From: [c--ll--s] at [prairienet.org] (Chris Sullins)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Armed Citizen 9-95
Date: 27 Aug 1995 15:38:02 GMT



The American Rifleman, September 1995

THE ARMED CITIZEN

     Studies indicate that firearms are used over two million times a
year for personal protection, and that the presence of a firearm,
without a shot being fired, prevents crime in many instances.
Shooting usually can be justified only where crime constitutes an
immediate imminent threat to life limb or in some cases property.
Anyone is free to quote or reproduce these accounts.  Send clippings
to: "The Armed Citizen," 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030



     Despite informing 69-year-old Mary Bradford that he didn't want
to hurt her, the 6-ft., 300-lb. intruder had forced his way into the
terrified woman's Indianapolis, Indiana, home demanding money and was
rummaging through her kitchen in search of a knife.  Bradford, who was
able to retrieve her .38 from the living room, confronted the man, who
pointed a butcher knife at her. Bradford fired a single shot, killing
him. (The Star, Indianapolis, IN, 5/12/95)
 
     The sound of a hunting rifle being loaded was all it took to send
a hungry intruder scurrying from a Brownstone, Pennsylvania, home.
Despite a well-lit house, somebody jimmied locks, slipped through the
garage, and made his way into Benny Pruden's kitchen, while the
homeowner worked on a computer upstairs. Pruden heard the refrigerator
open, but never had the chance to actually see his unwelcome guest as
the criminal or criminals instantly fled at the sound of him loading
his .308. A purse and briefcase taken from the home were found in a
neighboring yard. (The New Era, Lancaster, PA, 4/6/95)
 
     A would-be carjacker picked the wrong Columbia County, Georgia,
woman to victimize as she was preparing to go home after a long day at
work. Carol Randolph was getting into her car when she noticed a
strange man approaching her. She jumped in the vehicle and locked the
doors as the bandit drew a semi-automatic pistol. Randolph had her own
.38 and fired a single on-target shot through the car's side window at
her attacker. The injured stranger fired one wild shot and fled the
scene, only to be arrested by police the next day after he attempted
to enter a home. (The Chronicle, Augusta, GA, 5/24/95)
 
     It took NRA Life Member Earl Tiller. 67, to do what others had
been unable to as the Fresno, California, resident's actions led to the
arrest of one of California's most-wanted fugitives. Suspected of more
than 15 home invasions and numerous robberies in which elderly
residents suffered severe beatings, the thug dove through an open
bedroom window and attacked Tiller and his wife in his typical
fashion. Untypical was the ensuing struggle where Tiller shot the
fugitive four times before the man fled the home. The criminal later
turned up in a hospital where police arrested him in connection to the
string of savage attacks. (The Bee, Fresno, CA, 6/14/95)
 
     When a teen bandit grabbed Mobile, Alabama, store owner Harold
Lambert's gun from beside the cash register and pointed it at his
head, the punk thought he had gotten the drop on him. The crook's
bravado turned sour, however, when Lambert's wife, Marilyn, pulled her
own .25 auto and aimed it at the gun-wielding robber. Backing out of
the store, the bandit joined his accomplice standing guard outside,
and fled, firing shots through the window. Pursued by Lambert and two
other business owners on foot, the delinquents jumped in a car but
were apprehended by police just three blocks away. (The Press
Register, Mobile, AL, 5/4/95)
 
     "It was the easiest arrest I have ever made," said an Indiana
state policeman. A teenage runaway had already stolen one four-wheeled
ATV and hoped to steal a second from a Greenfield, Indiana, gun club.
But when the trooper arrived on the scene, he found the young criminal
begging 90-year-old club owner Dennis Kingen to put down his gun. "It
was quite a scene. Here is this 90-year-old man with his oxygen tank
holding an 18-year-old kid at bay with a handgun." (The Daily
Reporter, Greenfield, IN, 6/5/95)
 
     Awakened by the sound of her barking dogs, a Clinton,
Connecticut, woman inspected her house and found not only a screen
missing from a kitchen window, but also a heavyset intruder standing
motionless in her living room. The woman returned calmly to her
bedroom where she retrieved her handgun.  At the sound of her
chambering a round into the pistol, the intruder unlocked the front
door and fled the property. (The Register, New Haven, CT, 6/3/95)

     A Norfolk, Virginia, pizza delivery driver was sent to a
high-crime neighborhood with another driver as a safety precaution and
was still forced to defend himself and his fellow employee in a brazen
robbery attempt. Overtaken by three hoodlums, the armed driver fatally
shot one of his attackers as the other two scurried away at the sight
of the firearm. (The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA, 5/20/95)
 
     Wilmington, Delaware, shopkeeper Dalton Waterman, 70, was shot
during a robbery attempt two years ago and swore next time he would
shoot back--he did. When a man stormed into his store and pointed a
pistol at Waterman, demanding cash, the senior citizen reactively
ducked behind the counter, drew his .38, and cut loose with a shot in
the intruder's direction. Waterman missed his target, but it was
enough to send the crook bolting from the store. (The News Journal,
Wilmington, DE, 5/31/95)
 
     The three intruders entered a Chicago, Illinois, home and were
stalking down the hall through the darkness when Robert Brown heard
one of the housebreakers say, "Somebody's here, let's get him."
Frightened but ready, Brown shot one of the thugs dead and was forced
to wound another after the criminal attempted to attack the homeowner
with a screwdriver. The wounded suspect and his unharmed accomplice
then escaped the house. The injured crook was later arrested. (The
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL, 5/9/95)
 
     The intruders should have heeded 71-year-old Kenneth Struhs'
warning to leave after kicking in the door to his Emigration Canyon,
Utah, home. Instead, the two men continued toward Struhs, forcing him
to shoot one of them in the leg with a .22 cal.  rifle. At the sound
of the shot, both men tried to flee, but the injured crook collapsed
on the porch where he remained until police and paramedics arrived.
The arrested criminal had a lengthy criminal record that dated back
six years. (The Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, 5/24/95)

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