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No charges filed after shooting leaves one dead in Buncombe County
No charges will be filed after a shooting left one person dead in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
Around 6 p.m., deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home on Kreston Drive in the Bear Creek community.
When deputies arrived, they found 55-year-old William Jennings Bryan Clay III dead.
According to authorities, it was determined that deadly force was used in self-defense and in self-defense of others within the home.
“This case highlights how the dedication of BCSO personnel to impartial fact finding empowers those who act lawfully in self-defense,” Captain Chris Stockton said. “This incident has forever changed the lives of several community members. Again, our hearts go out to them as they navigate this complex time.”
No other information has been released.
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Armed Woman Fatally Shoots Felon
There’s a certain chill that comes with hearing “burglary in progress.” It’s not a movie, not a drill—just pure fear running on adrenaline. That’s exactly what played out in Decatur, Alabama, when a woman found herself face-to-face with a violent criminal in her own home.
The 911 audio says it all: whispers, a man screaming, and then the words “she has shot that male.” When police arrived, 46-year-old Narado Brinkley was down—shot inside the house, pronounced dead on scene.
Brinkley wasn’t new to this game. Records show he’d already served time for robbery, burglary, felon-in-possession, and drug charges. A career criminal who thought he could take what wasn’t his. But this time, he picked the wrong address.
Because inside that house was a woman who had already made her decision long before the break-in ever happened: her life was worth defending.
As Colion Noir put it, “That gun didn’t make her violent—it made her equal.”
She didn’t go looking for a fight. She called 911. And, she did everything right. But when the moment came, the only thing standing between her and a violent man was her own training, her own mindset, and a firearm.
Without it, she’s smaller, weaker, and trapped. With it, the balance of power flips instantly. That’s what a gun does—it’s not aggression, it’s a force multiplier for survival.
And yet, even after doing everything right, she still has to live with the weight of it—the shot, the sound, the investigation. The case is headed to the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office for grand jury review.
As Noir reminds us, that’s the part anti-gunners never understand: the gun doesn’t make someone reckless—it gives them a fighting chance to stay alive when seconds count and help is minutes away.
This isn’t theory. It’s real life. And sometimes, reality gets loud.
Don’t miss the audio. Hat tip to AW1 Rod for the link.
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“Of course I’m not talking about ME…”
—Leticia James, later on in the interview…
I remember mail order Stoeger .22 Lugers advertised in Pop Science magazines along with WW1 French surplus machine guns with the front of the barrel corked. I think they were called Chau Chats or something of that name. No time to look it up, going over to Toyota for checkup. Later alligator.
The Chauchat light machine gun when chambered in its original 8mm Lebel loading was not bad. But in . 30-06 as the AEF used it, it was terrible. Had we just decided to use the 8mm version, we probably would have liked it more.