Armed Citizen® Today
On June 19 in Blue Springs, Mo., a homeowner called police to report that someone had broken into their home early in the morning.
The homeowner shot the intruder, and when police arrived, they pronounced the suspect dead. (fox4kc.com; Kansas City, Mo.; 6/19/26)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives – February 1987
Seventy-year-old Eric Christian stepped onto the porch of his Louisville, Ky., home to check a bird feeder when he was attacked by an armed masked man. His 72-year-old wife tried to lock the door, but the man caught her and dragged the elderly couple into the back yard.
Alerted by the noise, two neighbors, one armed with a handgun, came to see what was happening. When confronted by one neighbor, the attacker ran to the front of the house where he met Jeff Tafel. The intruder shot at Tafel, who returned fire and killed the man. Tafel was not charged. (The Courier-Journal; Louisville, Ky.)
