Armed Citizen® Today
A man in his 70s was in his home in Jacksonville, Fla., shortly after lunchtime on Nov. 18 when an intruder broke in through a back window and then demanded his keys and valuables. The suspect allegedly pointed a gun at the homeowner and forced him into a back bedroom; fortunately, the homeowner was able to retrieve a gun he had in that room and fire one shot, striking the alleged assailant in the shoulder. The suspect then fled in the armed citizen’s vehicle, but police located him about half an hour later and took him into custody.
“They're moving up in a special kind of formation on the back of the car, heard a pop, they grabbed him and pulled him out, put him on the ground, and EMS was tending to him […] Glad to have another one of these guys off the streets,” a witness to the arrest told reporters. (firstcoastnews.com; Jacksonville, Fla.; 11/18/25)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives – August 1981
An unidentified Wyoming woman was awakened about 4 a.m. by noises at the front door of her home. Thinking it might be her husband, she shouted out his name but got no response. When she approached the door armed with a shotgun, a man who had been trying to jimmy the door open with a screwdriver quickly fled. (The Daily Times, Rawlins, Wyo.)
