The Armed Citizen® August 16, 2019

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posted on August 16, 2019
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A home invader pressed his luck a little too far one night in Sioux City, Iowa. After jumping out the second story window of a nearby home, cutting himself on the glass on the way out, the repeat home invader left a bloody trail to a second home, which he also broke into. The resident of this home was ready for such an occurrence, and was armed with a gun. After a brief struggle, the homeowner shot the intruder, who later dier from his wounds at the hospital (Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa, 4/10/19)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives
August 1971
When two men attempted to rob his grocery store, W.J. Wilkinson of Beaumont, Tex., got his gun and fired. He wounded one. The other fled. (Beaumont Journal, Beaumont, Tex.)

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