The Armed Citizen® August 7, 2012

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posted on August 7, 2012
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When 14-year-old Brady went to the kitchen for a glass of water late one night, he heard voices. Brady said, “I walked to the edge of the stairs and I [heard] them talking. I didn’t recognize their voices and I went back to my room and got my 12-gauge shotgun. I loaded it.”  The boy confronted the men. The intruders had their own firearms pointed at Brady, but fled upon seeing his shotgun pointed back at them. (FOX16, Little Rock, Ark., 4/30/12)

From The Armed Citizen Archives

May 1987: Dennis Donovan was talking to a customer in a Portland, Oreg., convenience store when an armed man wearing a ski mask burst through the door. "This is for real, hit the floor," the man shouted, and he began firing. Donovan reached for a .357 Mag. under the counter and shot back, forcing the robber out the door. It was not known if the intruder was hit. (The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.)

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November 1969: Hearing a scream for help in his apartment building, Gary Collins of Dallas, Tex., rushed into the hallway with a gun to investigate. He found a man attempting to assault a woman in the doorway of her apartment, and held the assailant at gunpoint while the woman summoned police. (Dallas, Tex., Morning News)

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