The Armed Citizen® November 30, 2018

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posted on November 30, 2018
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An alleged kidnapper in Roanoke, Va., got more than he bargained for after an armed citizen came to the victim’s aid. The suspect, police say, abducted a woman and was holding her against her will. The next day, though, a friend came to her aid. When her acquaintance came to help, the abductor pulled a knife and attacked the man, who then responded by shooting the bad guy in the gut. The suspect will be charged after the hospital releases him. (The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va., 10/13/18)

The Armed Citizen Extra
A woman saved herself and her child from an attempted kidnapping in Fairfield, Calif. After the woman managed to gain the attention of a nearby officer, her kidnapper sped off, with the officer in hot pursuit. When the car careened into several other vehicles a few blocks away, it was discovered that the woman had fatally shot the driver during the incident. The mother sustained some minor injuries, while the child was unharmed. (ABC 7, Fairfield, Calif., 10/25/2018)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives
November 1978
Awakened by the sound of breaking glass, Dennis Kinsman, of Oxnard Calif., found three men burglarizing his car behind his home. Kinsman grab this pistol and surprised the three who ran off. After a chase, Kinsman apprehended the men at their home a few houses away and held them at gun point until the police arrived. (The Star Free Press, Ventura, Calif.)

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