The Armed Citizen® June 3, 2019

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posted on June 3, 2019
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A county magistrate in Carlsbad, N.M., was in the parking lot behind the county courthouse when he noticed a man rummaging around inside a clerk’s car. Concerned, the magistrate went back into the building to ask the clerk if a person was supposed to be in her car. When she told him “No,” the magistrate returned to the parking lot. There, the magistrate said he observed the man behaving oddly. The magistrate—a retired 28-year sheriff’s detective—drew his concealed firearm and ordered the man to get down on his knees. The magistrate held him there until police arrived. The man was charged with attempted burglary. (krqe.com, Albuquerque, N.M., 3/19/19)

Armed Citizen Extra
A North Carolina man was attacked while he worked in his open garage one Tuesday. While the man was working that evening, two men approached the backyard garage with the intent to rob him. After they pulled a gun on him however, the tenant drew his own gun and fired, wounding one man severely in the upper leg, while the other made his escape. His smooth exit didn't last long however, as he was caught by police shortly after. (wmbfnews.com, Lumberton, N.C., 5/8/19)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives
June 1971
Philip Finazzo, a Detroit. Mich., bar owner, rushed behind the counter and grabbed a .32 revolver after an armed bandit took money form his bartender and customers. Firing several times, Finazzo fatally wounded the man and recovered the stolen cash. (The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.)

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