Monday, July 11, 2016

Armed Citizen, Issue no. 50

  
Date: 6/27/2016 4:50:39 PM
Subject: Armed Citizen, Issue no. 50
 
NRA ARMED CITIZEN
June 2016

Walmart customers hold suspected purse thief at gunpoint
KWCH-TV 12 CBS (Wichita, KS)
Walmart customers hold suspected purse thief at gunpoint  

A gun was drawn Monday afternoon at a southeast Wichita Walmart as customers chased down a suspected thief. Wichita police say a woman was loading groceries into her car in the parking lot of the store near Kellogg and Greenwich when a man walked by, snatched her purse out of the front of her cart and ran off...

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Wheelchair-bound veteran shoots intruder
By Steve Burns, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
Wheelchair-bound veteran shoots intruder  

A wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran fatally shot a man who forced his way into the veteran's residence, authorities said. Eddie Frank Smith, 69, was at home when Andre Smith, 22, (no known relation), forced his way into Eddie Frank Smith's home through a rear door...

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Sampson County homeowner shoots machete-wielding burglar
By Paul Woolverton, Fayetteville Observer (NC)
Sampson County homeowner shoots machete-wielding burglar  

A Sampson County resident shot and injured one of two men who were breaking into the resident's home. The two alleged burglars were later captured, said a news release from the Sheriff's Office. The homeowner said two men were in the house, one armed with a machete...

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Tulsa woman puts home invasion suspect in hospital
By Joseph Holloway, News On 6 (Tulsa, OK)
Tulsa woman puts home invasion suspect in hospital  

Police say a Tulsa woman shot at two men who broke into her house. One suspect is in the hospital and the other is still on the run. Tulsa police said two men forced their way into a home; but the homeowner took matters into her own hands...

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Kokomo woman thwarts armed robbery by showing suspect her gun
By Kylee Wierks, web producer Fox 59 (Kokomo, IN)
Kokomo woman thwarts armed robbery by showing suspect her gun  

A female told police that she was walking to her residence when she was confronted by a man standing by her entry door. She said the man displayed a gun, and he threatened her and demanded her money. That's when she said she pulled out her own gun, and the suspect ran away...

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Concealed carrying hero battled mass shooter in Houston
by Bob Owens, BearingArms.com
Concealed carrying hero battled mass shooter in Houston  

Concealed carry permit holder Byron Wilson drew his handgun and engaged a mass shooter in Texas on Sunday, possibly saving lives at great risk to his own. An Army veteran* of multiple tours in Afghanistan opened fire in Houston on Sunday, killing two people wounding six more before being killed by responding SWAT officers...

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