The Armed Citizen® Dec. 12, 2025

Armed Citizen® Today

On Nov. 25, 2025, a jewelry store assistant manager in Murray, Utah, buzzed in two potential customers, despite some misgivings about their appearance.

“I noticed that the beard on one of [the suspects] looked a little too groomed, too straight. I was like, 'That’s kinda odd,' but I buzzed them in—that was a bad idea,” the assistant manager later told reporters. The other man was apparently wearing a wig as a disguise as well.

Immediately upon entering, one of the “customers” took out a gun and pushed the assistant manager backwards. The armed suspect then forced him and another employee to the floor and took out tape to restrain them.

At this point, the assistant manager drew his own gun and fired at the suspects, striking one and causing them both to flee. Police later found the wounded suspect at the hospital where his accomplice had dropped him off. The other suspect had not been detained at the time of reporting. (fox13now.com, Salt Lake City, Utah, 11/25/25)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – January 1989

An 89-year-old Ft. Wayne, Ind. woman was talking on the phone when the line went dead. Later, she heard noises and thought someone was trying to break in. So she headed out the door to a neighbor’s house to call the police. But, as she opened the door, a man wearing a black hood pushed her back into the house.

Her 91-year-old husband heard the commotion and grabbed a shotgun. The hooded man told the husband to get back, but when the resident continued to advance, the hooded man fled. “The gun saved us,” the woman said. “Boy, did he run.” (The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.)