by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
But apparently misses so she gets a Mo. It does not appear the suspect was hit by the gunfire, and the suspect fled the scene. It was not immediately known if the suspect left the area on foot or in a vehicle. Source: Phoenix woman shoots at burglar coming...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“The complainant is actually armed, and he has a valid permit to carry,” said Stanford. “At some point he pulls out that firearm. And he fired several shots, striking the male.” Source: Armed man shoots alleged attacker in Olney |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
I have a Front Sight Commander membership waiting for this Good Samaritan, if someone can have him contact me soon. Great job! My only criticism (and it is tough to state any) would be that he had to go back to his car to retrieve his gun. We should always be carrying...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 10, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Sad but useful reminder that a gun is not a magical talisman warding off evil. A gun is useless without training in how to use it, or not use it. Dad gets a Mo for leaving his three kids fatherless. The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released, approached the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 10, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Filing this under DGU may be a bit generous of me. Old Texan gets a “Mo” as far as I’m concerned. Firing as they flee…striking rear window of truck several times…not good. Then again, this is Texas. The homeowner, whose name has...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
A woman twice scared off a burglar by pulling out a knife and then a gun, but New Orleans police say eventually the suspect, Deangelo Adams, came back with his own gun. Source: New Orleans woman scares off burglar by picking up knife first, then...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I actually saw the little boy fly through the air. It sounded like somebody hit a garbage can,” Danielle Lester said by phone Tuesday. Danielle Lester ran over and stood in front of the car to keep Gunnarson from leaving. “He was revving his engine and bumping...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 13, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“They started running away until I pulled my firearm on them and put them on the ground,” he said.With his pistol trained on one of the suspect, who then complied. “The firearm made them pretty submissive,” Vangen said. “As far as...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Three people who were sitting at the park were approached by two male subjects, at approximately 9:29 p.m., at the Plantation Multi-Cultural Park, located at 460 N.W. 43rd Ave. Police said that was when the subjects tried to have a conversation with them before...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Nice try, no cigar: A masked gunman who was shot in the groin by a retired NYPD detective working at a Garfield tobacco store Thursday night was identified Friday as a registered sex offender from Hasbrouck Heights. Source: NYPD Retiree Shoots Garfield Tobacco Shop...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Surprised that he wasn’t charged — deserves a “Mo” as he should have withdrawn (no mention of saving any occupants), and who knows where all those rounds landed: The man came home around 12:45 p.m. and found two strange vehicles in his...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Detectives said the dead man, identified as Julnord Vilsaint, 36, had approached three individuals who were barbecuing in front of their residence.Police said Vilsaint pointed a firearm toward the three individuals and demanded that they turn over their...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
This happened at a store location, but there have been so many cases over the years of pizza delivery employees defending themselves against robbers, only to be terminated later by employers, that I suppose it is a good sign of progress that corporate is leaving the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
It’s nice when these struggles turn out ok, and in fact at least one study shows that victims disarm attackers more often than vice versa, but you cannot count on winning this way, so I am giving this homeowner a “Mo” for not being properly...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
In spite of the apparent good result here, I’m giving the elderly homeowner a “Mo” mainly because he used a gun that he had never fired before, that had been sitting in his nightstand for 30 years. What a horrible example of intentional incompetence!...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Despite the somewhat good outcome, I’m giving this carrier a “Mo” because despite “having the drop on” these robbers by observing them and affirmatively entering the store to intervene (all OK, as far as I can tell on these facts), the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 2, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Gets a “Mo” because he didn’t have the weapon on him. If he were to present to the ready, earlier in the scenario, firing may not have been necessary. Perhaps the homeless guy was drunk and merely defending his “home” and a life...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Several problems here — she gets a Mo. If she was home alone, why was she not carying her husband’s gun — better yet, her own gun? Also, firing at the attacker as he was running away is questionable, though perhaps justified since the attacker...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Cops in Central America get a lesson in the Tueller Drill. Distance is your friend!
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 30, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Deputies said shots were fired by an armed employee of the Xtreme Internet Cafe. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the suspect grabbed a patron and dragged her out of the store, using her as a human shield. Source: Shots fired during robberies at Citrus...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 29, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“The two male robbers apparently told the employees and the customer to get on the ground. They began pistol-whipping the customer. At that point, the customer produced a handgun and shot both of the robbers,” Bartorilla told reporters just before midnight...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Mainstream media widely broadcast news today of a mass shooting at Ohio State, but it turns out the crazed “shooter” (who, it turns out, is a Somali refugee) attacked only with his car and a butcher knife. (ISIS recently called for random knife attacks.)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 27, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Police say two men with a knife tried to rob a 27-year-old man, but the victim defended himself with a .22 caliber handgun. The man thought he did not hit anyone, but an hour after the incident, police say a man who ran from the scene went to the hospital with...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Hmmm. Did she open fire as they ran away, or immediately after handing over her purse? Story is unclear. Could make a big difference. As the robbers ran away, the female victim got out her own gun and opened fire. The suspects returned fire.Amazingly, no one...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A 26-year-old female victim at the scene suffered multiple stab wounds. Officials said Sunday night that she was in stable condition at WakeMed ICU after undergoing surgery for her injuries.A second man, 26, who police say fired shots that killed Davidson, was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 25, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
TULSA, Oklahoma – Tulsa Police said a woman shot a man when he went inside her apartment Saturday night. Detectives said the woman was on the phone with 911 when she shot the man after he broke into her apartment at the Comanche Park Apartments near 36th...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 24, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
The boyfriend allegedly told authorities that he told Savell that if someone is told to leave their property three times, she is to get the gun and shoot it at the ground. If that doesn’t work, she’s supposed to shoot them in the leg. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 23, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Burglar parks car on Easy Street, ventures “up the river” (Rivers Ave) to break into a jewelry business, but fails, returns to his car on Easy Street but notices security cameras at a nearby house, then breaks into that house in order to take out the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Good result granny, but why was your pistol unloaded? Were you not carrying it? Just as Elaine Stiehl, 78, was about to take her nap, she heard a noise coming from the front of her home, Coweta County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Col. James Yarbrough said.Stiehl...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Nice when this happens, and at least one study shows victims disarm attackers more than the other way around, but it’s a lot better to have a gun on you, isn’t it? Police said a 39-year-old man and his girlfriend were sitting at their 1400 E. Morris...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Apparently the son (age unknown) disarmed the intruder and shot the intruder in the face with the intruder’s own gun: According to an arrest warrant, Leonard Trevino was under a flight of stairs at a home in the 700 block of Virgin Oak when the family heard...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and told the suspect he’d shoot him if he didn’t stop beating the deputy, sources said. After noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times, sources said. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
CEDAR FALLS — A man with a permit to carry a firearm detained a Cedar Falls man when he started stabbing people at his apartment building last month, according to authorities. According to police, Adam Scott Jacobsen had stabbed fellow tenant Jeffrey Miller 24...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
These robbers were dealt with very nicely, thank you:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Of course I’m fine with all this except when he follows the injured robbers and executes them. That’s murder. It was still dark when four men boarded the packed commuter bus heading for Mexico City and ordered the passengers to hand over their valuables....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The incident happened around 10 p.m. in Bob White, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Police say the homeowners were alerted by a neighbor that someone was possibly in their back yard. The man and his wife, whose names have not been released,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 13, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 13, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Police officials have not elaborated on what preceded the 1:30 p.m. killing of 45-year-old Marcus Polk, who was homeless and knew Epps and his family. Epps said the shooting was “self-defense” but would not describe what happened — or even confirm if he had pulled the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 9, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
They found Stephen Delauter, 45, dead in the upstairs bedroom of the house. He’d been shot.Delauter pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic assault in September and there was an active order of protection in place to keep him from contacting his wife, Lee...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
This gun, carried defensively in its holster, recently caused a woman’s head to explode.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 7, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
An 82-year old man used a gun that’s been on his nightstand for 30 years to shoot a burglar in Uniontown early Friday morning. Source: Man, 82, shoots and kills home intruder
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 7, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
DENVER | Authorities say a man has died after breaking into an apartment in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge to find his ex-girlfriend. Police say the intruder, who has not yet been identified, exchanged gunfire with the man who lived in the apartment on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 7, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
In a hail of gunfire, Conroe jewelry store owner Jeffery Turner Jr. made the decision to shoot back – with his AK-47 rifle – at four men who opened fire on his customers and staff during an attempted robbery on Monday afternoon.In the aftermath of the bullet...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 6, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Domestic violence issues, also “eggshell plaintiff” type issues. I would think she could show a high level of fear based on her broken spine being vulnerable to catastrophic injury. Jackson said she is in a vulnerable state from a car wreck earlier...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 6, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Reciprocity is a beautiful thing. Oklahoma honors South Dakota permits, and South Dakota reciprocates. Carjacker uses force on an elderly Okie, Okie reciprocates: “The driver’s door was cracked slightly. While they were in there, what ends up being...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 4, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
COLUMBUS, OHIO — A homeowner was early to rise when he heard an intruder enter his home at approximately 4:30 a.m. Thankfully, he had a gun and was able to identify and shoot the suspect. Source: Early Morning Home Invasion Meets With Tough Resistance From...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A 73-year-old St. Louis homeowner shot and killed two young men who broke into his garage and tried to rob him at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.The homeowner, who did not want his name released, was in his garage with the doors closed when the two suspects, both...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 2, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
According to police, three residents were sitting in the park when they were approached by two men who tried to rob them at gunpoint. One of the residents, who has a concealed weapons permit and was armed, shot one of the robbers, while the second suspect fled...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The homeowners, a 61-year-old man and his 43-year-old wife, were asleep in their bedroom around 7 a.m. when they heard a noise. They assumed the sound was a family member returning home and ignored it, until the suspect entered their bedroom.The man and woman...