The Armed Citizen® December 20, 2019

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posted on December 20, 2019
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Armed Citizen Extra
A 19-year-old who attempted to rob a concealed-carry permit holder on Chicago's south side was greeted with stiff resistance one Tuesday. When the robber approached the 25-year-old woman, he displayed a weapon and tried to rob her. Having none of it, the young woman produced a firearm and shot the man in the neck. Police found the assailant less than a block away and rushed him to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injury. (Chicago Sun TimesChicago, Ill., 1/8/2019)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives
November 1975
After being shot in the hand by one of four youths bent on robbing his Milwaukee, Wis., grocery, Jose Herrera returned fire with a cal. .25 automatic he kept under a counter, mortally wounding his attacker. The other youths panicked and fled. (The Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.)

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