trying to steal his ATV, so he fired a number of shots at them, hitting none but saving his property from being relocated.

A McLennan County, Texas business owner was tired of being robbed, so he set up for the night inside his business. At about 3 AM, he heard someone breaking in so he confronted the thief with his shot gun. The criminal jumped in his vehicle and the business owner shot out his tire. Then he chased the thief who eventually crashed into a tree and took off on foot. Police have been unable to find him yet.

One home invader was DRT (dead right there) in Anchorage, Alaska, when he was confronted by the someone, probably an interested neighbor. His two pals lit out. None of the residents were able to describe the events that led to the death, though. Another article says that the shots were fired by someone in the home.

In Cleveland, Ohio, another magical shooting of an intruder wherein the police can’t find the shooter and none of the victims were injured. Isn’t that all that matters?

In Memphis, Tennessee, a business owner chased down three thieves after they shot a store employee and shot one of the thieves. A witness held the injured criminal down with a foot on the criminal’s neck until the police arrived. In an update, the employee died at the hospital and the thief is in critical condition. One of the two who fled may also be wounded, just not well enough.

Police recovered two guns from the scene in Tulsa, Oklahoma where a young woman shot her attacker DRT. The police say that they had children together and that it was a domestic violence situation.

Friday morning in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an armed man forced his way into a home. While he rummaged through the contents of the home, the homeowner fetched his own gun and shot the fellow. He was DOT (dead over there) when he ran out of the home and down the street where police found his earthly remains.

71-year-old Craig Manning of Wofford, California, went to check on his home after a previous burglary and encountered 22-year-old Lawrence Frenes coming out of Manning’s home. Manning held Frenes at gun point while a female called for the police. When Frenes came at Manning, Manning fired a warning shot in the air which influenced Frenes to scurry off. Police found him hiding a few blocks away.

In Cleveland County, Oklahoma, a couple were getting ready for bed when they heard someone breaking in their home. The armed husband encountered two armed criminals and engaged them in gunfire. When police arrived, they found one of the criminals Dead Right There in the yard with a gunshot wound to his head.

Seul Lim, a convenience store clerk in Spanaway, Washington, confronted a thief when he came in her store with his gun drawn. When she handed him the money, she also came up with her own gun and they had a brief gun fight a few feet from each other. It looks from the video at the link like the thief left the store at a high rate of speed and empty-handed. Ms. Lim said the store has only been open a few months, but she’s been robbed twice already. She was treated for a gun shot wound and released from the hospital from this encounter.

In Little Rock, Arkansas, 18-year-old Aaron Beasley was shot by a homeowner when he tried to break into the residence. He’s being held on $25,000 bail while the hospital treats him for his non-life threatening injuries.

In Grassy Fork, Tennessee, Robbie Evans was confronted by a homeowner who saw his property in the truck Evans was driving. Evans tooka shot gun out of his truck and a struggle over the weapon ensued. The shotgun discharged during the struggle and Evans was DRT (dead right there). Apparently, the shotgun was stolen from the resident’s home, so Evans took the weapon to the scene for the homeowner. Nice guy. Police say that the truck was stolen, too.

A security guard in Houston, Texas, asked an inebriated sot to leave the bar where he worked. The sot climbed in his car and tried to run over the guard, the guard shot the sot. The sot is in the hospital and the guard is just fine and dandy.

In Cleveland, Ohio, another security guard saw 23-year-old De Shaun Larkin firing a gun at passing cars. The guard ordered Larkin to drop the gun, instead Larkin turned the gun on the guard who drilled him. Police took the criminal to the hospital and they say the gun he was using was stolen.

A homeowner in Columbus, Ohio, reported to police that he shot and killed an intruder who tried to break into his home. The fellow was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

Cody Bolesta and his pal wore masks when they went shopping for liquor in Tampa, Florida. The pair pointed their guns at 57-year-old Willie Morris, the clerk. Willie returned the gesture and shot Cody. Bolesta was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. His friend is still on the run.

Our first story this morning happened in Birmingham, Alabama where an eight-year-old was home alone and he called his father to tell him that three men were trying to break into his house. Dad returned home and found the three guests inside while the boy hid in a closet. Dad started busting caps, and when police arrived they found Raheem Stubbs on the floor with gunshot wounds. The cops searched with K9s and couldn’t find anyone. With tips from the public, police found Jarmarcus Boris Stubbs. Raheem was declared DOT (dead over there) at the hospital and Jarmarcus was charged with his murder.

In Hickory, North Carolina, Brian Foster Eckard was going about his business as a burglar when a very rude homeowner shot him twice, once in the arm and again in the back. Eckard went to the nearest bar for treatment, they called him an ambulance and he’s been released from the hospital into the arms of local constabulary. In another story, Eckard appeared in court in a wheelchair. The homeowner said that he didn’t want to shoot Eckard, but that he had no choice. That’s why these are “feel good stories” – they’re about the best possible outcome after the criminals leave innocent civilians with no good choices.

Doug, Bobo and UpNorth send us links from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where a thief tried to rob a man who happened to have a legal and licensed handgun. The thief was DRT (dead right there) and the victim was unharmed. The Star Tribune says that 221,000 Minnesotans have concealed carry licenses.

In Brooklyn, Indiana, a 66-year-old woman was assaulted in her own home by an intruder. He restrained her to her furniture at one point, but she broke free and got her gun. After another brief struggle, the man ran away. He did get away with some stuff, though. She should have plugged him.

In Miami Beach, Florida, a couple was stopped at a traffic light when a 13-year-old approached the car with a handgun announcing his intention to shoot the pair. The passenger pulled out his own gun and fired through the window striking the the teen twice in abdomen. the couple drove a few blocks for safety and called the police. The teen’s pals fled the scene leaving the youngster bleeding in the street. He’s in critical condition at the hospital.

Very few details in a story from Las Vegas, Nevada where a homeowner got into an altercation with an armed burglar and someone shot the burglar. There’s no news on anyone’s condition.

Amy sends us our first story this morning from Houston, Texas where a homeowner greeted and uninvited guest with a celebratory shotgun blast which sent him scurrying away with a wound to his torso. Police expect their new prisoner to survive.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, a property manager got word that an intruder was trying to force his way into an apartment. He went to investigate and got into an altercation. he ended up shooting the intruder who was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. An updated link says the fellow who was killed was a burglar.

In Juliette, Georgia, a homeowner saw a prowler on his property and while his wife called the police, he went to confront the intruder. The 14-year-old boy approached the owner in a threatening manner with something in his hand. The homeowner shot and killed him (DRT). The police found that the teen was armed with a knife, a bow and a toy pistol.

Roselyn Smith of South Bend, Indiana, was having a pleasant conversation with her neighbor when she noticed her own car drive past. She was hoofing it after her vehicle, drawing her own firearm and started firing at the thief. He hit a tree and took off on foot himself, but Ms. Smith has her car.

An apartment resident in Yuma, Arizona heard Thomas Selitto knocking on his door in a forceful manner. When the resident open the door, there was an altercation. Selitto was told to leave, but he charged the resident once again, so the resident plugged him. Selitto was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

Our first story this morning comes from Houston, Texas, like many of our stories. A homeowner heard someone trying to force their way into his home so he went to the front door and found a fellow he didn’t know breaking into his home, so he perforated him several times. The thief was DRT (dead right there).

In Pasadena, California, where a homeowner found a fellow trying to steal his truck. The homeowner warned the fellow to stop, but when the thief came at him, the owner shot him in the leg, which made it easier for police to catch him when they arrived.

In Shelbyville, Tennessee, a homeowner returned to his house to discover a strange vehicle in his driveway. He looked inside his home and saw many of his household goods and guns on the floor. He confronted the thief and fired a warning shot which influenced the criminal to un-ass the AO.

In St Lucie County, Florida, three men tried to rob three other men until one of the intended victims pulled out his own firearm and shot two of the criminals. One of the crooks was DRT (dead right there) while the other was taken to the hospital. The third crook left the area at high rate of speed on foot leaving his pals bleeding on the pavement.

Tom sends us a link to a story that happened in Detroit, Michigan where two thieves tried to break into the home of an armed 77-year-old retired police officer. There is no word on their condition.

Hack Stone sends us a link to a story from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where two younger thugs were beating on a 65-year-old man until he got tired of it and pulled out his legal and licensed .45 caliber handgun and put an end to the discussion. Again, there is no word on their condition and the elderly gentleman was treated for his injuries.

In Memphis, Tennessee, two men sitting in a car were attacked by three men who tried to rob them. The pair in the car returned fire after one of them was struck by gunfire. One of the trio was struck in the chest and he was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

A security guard at Union Station in Washington, DC won’t be charged after he shot and killed a knife-wielding thug last year. The thug had stabbed a woman then turned toward the security guard who convinced him that he shouldn’t have done that.

An armed homeowner confronted burglars in Marion County, Florida when his wife called to tell him that she saw someone climbing in through a window of their home. the man grabbed his AK-47 and a friend with a shotgun and went to the home to confront them. He saw a strange vehicle and fired a warning shot. The driver then tried to run over him as the homeowner fired at the driver. No one was injured, apparently and the driver escaped. When the homeowner saw someone leave his house, he ordered the thief to stop, but he merely climbed an 8 foot fence and disappeared into the woods. So he got away with about $6,000 worth of jewelry. Even the police’s K9s couldn’t locate the burglar.

In Mount Pleasant, Texas, police responded to a burglary call at a residence and found the homeowner holding the thief at gun point for them.

In Nampa, Idaho, a homeowner fired a warning shot to scare off an intruder. The article at the link discusses whether that was a proper course of action.

In Miller County, Arkansas, Trent Ames, sleeping at his mother’s home was wakened by someone banging on the door. He retrieved his handgun just as the intruder charged him. The intruder was DRT when the police arrived. The intruder may have killed a 63-year-old woman nearby before he was stopped by Mr. Ames – the woman’s car was found at the scene of the criminal’s death.

First up, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Barbara Barnum got a restraining order against her ex-husband, Rodney Anderson a few days ago, but because a restraining order is only a piece of paper, Anderson went to visit with Branum who was in fear and shot his ass. That made it easier for the police to arrest him for violating the piece of paper.

In Lynchburg, Virginia, another domestic dispute was ended by gunfire when Eric Meadows had to shoot at Curtis Edward Thrasher after Thrasher had rammed Meadows’ mother’s car twice with his and then chased her into the woods firing a gun. Meadows saw the events unfold and took his friend’s gun and forced Thrasher back into his vehicle. Apparently, no one was injured mostly because Meadows says that he was looking past his target and didn’t see a good opportunity for a clean shot without endangering someone else.

A deaf man in Jacksonville, Florida stabbed an intruder with a sword when the criminal forced his way into the victim’s apartment. The thief unassed the AO and went to a nearby convenience store for treatment. The police put one and one together and took the recently ventilated perp to the hospital and arrested him.

In Fresno, California, a homeowner dissuaded some home invaders with some gunfire. No one was injured by the homeowner who still has all of his property.

A homeowner in Bangor, Maine, held a burglar at shotgun point until the police came to haul off the criminal to begin his new life with his new friends.

In Newport, Kentucky at another Craigslist exchange, the supposed buyer grabbed the laptop that was supposed to be sold to him and ran off. The seller, who carried a legally concealed weapon, fired a warning shot, which didn’t slow the thief, so the seller took off after him firing several more times, striking nothing. The police are debating on whether or not to arrest the victim of the robbery.

A Torrance, California business owner shot an armed robber in his jewelry store. The thief was DRT (dead right there) when police arrived.

In Nashville, Tennessee, an apartment resident awoke to the sounds of someone busting in through his door. He grabbed his gun and closed his bedroom door. When the intruder entered the bedroom, the resident yelled for him to freeze. Instead, the criminal reached for his waistband. The resident sent sent some rounds center mass – the thief tried to run, but collapsed outside the bedroom. When the police arrived, the perp was DRT (dead right there).

In Wills Point, Texas, the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home invasion call and found the intruder DRT (dead right there). The homeowner was also injured, but his injuries aren’t life-threatening.

In Selma, Alabama, a woman was at the local ATM machine when she was approached by a masked gunman. Her grandson saw the events unfold and pulled out his own gun they engaged in a brief gunfight and the thief took off – Selma police got a call from nearby Prattville police to report that thief was in a hospital there being treated for a wound.

Hack Stone sends us a link to the story of a 15-year-old boy in Spotsylvania, Virginia whose mother’s boyfriend was pounding on her. The boy went a got a gun and put an end to the domestic dispute. When police arrived, the boyfriend was DRT (dead right there) and since Virginia considers all gun deaths to be second-degree murder until proven otherwise, the boy is cooling his heels in the Rappahannock Regional Juvenile Detention Center until the prosecutor decides it wasn’t murder.

AW1Ed sends us a link to a story in Cinncinati, Ohio, where a victim defended himself from a robbery on the street. The thief, James Mixon, was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived on the scene.

3E9 sends us a link from Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Rafael McCloud, a capital murder suspect escaped from jail and forced his way into a home. He tied up the man and wife who lived there and stabbed the man. The homeowner escaped his bonds, got his wife free and they both opened fire on McCloud who was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived, ending McCloud’s last eight days of freedom. The homeowner was treated for minor injuries.

In Jacksonville, Florida, Joshua Curry arrived at work late, but just in time for a co-worker to shoot another co-worker. Curry got his legal gun from his car and held the shooter at gun point until the police arrived, probably ending a mass shooting situation. A good guy with a gun at the right place at the right time. I don’t expect that I’ll read about that one in the national media.

In Midwest City, Oklahoma, an eighteen-year-old woman had a protective order against her 20-year-old ex-boyfriend. I guess he thought it was an invitation, so he broke into her apartment while he was armed and forced himself on her. She was pretty certain of the reason she had filed the protective order, so she shot him. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived to enforce the new order. In an update to the story, it seems that the girlfriend had filed a protective order last year when he tried to assault and kidnap her with a handgun. The order was dismissed when neither showed up for the hearing, and then she recanted her story to the police and charges were dropped. And then she had to kill him.

An update to the story the other day from Torrance, California where a jeweler killed a fellow who tried to rob his store – the dead fellow was Keon Bailey and it turns out that he was a person of interest in the murder of Louis Giuntini, 95, and Rose Giuntini, 92 in February, 11 days after he was released on parole from prison for burglary, possession of stolen property, rape, grand theft, trespassing and sexual battery. So now he’s gone on to his Great Reward.

Tim sends us a link to the story in Glendale, Arizona, a teenager was forced to arm himself when a pair of thieves forced their way into his home when he was alone. He pointed a gun at the two and they ran away.

54-year-old Gwendolyn Jennette left her house in Miami, Florida for a spell and returned when the alarm went off. She found a burglar in her home, there was some sort of altercation that Gwendolyn ended with her legal gun. 17-year-old Trevon Johnson was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In DeKalb County, Georgia, a four-year-old’s mother’s boyfriend was caring for him when two men burst into the home. The boyfriend took the child to a bedroom and hid in the closet. When the two thieves opened the closet door, the boy friend busted caps at them. One of the two busted ass out of the apartment, while the other laid on the floor and bled until police arrived and sent him to the hospital where he was declared DOT (dead over there). His pal is still on the run.

First up this morning – in Salt Lake City, Utah, a 37-year-old resident found a 69-year-old man with a knife in his yard and a confrontation ensued and escalated to the point that the resident felt a need to protect himself with a gun. The intruder was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

In Santa Clarita, California, an Hispanic man was pounding on doors and windows of folks in an apartment complex, by the time the police got there, he had broken a window, climbed through it and he was shot by a resident. He was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

When two men kicked in her door, a woman in Mount Forest Township, Michigan confronted them with her handgun. They fled the scene at a high rate of speed before she could employ her firearm.

In Coshocton, Ohio, a woman who happened to have a concealed weapon license and a handgun encountered four people she didn’t recognize leaving a relative’s home. She chased them down and caught two of the four and held them for the police. Another relative led police to the other two who were hiding nearby.

A business owner in Atlanta, Georgia, Lance Toland, paid for his employees to train with firearms and bought each of the a Taurus “The Judge” handgun which fires .45 Long Colt and .410 gauge shotgun rounds. None of his businesses have been involved in crimes, but he’s just looking ahead.

The family of the Miami, Florida teen who was killed during a burglary and an altercation with a woman on Friday is angry about his death. His cousin, Nautika Harris, told the journalists “You have to understand… how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view.” By stealing, which is perfectly acceptable, I suppose, when his family won’t clothe him or bring him up right.

In Niagara Falls, New York, a resident fired twice from his shotgun into the chest of a fellow the articles describes as an intruder who had a previous relationship with a woman who lived in the apartment. The intruder fellow was DRT (dead right there) when police arrived on the scene.

In Burien, Washington, a man went into a convenience store and began attacking people with a hatchet. A 60-year-old customer pulled out his legal firearm and shot the attacker, likely saving the clerk’s life. The hatchet man was DRT (dead right there) when police arrived.

In Bangor, Michigan, a woman threatened an intruder with her shotty when he broke into her home. She convinced him to leave. The police caught up to him, so he’s making new friends in jail instead of laying on a slab in the morgue.

This morning we read about an armed fellow who tired to rob a bar in Richmond, Indiana. He was shot by an armed customer in the leg and chased from the bar. Damned good guys with guns are every-damn-where these days.

In Fresno, California, an unknwn number of intruders forced their way into a home where medical marijuana is legally grown. The homeowner shot two of the intruders, one was DRT (dead right there) and the other was taken to the hospital. The 59-year-old owner was slightly injured in the gun battle.

A burglar in Ontario, California found out that there are still legal gun owners in the state when he forced his way into a house, which was home to five children, including a 5-month-old infant. The homeowner confronted him and proceeded to puncture him three times with his .45 caliber handgun. Jose Andres Alfaro Chavez was in surgery to seal up his new orifices. The homeowner, Arthur Corral and his family are all uninjured.

In Tauton, Massachusetts, two men forced their way into a home, but because of Massachusetts gun laws, where only criminals are allowed to own guns, the homeowner had to take one of the criminals’ guns and shoot 23-year-old Dominique Scott who was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. The other criminal is in the wind.

Jasmine Cho, a convenience store clerk in Orlando, Florida, was working when a thief came into the store and threatened her with a gun, she pulled out her own .38 and fired at the fellow when he made a motion toward her. She missed, but the thief un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed.

A homeowner in Fayetteville, North Carolina was forced to the floor by an intruder. His brother came out of the bedroom and saw his sibling sprawled on the floor, so he went back into the bedroom and got his own gun. The intruder, Clarence Kebreau then kicked in the bedroom door and the the brother, Robert McLaughlin, shot him. Kebreau is in the hospital recovering from the encounter.

Hack Stone sends us our first story this morning from Hampton, Virginia where a 71-year-old man was approached by a pair of teens who pulled out a firearm and demanded the septuagenarian’s money. Instead the man pulled out his gun and shot one of the pair. 18-year-old Jafari Mitchell was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. His pal is under arrest.

In San Gabriel, California, an off duty LAPD officer was awakened by two burglars in his home, when he confronted them, they fled through a window. As he watched them leave, one of the crooks turned back towards him and reached in his waistband. The officer shot one in the leg and the other in stomach and leg. The second fellow is in critical condition at the hospital.

In Tampa, Florida, a son living with his elderly mother encountered an intruder in his mother’s kitchen and shot him. The criminal was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

In Fresno, California, two intruders forced their way into a home and the homeowner armed himself and shot them both, one was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. The other is in the hospital.

Another burglar in Davie, Florida tried his hand at breaking into a police officer’s home while the officer was there. The intruder was DRT (dead right there). There was another burglary nearby a few minutes prior to this one that may have been the same perp.

An off-duty police officer who happened to be a customer in an Athens, Texas game store when four enterprising youths entered, guns drawn, and ordered everyone on the floor and demanded the money from the till. The officer shot two 16-year-olds who were taken to the hospital. A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old were deposited at the local hoosegow.

A 70-year-old homeowner caught a car thief breaking into his auto in Kansas City, Missouri, so the homeowner shot him at least once in the leg which ended the crime. Mr Thief was taken to the hospital while the police make up his room for an extended stay.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a man was exiting his car when he was approached by two armed men who tried to rob him. The victim had his own gun and shot at the pair who ran off. When police arrived on the scene, they found the victim with a wound to his arm. While they were tending to him, a neighbor reported that there was a fellow laying in the grass near by. The police found one of the thieves bleeding profusely from a stomach wound and sent him to the hospital in critical condition. The victim was also treated for his non-life-threatening wound.

Three thieves in Raleigh, North Carolina tried to break into an apartment, but the resident shot a round through the door and wounded one of them. His pals took him to the hospital and then returned to the scene of their crime where police arrested the pair.

In Parkville, Maryland, a burglar broke into a home and verbally threatened the homeowner who retreated to a bedroom where the thief kicked down that door, too. The homeowner shot at him several times and then fled the home. The police found Mr Thief when they arrived and sent him to the hospital in critical condition.

In Antioch, Tennessee. a woman shot a fella who was trying to break into her home. The man ran off and the police got a call about a gunshot victim from the hospital while they were investigating the attempted break-in and they figure that fella is their thief.

This morning starts out with a story from Tucson, Arizona, where a man and a woman were driving through a trailer park when a man approached them wielding a machete. A confrontation resulted and the man pulled out his gun and shot the machete-wielding fellow. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

A fellow in Greenville, South Carolina who built a home that looks like a German castle, caught a trespasser on his property and shot him several times. The interloper was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

In Atlanta, Georgia, the owner of a car left it running at the gas pumps while he went into a convenience store to make a purchase. When he came outside, a man and a woman were sitting in his car, attempting to steal it. The clerk says that heard five shots and the car owner came back inside and told the clerk to call the police, he submitted to the police when they arrived and the male car thief was DRT (dead right there).

In Renton, Washington, an intruder forced his way into an apartment and killed a male resident with his gun. A woman in the apartment then shot the intruder who is in serious condition and in surgery.

In Visalia, California, Ricky Bishop tried his hand at burglary, but the homeowner shot him in the upper torso putting an end to that career path. The police took Ricky to the hospital to recover before he starts his new journey.

Four fellows in Denver, Colorado tried to rob a liquor store, but a fire fight broke out between the thieves and the clerk. The four un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed, dropping off one of the thugs at the hospital with a leg wound. Police aren’t sure if the gun shot wound resulted from the clerk or if the thief had shot himself in all of the excitement.

Blake Elliot Herman broke into a home in Macon, Georgia where an ex-girlfriend lived. The homeowner heard a noise and went to check on it. He found Herman in his home and an altercation ensued. Herman un-assed the AO with the homeowner in hot pursuit. The homeowner thought that Herman was reaching in his pocket for a gun and put a round into Herman’s leg, so he was still there when the police arrived to take him to his new digs at the county hoosegow.

In Canyon Country, California, David Perez was DRT (dead right there) when a resident asked him to leave countless times, but he broke into the apartment through a window anyway.

In Cleveland, Ohio, a cell phone store employee chased three armed thieves from the store with a gun they kept behind the counter. Unfortunately, the thieves fired their gun outside the store and injured a bystander.

There was a fellow, Jaime Antonio Rodriguez, arrested for three convenience store robberies with a machete and wearing a green wig disguise in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The best part of the story was a clerk who said that she couldn’t open the cash register to get his loot unless Rodriguez bought something. Rodriguez left the store frustrated and empty-handed. That just struck me as funny.

Bobo sends us our first link this morning from Jeannette, Pennsylvania where four teens forced their way into a home where the resident was armed and shot two of the juveniles in their legs. The police have arrested all four who were between the ages of 13 and 16.

In Broward County, Florida, police are saying that Jack Bellino, 28, shot Don William Alvarez, 27 in self defense during a road rage incident. They were headed in opposite directions when Bellino accidentally swerved in front of Alvarez who turned his auto around and gave chase. Minutes later, Alvarez was DRT (dead right there). Alvarez’ girlfriend’s video of the scene seems to support Bellino.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Austin Edmondson was awakened by an intruder in his home. They exchanged gunfire and Edmundson was killed. The crook was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but the woman living there was uninjured.

Chief Tango sends a link from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where a man tried to rob a pizza parlor, but instead he got into an altercation with the working staff and ended up with one of his own bullets in his foot.

On Tuesday morning in Cleveland, Ohio, a man sitting in his truck was accosted by an armed thief. The criminal demanded the keys to the tool box, but the driver said that he didn’t have the keys. The thief shot at him, but the gun misfired. A passerby saw events unfold and tried to get the gun away from the thug who fired four times at the Good Samaritan, missing each time. The passerby pulled out his own gun and shot the criminal six times and then held him down until the police arrived and took the crook to the hospital. Luck was hard at work that morning.

In Indianapolis, Indiana, a woman heard someone breaking into her house through a window. When she went to her baby’s bedroom to check, the intruder was in the house and took a shot at her and missed. She fired back, striking him several times. The police arrived and took the criminal to the hospital. According to the report, he was also carrying zipties and a walkie talkie, so I guess his intentions were to make a nuisance of himself for an extended period of time.

In Raytown, Missouri, a resident found an armed burglar in his home and fired shots to scare the criminal away. Apparently it worked, no one was injured.

Anthony Tate in Chicago, Illinois was staying at his 88-year-old mother’s house. He heard someone breaking into the house. Anthony saw an arm come through the window and he shot the appendage. The owner of said appendage scurried off, leaving a trail of blood for the local constabulary to follow to it’s source. Anthony’s father had been killed in a home invasion in 1962 which prompted his mother to teach Anthony to have a firearm nearby while he was at home. It paid off, finally.

First up this morning, a homeowner in Gallia County, Ohio, Charles Day, heard someone knocking at his door. Before Day could answer the knock, an intruder busted through the door. Day promptly shot him in the knee and ordered him from the house. The 31-year-old intruder was an acquaintance of the family, so Mister Day let him limp home instead of finishing him off.

In Houston, Texas, a Family Dollar store clerk who was also the manager shot a robber in his store yesterday. The thief was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. He says that he started carrying a gun when the store was robbed last Thanksgiving.

First up this morning is Chattanooga, Tennessee, where a guy was walking with a girl when an armed thief jumped out of the bushes and demanded his property. The intended victim instead pulled out his own gun and the thief was declared DRT (dead right there) by the police when they arrived on the scene. An update to the story says that intended victim had met the girl on Craigslist and the police suspect that she was working with deceased fellow in a robbery scheme.

In Los Angeles, California, three men attempted to rob a taco stand, but the employees were having no part of it. One of the employees was armed and shot the thief who was brandishing a handgun. The other two beat their feet on the pavement, but the wounded fellow was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

There’s a story from Las Vegas, Nevada that has very few details. They only say that someone was shot at an apartment complex and that he was the suspect and that he was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. The updated version says that an armed fellow forced his way into an apartment and the residents defended themselves, one of the residents was wounded in the encounter, but the intruder was shot dead.

In Spanaway, Washington, two criminals attempted to rob a convenience store. The clerk, shot one of the thieves and he was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. It sounds from the story that the clerk was the husband of Seul Lim, the convenience store clerk who got into a gun battle with a thief last month in the same store.

In Lakeland, Florida, a security guard was confronted by a teen holding what appeared to be a gun. The security guard shot the teen several times while two other thieves waited outside with guns. The teen, identified as “a documented associate gang member” was DRT (dead right there) and it turns out that the gun he had was a pellet gun. The other two thieves are still on the run.

This morning we read about a homeowner in Mount Orab, Ohio, who encountered two burglars in his home and fired at them. he may have hit his targets, but they left the scene at a high rate of speed – but not before the dog could also bite one of them.

In Saint Louis, Missouri, a fellow chased a car thief who made off with his automobile. He busted caps at the thief a few times, but it’s not clear if anyone was wounded.

In Terrell, Texas, a 61-year-old woman grabbed for her gun when she heard folks breaking into her home. She busted caps on the first one she saw, but she ran out of ammo and when the unwounded guy heard the firing pin fall on an empty chamber, he beat her pretty badly. They escaped, but the police picked them both up at the hospital.

Last week in Beloit, Wisconsin, Joshua Smiley and William Slawson decided to rob a home where DeAngelo Evans was playing video games with the homeowner. He watched the home invasion from the top of the stairs when the pair of thugs pushed the homeowner to the floor. It was then that the masked man, Smiley, saw Evans and approached him on the stairs. When Smiley checked his footing, Evans pulled out his legal and licensed .357 Magnum and drilled the Smiley twice, then fled up the stairs and out a window. Smiley was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. Evans turned himself into the police and presented the gun and expended rounds to them. The police are certain that it was a self-defense situation.

In Pasagoula, Mississippi, two thieves ended up stabbed when they forced their way into a home, one was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital, the other is wounded.

Rick sends us a link to a story that happened in New Bern, North Carolina where two burglars were wounded when they tried to force their way into a home. 19-year-old Tyriq Scott is in serious condition while Roy Nolon, 18 was treated and released to police custody.

In New Orleans, Lousiana, an intruder who we talked about being shot during a burglary back in February, was found in a twelve-year-old girl’s bedroom. She screamed and Dad chased him outside and “subdued” him. He continued to “subdue” the youngster until the police arrived. The police recognized him from their encounter the previous month and the other three times he’s been arrested for burglary. Apparently, he only stays in the juvenile facility for a few days and then goes out and tries to apply the lessons learned on a new target. Duffer’s Drift of the burglar world.

A homeowner in Savannah, Georgia, met armed intruders at the door of his house and frightened them away with his own gun without firing a shot.

A homeowner heard someone fooling around outside his mobile home in Mesa, Arizona. When he went to check on it, he found a fellow trying to set fire to the home. Then the firebug sprayed flammable liquid on the homeowner and tried to set him on fire. The homeowner shot him in the arm and the criminal un-assed the AO, but police found him in the nearby woods and the wife put the fire out with a garden hose.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Lacy Howard, 44 was shot by a resident of an apartment into which he had forced his way. Howard got off a round and wounded someone slightly, but Lacy himself was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived on the scene.

AW1Ed sends us our first story which happened in Washington County, Missouri, two fellows demanded an elderly man’s prescription narcotics. When he didn’t comply, they threw him on the couch where he was able to grab his gun – he drilled one in the abdomen and they fled the scene. Eventually, the thieves called 9-1-1 for assistance and the police were able to arrest the uninjured fellow and they sent the other to the hospital with serious injuries.

A man broke into a home in Battle Creek, Michigan, but he was confronted by the homeowner who was armed. The resident tried to hold the man at gun point, but he slipped away. Police found him skipping merrily through the yards of other homeowners and offered him new accommodations.

An off-duty Louisiana State trooper detective in Ascension Parish awoke to a neighbor’s warning that someone was breaking into his unmarked patrol car. The detective armed himself and went to confront the thief. An altercation ensued and the criminal told the officer that he had a gun and that he’d use it. When the burglar reached in his waist band, the detective pulled his own gun and shot the fellow in the abdomen. The thief is being treated at the hospital.

The owner of a gas station in Tulsa, Oklahoma got tired of dealing with a fellow who was causing fights at the business, so the owner shot him. He’s expected to recover. The business owner’s wife says that while the man was destroying property outside of the store (the owner locked him out of the store), she called the police twice and got a recording both times. That’s when the owner shot the fellow through the window of the business.

In Harris County, Texas, an inebriated sot sought to win back an ex-girlfriend by going to the wrong apartment and assaulting the wrong person. That wrong person shot the sot in the abdomen. The sheriff’s deputies charged the sot and told reporters that the resident was within his rights.

In another Waffle House encounter, this one in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a fellow came in the business brandishing what is being described as an AK-47 and he demanded money. A customer confronted him and took the rifle away from him and the thief un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed and he’s still running. Thanks to Chief Tango for that link.

A homeowner in Wichita, Kansas, heard noises in his garage and found two burglars, one of whom was pointing a gun at him. The resident fired several shots at the men, scaring them so badly that they dropped their gun while un-assing the AO. It doesn’t look like he struck either of the targets, who are still on the run. Another article says that the thieves shot at the homeowner first – they also missed. It must be a magic garage.

A church maintenance worker in Tampa, Florida caught a fellow that had broke into the church earlier. He was hiding in the bushes outside the church. The worker had a concealed weapon permit and held the burglar until police arrived.

In Mandeville, Louisiana, Shawn Breland was being verbally abusive to a convenience store clerk. The clerk asked him to leave and he did so two or three times. Finally, he threw a bag of potato chips at the clerk and stormed out of the store. A customer followed him to get a license plate number. Breland saw the customer and what he was doing and began to assault the man, even though the customer was openly carrying a handgun. The man tried unsuccessfully to escape from Breland, finally shooting him when Breland tried to take his handgun. Breland was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

Bobo sends us our first story this morning from Chicago, Illinois where William C. George approached two fellows on the street and demanded their property. They complied until George wanted their car, too. One of the fellows, with his concealed weapon and corresponding permit to carry same, decided to puncture George several times instead. George was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Rochester, New York, only criminals have guns. That was the situation when a father came home and found several armed thugs assaulting his 16-year-old daughter. One of the criminals shot the father, but he still managed to get the gun away from the criminals. When the police arrived, the father had subdued the criminal to the point that the criminal had to be treated for his facial injuries before he could begin his new career in jail. Dad had non-life-threatening injuries. Three of the criminals are still on the run.

In the self-solving problems category, police in Elkins, West Virginia responded to calls about gun fire and questioned a fellow they found there. He tried to pull a gun on the officer, but the officer disarmed him and the crook fled the scene. They found another man who had tried to put a gun in his waist band, but instead shot his nuts off.

Bobo sends a link to the story from Cleveland, Ohio where two fellows tried to rob a convenience store. A passerby saw the events unfold and notified a nearby cop. The thieves saw the cop when they got ready to leave and ran to the back of the store. A customer grabbed the clerk’s gun and convinced the robbers to surrender.

In San Antonio, Texas, two fellows found themselves in a reverse-home-invasion situation where they went to visit a friend. He was not a morning person – when he was awakened, he pulled two guns on the pair, tied them up and began beating them. At some point he left one of his guns in the room and went in another room of the house. One of his former friends freed himself, got the gun and plugged their tormentor. Then the friend left the home and called the police. The wounded fellow is expected to live, but he’ll probably have to look for other friends.

In Jackson, Mississippi, Milton Grant stole a Black Acura from Christopher White. White found his car at another convenience store and proceeded to take his car back from Grant by the use of superior firepower. White fled the scene in his own car and later turned himself into the police station where he remains charged with one count of aggravated assault. Grant is still in critical condition and charged with auto theft.

An apartment resident in Madras, Oregon, shot and wounded a burglar Monday night when the resident found him in his apartment.

A homeowner in Peoria, Arizona, gut-shot a masked fellow he caught trying to burn down his house with a blow torch. The wounded criminal hid in the nearby bushes and approached first responders while they were trying to extinguish the flames and rescue one person trapped inside the house fire. Three deputies, a Peoria police officer and a firefighter were treated for smoke inhalation. Everyone is doing fine now, well, except the criminal who has begun down a new path on his journey through life.

In Blacklick, Ohio, a burglary was interrupted by someone with a gun who ventilated Nathaniel Easley. Easley was found by the police in the middle of the street and bleeding profusely from his newly created orifices. He was declared DOT (dead over there) at the the hospital. His accomplices, Khomary Rand, 23 and Deshawn Lovejoy, 26, were arrested and charged with his murder.

An elderly man in Washington County, Missouri, was enjoying a meal in his kitchen when he saw a vehicle pull in the driveway. He went to see who it was when, suddenly, the men started kicking in his door, so he grabbed his gun just as they were coming through the door and he fired what he called a “warning shot”. When the police arrived, they found the criminal laying on the porch, he was DRT (dead right there) with a warning shot through his noggin.

A robber barged into a Metro PCS store in Jacksonville, Florida and got his ass shot in the process. The article doesn’t say who shot him, but you have to figure it wasn’t the police since there where shell casings at the door when the thief entered the store. The article does say that the thief is in the hospital, though.

In Mansfield, Ohio, three intruders forced their way into a home and began assaulting the woman living there. Shortly, her son, in the basement, heard the commotion and came upstairs and shot one of the thieves repeatedly and held him for the police while the other two escaped. Police haven’t released the condition of the wounded thug.

In Brazoria County, Texas, Brian Spinks shot Deputy Brian Harper, but he didn’t get away with it. Four witnesses nearby tackled Spinks and disarmed him. Deputy Harper was struck in his protective vest and suffered only a bruise. Spinks is in the hoosegow until he comes up with the million dollars of bail money.

In Eutawville, South Carolina, a homeowner walked outside his home and noticed someone was sitting in his car. He went back inside and grabbed his shotgun. The stranger took off running and the homeowner punctuated his flight with a couple of blasts from the scattergun. He says that he wasn’t trying to shoot the man, and that appears to have worked. The police couldn’t find the stranger.

In Wichita County, Texas, a homeowner caught 40-year-old Grant Lynn Franklin stealing his property and fired a warning to get his attention. Franklin tried to take off in his own pickup, but the homeowner fired another shot that disabled the truck and Franklin crashed into a fence. That slowed him down enough for the police to catch him.

Two burglars failed to get into an Odessa, Texas home, so they tried to load up on the homeowner’s property from the backyard until the homeowner loosed several rounds in their direction which influenced them to abandon their activities. Police aren’t sure if either thief was struck by rounds.

In Houston, Texas, a man walked into a home uninvited with a gun. One of the boys who live there ran to the neighbor’s house for help. The neighbor came out with his gun and a couple of rounds convinced the thief to abandon his endeavors. It doesn’t look like anyone was injured, though.

In Scott, Louisiana, two thieves kicked in the door of a local business and pointed their guns at the business owner. The owner then pulled out his own gun and shot one of the thieves. The uninjured criminal beat his feet on the pavement leaving his partner behind. Elijah Latigue, the wounded fellow, was taken to the hospital while police are still searching for his partner, last seen scurrying down the railroad tracks.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, another teen tried his hand at robbery when tried to steal from a fellow at a drive through ATM. He jerked on the truck’s door, while the driver jerked on the trigger of his gun and sent, Craig Adams, 19, the juvenile delinquent, to the hospital.

In Kingsley, Michigan, a teenage girl got tired of living in a car with her homeless boyfriend, but he wasn’t ready to give her up. She escaped from the car and ran to a nearby house. Luckily, a Good Samaritan lived there and let her in. The boyfriend barged into the home right behind her and came face-to-face with Matthew Voice the armed homeowner who shoved the barrel of his gun in the youngster’s face. The local sheriff patrol rolled around and scooped up the lovelorn youngster.

Carrie Leigh Richards, 24, and Hannah Nicole Kenney, 23 broke into a Greenville, South Carolina home which alerted the homeowner’s dogs. The resident met them with his firearm which he used to hold the pair until the police arrived to cart them off to the hoosegow.

In Cincinnati, Ohio a group of armed men forced their way into a college student’s apartment. The student, though, was armed, too and busted caps on the group. It looks like he missed them all, though, but they all un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed.

A woman in Kansas City, Missouri heard someone at her door when she wasn’t expecting anyone, so she grabbed her gun. When he kicked in her door, she was waiting for him and plugged him. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

In Lexington, Tennessee, two masked men tried to rob 61-year-old Johnny Adams while he was working at the corner liquor store. They punched him in the face a few times too many. He grabbed the gun near the register and fired the gun for the first time in his life missing both. He punctuated their departure with another errant round. Police are still looking for the suspects.

In Lexington, Kentucky, a husband tried to win back his estranged wife by ignoring an order of protection, breaking into her home and threatening her. She responded to his romantic gestures by shooting him. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

There’s murky and strange story out of Henderson, Nevada, where four people got into an altercation inside a Nissan Altima. The folks in the backseats shot and killed the two in the front seats. It might have been a kidnapping/robbery situation since it looks like one of the people in the backseat was a local beloved jeweler and the two in the front seats were from out of town. The car crashed into a house and caught fire. The folks in the front seat were DRT when the police arrived. Backseat folks sustained minor injuries. The article says that no one was arrested but it’s still being investigated. At another link, it’s reported that the jeweler was zip tied at his home along with another store employee, but the kidnappers didn’t do a good pat-down of their victims, one of whom had a concealed weapon.

In Durham, North Carolina, police found a wounded man laying on a lawn where they were responding to a home invasion call to 9-1-1. Soon after, they arrested Okeith Desmond Taylor at the hospital where he was being treated for his own gun shot wounds. It looks like Okeith and the unnamed man got into a shoot-out when Okeith tried to break into the man’s home. The unnamed man is being treated for his injuries, too.

Demond T. Mitchell was part of a three-man home invasion crew in Portsmouth, Virginia who was found DRT (dead right there) at the scene of a home invasion. The article doesn’t say who shot him, but we can guess.

In Etna, Pennsylvania, Joshua Huber may have been defending himself when he shot and killed two people in his apartment, according to witnesses who heard the commotion in his apartment. But it was an armed neighbor that kept Huber on the scene of the double murder until the police arrived to sort the mystery out.

MrBill sends us a story from Amarillo, Texas where a loss prevention officer at Home Depot confronted a shoplifter, 35-year-old Ricky Solis. The two had a physical altercation and a second thief tried to help Solis escape. A concerned citizen with a licensed handgun intervened when the second suspect kicked the officer in the face and went to get a tire iron out of his car. The second suspect consequently fled the scene, while the citizen held Solis at gun point until the officer handcuffed him.

OldManchu sends a link about shots were fired in Victoria, Texas during a home invasion, according to police. There’s no word on whether anyone was injured or arrested. In an update to the story, it turns out that homeowner was an off-duty cop, and the thief, Wade Austin Kloesel, entered the home through a window, but that he was DRT (dead right there) and left the home feet first.

In Houston, Texas, a homeowner saw a burglar trying to steal his trailer and his John Deere tractor that was on the trailer, so he shot the fellow twice, at least once in the arm. Police say that there was a felony auto theft warrant out for the thief’s arrest. He will probably survive to face trial and a jail sentence.

In Birmingham, Alabama, a homeowner found a 16-year-old burglar in the house when he returned from a night out. He shot the youngster and hit him at least once. Junior is being treated at the local medical facility for his non-life threatening injuries.

Robert Jerome Howard, 44 followed an off-duty Baltimore, Maryland detective into a local liquor store and tried to rob him with a replica handgun. The detective didn’t know it wasn’t a real gun and shot Howard. The thief was pronounced DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. Most newsworthy about the story is that Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis commended the off-duty officer.

Three burglars in Joplin, Missouri were attempting to escape from an armed homeowner who had just fired his gun at them to dissuade them from their endeavors. During their flight, they crashed their vehicle into an office building. There were no injuries from the gun fire, but the auto accident slowed the criminals enough for police to catch up to them.

An 80-year-old man in Fairmont, West Virginia answered his door to help a damsel in distress. Larry Shaver, and John Grossklaus, both 28 years old and from Fairmont forced their way into the home behind the girl, carrying a handgun and threatening the homeowner. The 80-year-old pulled out his own gun and engaged the pair three times. When the police arrived, they found Shaver lying in the street with a head and neck wound – he was DRT (dead right there). Grossklaus was found nearby and taken to the hospital for his torso wound. He’s in stable condition. It turns out that the gun the criminals had used was a realistic-looking BB gun.

In Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Jace Breaux, 22, and Chaz Louviere, 23, and Jacob Collett, 33 broke into a home and woke the resident. When the trio opened fire on the resident, he returned fire striking one of the thieves. The police found them at the hospital later.

A passerby in Anchorage, Alaska fired his gun at a 19-year-old who was attempting to rob a gas station there. Both were gone before the police arrived, but they found the thief and arrested him, unharmed.

Kyle Johnson, passing through Erie, Pennsylvania, after kidnapping 23-year-old Brandi Shakir from her mother’s home in Cleveland, Ohio, tried another home invasion. He assaulted the wife and the husband, but while he was escaping the scene, a neighbor shot him in the leg and the back just as the police arrived, thus ending Johnson’s crime spree. He’s under arrest and recovering from his injuries.

A homeowner in Denver, Colorado is not facing charges for shooting a burglar who broke into his home on Monday. After the criminal was treated for his new orifices, he was held in the local hoosegow on burglary charges.

A woman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, accidentally shot herself in the leg while defending herself against a burglar. The thief left the scene without any stolen property, and the woman’s injuries were non-life-threatening, so I guess it was a winning strategy in the end – but not one that I recommend. Train with your gun before you use it.

A man knocked on a door in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and he was shot when the resident opened the door. The police are calling it a home invasion, so you’ll have to fill in the details for yourself. In an updated article, they report that he forced his way into the apartment and that he was shot by the resident. Still no word on his condition.

Ladonna Wasschsmann and her husband, in Wichita Falls, Texas, saw a thief stealing from their neighbor’s home. He went and got his shotgun and fired a warning shot and ordered the thief to the ground. Instead, the criminal made a dash for his truck and took off down a dead end street and got stuck. Another neighbor pulled his car in behind the thief so he couldn’t escape until the police arrived.

In Louisville, Kentucky, two teenagers tried a home robbery in broad daylight. When they broke in, they were confronted by the family dogs which the teens promptly killed. The homeowner then shot the pair of criminals. Police found one at the scene and the other a few blocks away, unfortunately it appears that both of them will survive.

A woman was the house guest of a friend in Eastlake, Ohio, when she heard someone pounding on the door of the home. Then she heard male voices in the house, so she took her handgun to investigate. The sight of the firearm sent the three burglars on the run. The woman got the license plate number of their car and the police have arrested them.

Police in Nashville, Tennessee are searching for a car that has been struck by shotgun fire. A homeowner caught someone stealing his lawn implements and fired his shot gun at them. Apparently, he missed the people, but marked the car for police who have put out a call to the public for help.

Burglars in Henrico County, Virginia forced their way into a home and engaged the homeowner with gunfire. He responded in kind and sent the thieves a-running. The homeowner was able to give police a description of the vehicle they used to escape. The criminals are still in the wind.

In Kansas City, Missouri, a man was accosted by a knife-wielding thief who forced him into his apartment. the victim shouted for his roommate to bring a gun. An altercation broke out but ended when the roommate shot the thief who beat his feet on the pavement. Police haven’t found him yet so his condition is unknown.

Another passerby with a concealed weapons permit in Montgomery County, Texas, thinks that shoplifting is a capital offense. He busted caps at three shoplifters loading their ill-gotten booty into a stolen vehicle – there were no injuries and the thieves are still on the run.

RedTag sends us a link to a story from Phoenix, Arizona where 25-year-old Jacob Tyler Spradlin tried to coerce a father with two kids to give him a ride with his friends at gunpoint. The father pulled out his own gun and dissuaded Spradlin who left peacefully. Police picked him up in another nearby parking lot after the father called them.

A man and a woman forced their way into a home in Fredonia, New York. The armed homeowner asked them repeatedly to get out until they finally did that. As the couple was leaving, the homeowner recorded their license plate for the police. When the pair saw him doing that, they stopped their car and the male charged the homeowner, prompting the homeowner to defend himself, apparently hitting his target. The polce stopped the car and treated the wounded man before taking him to jail.

Thunderstixx sends us a link from Gaston, South Carolina where the local PD made a seatbelt violation traffic stop that turned into a ten-mile high-speed chase that was finally ended by a “stop stick” that caused the driver to lose control and crash into a tree. The driver lit out through the woods while police hooked up the passenger. Unfortunately for the lone fugitive he passed through an unnamed fellow’s yard. The homeowner had been warned by police that they were looking for the squirter so when he saw the guy pass through his yard, he drew his gun and held the guy until police arrived to arrest him. Seems like a lot of trouble for a seatbelt – the driver had a suspended license, and his passenger was arrested for possession of drugs.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Victor “the Snakeman’ Wolder, a former actor and roadie, saw a man on his security cameras trying to break into his home, so he took his gun to the door and used the weapon to make the bad man go away, right into the waiting arms of the Las Vegas PD.

In Pembroke Pines, Florida, a citizen came home and parked his car at his apartment. When he got out of his car, he was approached by a fellow who demanded that he hand over all of his stuff. Instead, the armed citizen pulled his handgun from his waistband and busted caps on the crook. A second criminal blindside tackled the victim. They ended up getting his stuff and the gun, but they left some blood behind. Cops are still looking for the pair.

An ex-boyfriend in Richland County, South Carolina thought that he could win back the love of his life by climbing in her home through a window. According to the article, an acquaintance of the lady dissuaded Romeo with a little gunfire that sent him to the hospital. There’s no word on his condition currently.

Mark Headstrong, a convenience store clerk in Wilmington, North Carolina was threatened by a woman thief with a crowbar, he responded by slapping her across her face with the broadside of his machete that he keeps under the counter. Then he pinned the woman to the floor until the police arrived. He says that he’s been robbed several times in the past few years at the various convenience stores where he’s worked. Headstrong takes the robbery attempts personally – “”Our (military) personnel overseas sacrifice their lives fighting for our freedom, but some people inside the country try to ruin our principle of capitalism,” said Headstrong.”

At a VFW in Halifax, Virginia, a local sheriff’s deputy answered a parking complaint, but upon his arrival, he saw a man shooting randomly into a crowd. The deputy ordered the man to disarm and when he didn’t, the deputy shot him. The shooter is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Five people who were among his targets were injured, at least two are serious injuries.

On Saturday, we wrote about a criminal who got his ass beat and shot by two roommates in St Louis, Missouri. At the time, he hadn’t been caught, but Chief Tango sends us the news that he’s been arrested and treated at the hospital, so we can all rest easy.

In Orlando, Florida, according to police, a victim and a thief had a fire fight in a home which put them both in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, but the upshot is that the home invasion failed.

Also in Thibodaux, Louisiana, another victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the exchange of gunfire with two thieves. According to the article, he injured the criminals, too, but they’re not in custody yet.

At a convenience store in Orlando, Florida, police responded to a report of another gunfight. They arrived to find Delvin Jamar Broner DRT (dead right there). He was shot by 29-year-old Titus Bernard who was legally armed with a concealed weapon. The pair had an argument and Broner pulled out his gun, but Bernard was faster on the draw. Broner has been arrested more than 30 times in the last twenty years on charges that ranged from drug possession to assault.

61-year-old Lewis Boyd broke a window and forced his way into a Corinth, Mississippi home and confronted an armed homeowner who shot him three times in the chest with a .22 caliber pistol. Mr Boyd was declared DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

A woman was home alone with her teenage daughter in Savannah, Georgia when two criminals forced their way through the door. When she stood up to greet who she thought was her husband coming home from work, one of the crooks hit her in the face, but she was able to retrieve her shotgun and bust a cap in their direction which convinced them to leave. Her teenage daughter was hiding in the closet. Police are still looking for the pair, if they ever stop running.

Kenda Casey broke into a home in Gulfport, Mississippi and tried to sexually assault the young female that he found there. When the police arrived, they found Casey laying on the floor with the intended victim’s firearm pointed at his head.

In Portland, Indiana, about two years ago, David McLaughlin shot David A. Bailey after McLaughlin caught him fleeing from the scene of a burglary. Baily was hit in his arm, which he claims is still injured as a result. McLaughlin was convicted for shooting the criminal, served 60 days and four months of home detention. Bailey was convicted and sentenced to three years of home detention. Now Bailey wants to sue McLaughlin for “a monetary award in an amount sufficient to compensate (Bailey) for all damages.” So, the lesson is, if they’re not a threat, save your ammo.

Two criminals busted through a door in Houston, Texas and the homeowner greeted them with gunfire, winging one of them while the other un-assed the AO. The crook also fired back at the homeowner and both were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the police arrived.

The Humphrey family of Sacramento, California barricaded themselves in their bedroom when a criminal forced his way into their home. Eventually the criminal gave up and left the home, that’s when Brandon Humphrey got his firearm and checked his property. He found the criminal hiding in his backyard and held him at gunpoint for the police.

The owner of an insurance business in Little Rock, Arkansas confronted an armed thief in the office. The owner busted a couple of caps in his direction which convinced the crook to leave. The police don’t believe that the business owner hit the criminal.

Two folks who were taking care of their mother’s empty unoccupied home, in Salt Lake City, Utah were tired of having the place torn up by thieves, so they laid in wait for the criminals. They were rewarded when two showed up in the dwelling. The victims ordered the pair to lay down and wait for the police. One tried to assault them, he was rewarded with a lead injection to his midsection by 51-year-old Glen Decker. They still got away briefly, until the police caught up to them. Mr Decker is looking at aggravated assault charges.

According to Talladega, Alabama police, a burglar was shot by a minor child – there are no details on the condition of the burglar or the child. Another article names the child as 11-year-old Chris Gaither and it took him 12 rounds to finally hit the burglar in the leg.

Cactivet and Top Kone send us our first story this morning from Sultan, Washington an 80-year-old woman found an intruder standing over her injured 75-year-old husband with a knife. The 80-year-old retreated to her bedroom closet and dug out her handgun, returned to her injured husband and ventilated the 25-year-old intruder. He was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived. Her husband was taken to the hospital where he was in serious but stable condition.

Kevin sends us a link from Bluntzer, Texas where a friend of Kevin’s came out of his house and found two fellows monkeying with his automobile. A gunfight broke out between the three and ended when the criminals drove off, crashing into a ditch. Police found them after an extensive search. Everyone left the scene unharmed.

A homeowner in St. Joseph, Missouri plugged a fellow who was trying to break into his home. There’s no word on the condition of the perp except that police say that he was unconscious when they hauled him off to the hospital.

In Lowell, North Carolina, Jeffrey Funderburk, a former cop, saw a man breaking into his neighbor’s home, so he approached the fellow after calling the police, and tried to intercede. The crook tried to drive away from the scene, but Funderburk shot his tires out which made it easier for the on-duty cops to catch him and lock him up.

In Chicago, Illinois, a 69-year-old man tried to dissuade a thief in his home with a gun. They got into a struggle during which the homeowner accidentally shot himself in the hand, but that seemed to work because the thief left the scene. Police are still looking for the burglar, and the old guy, a licensed gun owner, is in good condition after a visit to the hospital.

A homeowner in Dallas, Texas, was notified by his security system that someone had forced their way into his home. He went to investigate and found three people leaving his home. He busted caps on them, killing 17-year-old Keanu Wilson DRT (dead right there) and wounding 18-year-old Michael Jerome Allen. The third fellow un-assed the AO and it’s not known if he was wounded or not.

Burglars in Juniata, Nebraska were surprised when they broke into a home and found an armed homeowner waiting for them in the middle of the day. The homeowner fired two blasts from his shotgun at the three or four thieves who beat their feet on the pavement and police found a small quantity of blood at the scene.

At a Metro PCS store in Dallas, Texas, an armed thief ordered everyone on the floor. An employee in the back of the store heard the commotion, grabbed his firearm and confronted the crook. He fired at the thief who was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital on the following day.

In Liberty Township, Ohio, a man intervened when his grandfather began to assault his grandmother. Gramps was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived on the scene.

In Santa Rosa County, Florida, 21-year-old William Chris McClanahan-Spenler tried to attack a man with his sword. His intended victim was having nothing to do with a sword fight and instead, in a move reminiscent of Indiana Jones, blasted William with a shotgun. Bill was taken to the hospital until he recovers and begins his new life in the hoosegow.

In Columbia, Missouri, in separate incidents two homeowners reported firing warning shots to scare off burglars.

In Kansas City, Missouri, a 17-year-old stole a car and about 15 minutes later, he wrecked the car in an accident with another motorist. So he took off running to avoid the police and tried to break into a house in his escape. During that endeavor, the homeowner shot him twice and the luckless fellow stumbled into the hospital where he was arrested.

Jerry Dewayne Hocutt, 44 broke into a home in Galveston, Texas, he encountered the homeowner inside and lunged at him with a knife. The homeowner fired a single round, hit center mass and the police arrived to find Jerry face down and DRT (dead right there).

In Memphis, Tennessee, an armed fellow attempted to rob an Extreme Gear clothing store, but an employee shot him and he ended up DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In Victorville, California, Jared James thought that it would be easy to kidnap a pair of teens after their prom. He forced them in his car at gun point and drove them to an isolated spot where the the teen boy promptly whipped James’ ass and took away his gun and pistol whipped the criminal with it. The pair escaped and went to the hospital with the help of a passing truckdriver. James family took him to another hospital where the police arrested him. Thee article says that the gun was fired, but no one was struck by bullets.

In Shoreline, Washington, an intruder tried to force his way into a home but he encountered an armed homeowner. The police found the criminal face down in the front yard when they arrived on the scene a few moments later and sent the thief to the hospital with with life-threatening injuries. The homeowner’s two daughters were at home when the incident happened and called the police while Dad drilled the criminal.

Tasha Williams of Jones County, Georgia, heard someone break into her home, so she grabbed a knife and hid in her bathroom. When the intruder opened the bathroom door, she plunged the knife in his chest, causing him to drop his gun. Tasha retrieved the firearm as she bent down to stanch the bleeding from his wound. The criminal punched her in the face and drew his backup piece. The pair stood there aiming firearms at each other until the criminal promised not to shoot the woman. For some reason, she gave him the weapon. He lit out but was captured by police nearby.

Cody Sullivan stole a car in Louisville and drove it to New Albany, Indiana where he flipped the stolen ride. He escaped the scene on foot and ended up in Garrett Hannegan’s garage where he tried to steal Garrett’s car. Garret showed up with his gun and got Sullivan out the car and held him until the police arrived to cart Sullivan off to the hoosegow.

In Manatee, Florida, four or five armed intruders confronted a resident in his garage. An argument turned into a gunfight when the criminals demanded money. When the smoke cleared, the resident was wounded and 27-year-old Emanuel Johnson was laying on the ground. The homeowner’s wife arrived home in time to hold Johnson at gun point. Johnson was declared DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. The homeowner has non-life-threatening injuries.

In St. Petersburg, Florida, 28-year-old Michael Biltoft was shot by a resident during the commission of an armed robbery, Biltoft was declared DRT (dead right there) when police arrived. His partner, Shane Kurucz, 41 was charged with his murder.

Joseph Meyer, 22-years-old, broke into an Adams County, Nebraska home and he was caught in the act by an armed homeowner who blasted twice with a shot gun at the youngster. Despite his wounds, Meyers left the scene with his life…but, without his phone which led police to the criminal. Apparently, he was already facing charges for a shoplifting beef earlier this year.

Two fellows in Winnie, Texas tried to break into a home. An argument broke out between the pair and the residents. The two burglars were promptly ventilated by people in the home and they were DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived on the scene.

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the same story we’ve seen played several times over the past few years – a fellow tried to sell something on Craig’s List and he encounters thieves at the meet-up. They pointed guns at him, but he was able to extricate himself from the predicament with his own gun. There was an exchange of gunfire, but no one was injured.

A homeowner in LaGrange, Georgia was awakened by the sounds of someone trying to force his way into the house. He confronted the fellow with a rifle and ordered him to leave the home. When the intruder wouldn’t leave, he fired a warning shot that only frightened the man who hid in the bathroom until police talked him out. Police claim that the intruder smelled strongly of alcohol and became belligerent with them as they cuffed and stuffed him. The intruder may have been simply an inebriated sot who had the wrong address and an angel on his shoulder.

In Dover, Delaware, 24-year-old Caleb Mason broke into a home where the resident happened to own a firearm and stopped him with a couple of rounds to his right hip. He was treated at the hospital and then arrested for burglary. He’ll probably remember this mistake every time it gets a little chilly in his cell.

At a League City, Texas MacDonald’s drive through, a thief tried to rob a man and his child with a gun. There was an altercation during which, the driver shot the criminal, center mass. The crook was determined to be DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. Police say the driver was licensed to carry his firearm concealed.

Allan Turner tried to break into one house in Topeka, Kansas. When that didn’t work, he went a block or so away to another residence where the homeowner promptly shot him when Turner met with some success entering that home. Mr Turner is recovering at the hospital with an officer standing by to arrest him when the doctors are done patching up his new orifices.

An off-duty Milwaukee, Wisconsin police lieutenant confronted a 25-year-old thief who was trying to rob a beauty supply store. He fired several shots at the thief who un-assed the AO at a high rate of speed, but not fast enough to outrun the long arm of the law.

William Smith broke into a home in Memphis, Tennessee. The woman who lived there took immediate action and fired at Billy a couple of times. Not expecting that, Smith went to another home and broke a car window before police could roll up on him and take him to his new quarters. He was uninjured from the gunfire, but the woman was unharmed, too.

In Harris County, Texas, a homeowner caught a thief trying to steal his pickup truck. Seeing something in the thief’s hands, the home owner feared for his life and shot the criminal. The thief took off running but he didn’t get far. The police found him in a ditch in a neighbor’s yard. He was declared DOT (dead over there) on his way to the hospital.

Nicholas Keagle and Cody Ray in Antrim County, Michigan were helping themselves to the contents of a victim’s refrigerator when the homeowner confronted them. Okert fled at a high rate of speed while his partner decided to engage in an altercation. The victim headbutted Keagle and broke his nose. Then the victim grabbed Keagle’s phone and called the police who rolled up on the pair.

67-year-old Ronald Murphy, in Memphis, Tennessee, caught Melvin Pollard, 45 stealing his air conditioning unit, so he fired a couple of shots at him. Pollard tried to escape in his pickup, but he sideswiped two cars and his ride stalled, so he leaped out and tried to get away on foot. Murphy tried to shoot Pollard again, but his gun jammed, so he pistol-whipped the thief instead. Murphy turned the gun over to officers who arrived on the scene. They arrested Pollard for theft and they arrested Murphy for aggravated assault.

In Riverview, Florida, 24-year-old Joel Alberto Torres tried to rob a man behind a liquor store. When the man explained that he had nothing to steal, the criminal forced him in through a back door of the liquor store. Inside the back office, Torres confronted the owner and the owner’s son. The owner, a licensed gun owner, plugged Torres multiple times. Torres was declared DOT (dead over there) at the hospital. No one else was injured.

AW1Ed sends us our first story this morning. It comes from Lexington, Kentucky. It seems that William J. Redd, 40 tried to make his ex-girlfriend fall in love with him all over again by committing fourth-degree assault and violating the protection order she swore out against him. The police found him in the front yard with multiple gunshot wounds. I guess she wasn’t impressed by his display of love.

In Poulsbo, Washington, a homeowner took a couple of shots at a burglar while the criminal was leaving the home. The thief was a boyfriend of the homeowner’s daughter. Needless to say both of the men were arrested.

The Humboldt County, California Sheriff’s Office reports that a thief and and his intended victim had a gun fight inside the home resulting in the criminal un-assing the AO. The HCSO reports that there were no injuries.

Chief Tango sends us a link to the story of Arthur DaRosa in Tauton, Massachusetts, who stabbed 80-year-old Patricia Slavin and her 48-year-old daughter Kathleen Slavin at their home. Patricia succumbed to her injuries. Arthur then went to a mall restaurant, armed himself with another knife and stabbed two more people, one of whom, George Heath, died later. Plymouth County Sheriff’s Deputy Jimmy Creed was off-duty and having dinner with his wife. He showed DaRosa his badge and ordered him to stop, when he didn’t stop, Creed shot him – he put one round center mass and DaRosa was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

In El Dorado County, California, Casey James Schumacher was involved in a domestic disturbance involving a knife. As the police arrived, he un-assed the AO and broke into a nearby home to hide from justice, but he ran into an armed homeowner who held him at gun point until the police arrived to take him to his new digs at the county jail.

Kevin sends us our first feel good story this morning. It’s from Fort Bend County, Texas where where a criminal tried to rob a homeowner in his own driveway. The victim pulled out his own gun and shot the thief twice. The twenty-year-old was found on the lawn and declared DRT (dead right there) by the police. They’re looking for two others to pin the murder on. They were seen by witnesses driving off at a high rate of speed after the shooting.

Three men forced their way into a home in Troy, Alabama. When they confronted the homeowner, they ordered him to “give it up”. Instead, the homeowner wrestled the gun away from the nearest criminal and busted caps on the trio. They fled the scene, but about 200 yards away, police found one of them, Javonte King, 21, in pool of his own blood. They declared him DRT (dead right there). The other two, Anthony Jerome Starks, 23, and Davaris Mendenhall, 20, were found nearby and they’ll be charged with the dead King’s murder.

Rick sends us a story that happened in Oriental, North Carolina, where Desmond Syrill Bryant, who was just released from prison last week, went nuts on a pair of store clerks for some unknown reason and they were forced to defend themselves with a handgun they kept under the counter. Bryant was struck twice by bullets and fled the scene. Police picked him up later and it looks like he’ll recover from his wounds so he can go back to prison.

A homeowner in Decatur, Georgia, returned home in time to catch Eric William Harper trying to leave after he’d burglarized the place. The homeowner held him at gun point until the police arrived and took hapless Harper to the town jail.

CWORet sends us a link to a story about a nationally-televised Amber Alert case. Carlie Marie Trent was found in Tennessee. She had been kidnapped by her uncle, Gary Simpson who claims that he couldn’t bear to be away from her. Donnie Lawson and Roger Carpenter found the pair in a remote area of East Tennessee and held Simpson at gun point until police arrived to cart his perverted ass off to jail where he’s on suicide watch. Carlie is back home with her parents.

In Bacliff, Texas, Jerry Dewayne Hocutt, 44, forced his way into a house and he was confronted by the homeowner. Hocutt lunged at the victim with a knife and the homeowner fired once – center mass. The police found Mr Hocutt face down in the living room DRT (dead right there).

Here’s the story from St Louis, Missouri about Albert Millsapp who recruited his 23-year-old cousin Perry Cal Jr. to rob a store for him. He told young Cal what to say, gave him guns and drove him to the scene of the crime. Cal did just as Millsapp told him and robbed the business. When he started to leave, Cal dropped a gun which the clerk recovered and they had a close quarters gun fight in which Perry lost with a bullet to his back. Millsapp pulled his cousin into the getaway car and they left the scene. Perry died later and Albert ignobly dumped his earthly remains alongside a road. Well, he was arrested eventually and yesterday in a St Louis courtroom, he was found guilty of his cousin’s murder as well as the robbery.

61-year-old man John Horton tried to defend himself against three gunmen with his own firearm in Dallas, Texas. Horton was killed in the exchange of gunfire. A witness to the crime was outside when one of the thieves came out and pointed his gun at the witness. The witness made the thief DRT (dead right there). When the other two left, the witness engaged them, too, but they escaped, one was wounded. His partner drove him to the hospital where police caught up to them.

A 21-year-old was stuffing steaks and toilet paper down his pants in a St Louis, Missouri store. He was confronted by the loss-control officer on duty and an altercation ensued. The officer ended that altercation with a bullet to the thief’s shoulder. He’s in stable condition at the hospital.

At a gas station in Indianapolis, Indiana, a criminal tried to rob a victim at the pumps. The victim pulled out his own gun and the thief tried to run him down with his car. the victim fired a shot that hit the passenger in the criminal’s car. The thief then took the gunshot person to the hospital and dropped them off.

In Arab, Alabama, someone called a homeowner and told him that his house was being looted. He returned home and found two burglars hard at work taking his stuff. He told one guy with hands full of loot to put it down. The thief complied. The homeowner looked inside their vehicle and found more of his stuff so he told the criminals to stay put – that caused an altercation, during which, the homeowner shot one of the crooks in the foot. He limped off, but the police caught up to him. The second guy went to the police station on his own.

Spartanburg County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Office is still searching for a criminal who a homeowner frightened off with a single shot from his firearm. They even have a dog following the strange brown trail he left behind.

22-year-old Pharoah Nisby busted through a door in Schenectady, New York firing at the people inside. They returned fire and the shootout ended when police arrived and found three injured people. Six rounds were fired. Nisby, is having his four new orifices tended at the hospital, and it turns out he is a person of interest in another shooting.

A convenience store worker, Dahmane Dehici, in Wilson, North Carolina was forced to fire a gun at a criminal who was crawling through the store’s broken front door. Apparently, the crook was uninjured as he fled the scene.

In Wissinoming, Pennsylvania, police report that a homeowner rang the bell of one burglar with one round to the noggin during a midday robbery – he was DRT (dead right there). Another fellow showed up at the hospital with a gun shot wound and the police think he was involved.

19-year-old Antoine Reynolds was just walking down the street in Clarksville, Tennessee, minding his own business when three people pulled up and asked Reynolds if he was the fellow who robbed one of the trio the other day at gun point. Reynolds responded by reaching for that gun, but he was slow on the draw, the father of his robbery victim fired three times before Reynolds could clear leather, striking him once in the arm. Now Reynolds is cooling his heels in jail with a $100,000 bond hanging over his head.

In Bakersfield, California, two thieves tried to rob a clerk in a convenience store at gun point. The clerk, however, had his own gun and fired first. Apparently, no one was injured, but the criminals left the store at a rather high rate of speed.

A homeowner in Tupelo, Mississippi heard a disturbance in his yard, looked out his window and saw two fellows fooling with his vehicle. He confronted them and that turned into an altercation. The homeowner shot one of the thieves DRT (dead right there).

AW1Ed sends us link to an incident in Kokomo, Indiana, where a woman was confronted by a man who was waiting at the entrance of her home. He demanded money from the woman after showing her his gun. She reciprocated by showing him her gun and he fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

Four men in Lawrenceville, Georgia, forced their way into a home and threatened the woman and her children at gun point who lived there. They fired the guns while inside the home which alerted a neighbor who went to investigate with his own gun. When the criminals exited the home, they fired their guns at the neighbor, who was struck twice, but he wounded one of the thieves. As they fled, another neighbor got their license plate number. The criminals dropped off their wounded friend at the hospital where he was arrested by police – the other three were picked up during a traffic stop.

Eugene Padilla got into an altercation with another criminal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, over their drugs, so Padilla shot his fellow drug addict in the leg. Two Good Samaritans nearby witnessed the shooting and tackled Padilla and held him with their own guns until the police arrived to take custody of the career criminal.

In Montecello, Georgia a homeowner confronted an intruder with his firearm and shot the fellow. The intruder ran outside and collapsed in the yard where the police found him. He was DOT (dead over there) at the hospital.

A construction worker was doing his job outside a Lake City, Florida restaurant when he was approached by a teenager who asked him for some money. The fellow working for his money told the kid ‘no’ and the teen left. The youth came back later and pulled a gun and demanded money. The fellow who was working for his money pulled his own handgun out that he bought with his money and fired two bullets, which he had also paid for with his own money. The teen dashed off, unhurt. Police are still looking for him. The construction worker was properly licensed in the state of Florida to carry a concealed firearm.

Donald David Farrior Jr., 22, and Raheem Christopher Rogers, 23 broke into a home in Sampson, North Carolina. The homeowner saw them break in and he was waiting for them. Rogers, who was armed with a machete, got perforated by gunfire – so the pair left. The police rounded them up at a traffic stop and took Rogers to the hospital. It seems that Rogers just began 3 years on parole for indecent liberties with a child and felony B&E after being handed a suspended sentence just a few weeks ago.

In Port Allen, Louisiana, 32-year-old Kelly Cline and some friends broke into a home and demanded money from the homeowner. When they decided that he didn’t have enough cash on him, the homeowner offered to get more from his car. Instead the sneaky victim brought a gun back and shot Cline twice. Cline was DRT (dead right there). The others escaped and the unharmed homeowner wasn’t charged.

28-year-old Tony Kendrick and his friend were turning their lives around by kicking in a door in Columbus, Ohio yesterday morning. One resident of the home went to check on the noise. When Kendrick and his pal entered the home, Kendrick pointed a gun at him and scurried up the stairs where he met the other resident who grabbed a shotgun and gave Kendrick a dose of justice. The pair fled the home, but the police arrested the wounded Kendrick at the hospital.

Wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran Eddie Smith in Monticello, Georgia confronted Andre Smith, 22 when he broke into the 69-year-old’s home. Andre lunged at Eddie and Eddie put one round center-mass. Andre ran outside and collapsed on the lawn – he was DRT (dead right there) when the police arrived.

In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kenneth Williams should have stayed in bed yesterday. Instead, he tried to break into Natalie Williamson’s home. She greeted him at the window he used to crawl into the house with her vacuum cleaner, hitting him with the nozzle and a nearby crutch. When that didn’t stop him, she hit him with the entire machine. He kept coming, so she grabbed a butcher knife and chased him outside and away from her kids. The neighbors tackled him and held him down until the police arrived to take him away.

Multiple armed thieves broke in an apartment in Tucson, Arizona. They were greeted with gunfire from the residents. One of the thieves was struck in the leg and he was left behind by his friends who fled the scene. The wounded fellow’s condition was upgraded from life threatening injuries to serious condition.

In Orange County, Florida, a car jacking was foiled by someone. Details are sketchy, but one carjacker was taken to the hospital while another is still on the loose. Police only verify that it wasn’t them who shot the fellow. “Authorities aren’t saying whether the suspect was shot by someone in the car, the other would-be carjacker or someone else on the street.”

That’s 417 incidents of innocent people who were forced by circumstances to defend themselves and their families. Gun control won’t disarm the criminals. The Washington, DC metro police department can attest to that – guns were largely illegal since 1974, but they still take 2,000 illegal guns off the streets every year. How different would those stories above end without legal gun ownership.

Thanks to Chief Tango for the NYT link.

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