The Armed Citizen® August 16, 2021

Law-Abiding Citizens Using Their 2nd Amendment Rights In Self-Defense

posted on August 16, 2021
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A 20-year-old man was fatally shot by an armed woman in Dale City, Va., in the early morning hours of July 22. The armed woman was outside her home at 12:25 a.m., walking her dog, when she was approached by the man, who was wearing a face mask and armed with a handgun. In what police later cleared as a justified self-defense shooting, the woman shot the assailant, who was transported to a hospital, where he later died of his wounds.

In a subsequent investigation, police linked the handgun carried by the 20-year-old assailant to several 7-Eleven store robberies. “Following the investigations into this robbery series, all known evidence indicates the deceased was responsible for all five incidents,” said First Sgt. Jonathan Perok, Prince William County police spokesman.

(Prince William Times, Dale City, Va., 07/22/2021)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives June 1978

Aboard his boat in the early morning hours, Robert O'Neal of Sarasota, Fla., heard muffled voices from the deck. Prepared for the unexpected, O'Neal grabbed his handgun and confronted the intruders. They stayed aboard until the paddy wagon arrived to take them on a voyage to the city jail. (The Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Fla.)

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