Armed Citizen® Today
An intoxicated woman entered a dollar store in Kissimmee, Fla., and began waving around a knife and threatening customers. She stabbed a soda bottle in the store as the manager ushered customers out the back door, all of which is shown on the store’s security footage.
Two concealed carriers intervened and held the woman at gunpoint until police could arrive. “She pulled out a knife, and she’s waving it around and threatening customers,” said the sheriff in an Oct. 28 press conference. “… They pull their guns out and held her at gunpoint. Way to go!”
The 36-year-old woman turned out to be a Columbian in the country illegally. She faces charges of disorderly intoxication, theft and aggravated assault. (clickorlando.com; Orlando, Fla.; 10/28/26)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives - July 18, 1987
When her daughter frantically told Sandra Valencia that a burglar was breaking into their Harris County, Texas, home, the fact that the 26-year-old mother was in the shower didn't slow her response. Telling her daughter to call police while she grabbed her revolver, Valencia confronted the intruder in the kitchen. When the burglar hefted a barstool, the housewife lifted her revolver and fired, fatally wounding the criminal. (The Chronicle; Houston, Texas)
