The Armed Citizen® January 17, 2020

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posted on January 17, 2020
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Armed Citizen Extra
After a son brandished a pistol at his mother and fired a round, his brother was forced to act. After being confronted in the garage, the deranged brother advanced toward his sibling, at which point he was forced to fire in self defense, hitting him several times in the chest. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. (actionnewsnow.com, Shasta County, Calif., 4/11/19)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives
January 1986
Hearing a commotion, Mike Kopp ran from the shower, grabbed his handgun and caught a burglar breaking into his Redding, Calif., motel. Kopp told the an to sit down while he called police; the intruder took a seat. (The Record-Searchlight, Redding, Calif.)

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