The Armed Citizen® Dec. 19, 2025

Armed Citizen® Today

Just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2025, in Gulfport, Miss., two women were at home when a man whom both women had protective orders against broke in through a window.

The two women fled the man, who was armed with a knife and a hammer, as he slashed at them. The women managed to barricade themselves in another room, but the assailant was not deterred. As he tried to break into that room, one of the women retrieved a firearm and shot the man dead.

The 29-year-old assailant had been released from jail on bond after being arrested for kidnapping one of the women in October 2025. One of the women suffered knife wounds, but her condition was otherwise not indicated in news reports. (fox10tv.com, Mobile, Ala., 12/11/25; and sunherald.com, Biloxi, Miss., 12/11/25)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – February 1975

Hearing screams coming from a store near his office, real estate broker Charles W. Parker, an NRA member of Jackson Heights, N.Y., grabbed his .38-cal. snub-nosed revolver, dashed next door and captured a would-be robber. The local police department awarded him a Legion of Honor plaque for "exceptional bravery."

An NRA-certified pistol, rifle and shotgun instructor, Parker has won over 40 trophies for marksmanship. The Greater New York Pistol League recognized his action with an "outstanding citizen award" inscribed "Someone Who Cared to Get Involved." (The Sunday News, New York, N.Y.)