Armed Citizen® Today
A Michigan county prosecutor declined to press charges in a July defensive shooting, reaffirming the fact that a young, armed woman rightfully protected herself against an assailant.
At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday, July 13, officers in St. Clair County, Mich., responded to reports of a shooting. At the scene, they discovered a 50-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds. Despite emergency care provided by EMS personnel, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation revealed that the man allegedly produced a firearm and threatened the 25-year-old woman, who was inside a vehicle at the time of the encounter. The woman was armed and, upon seeing the threat, drew and fired, hitting the man several times. (RiverBender.com; Belleville, Mich.; 7/14/25)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives – May 1972
Mrs. Velma Priddle was alone in her home in Palo Alto, Calif., one morning when she heard a car drive up outside. A man with a screwdriver then approached her screen door. When Mrs. Priddle asked him what he wanted, he raised the screwdriver as if to strike her. She reached for a .22-cal. rifle and wounded the man. Police later said the man had a long record of burglary arrests. (The Palo Alto Times, Palo Alto, Calif.)
