John Falkenberg
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CHICAGO, IL — A ride-share driver was thrown into the fight of his life when a pair of men he picked up decided they’d like to have his car, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He was able to save his own life, but he took the conflict out beyond what it needed to be — and…
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We’ve talked a few times about how members of the media can really hurt American civilians partially because of their own ignorance, and partially out of a drive to misinform the public — where individual reporters fall tends to be based on their own understanding of the firearms community and the Second Amendment. We share…
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In the sunny city of San Bernadino, California, a police-involved shooting left one officer wounded and one suspect down for the count. Although that’s a report of its own merit, the story, originally covered by CBS Los Angeles and now deleted, contains a gun “fact” so ridiculous that it may have beat every misnomer, goof,…
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ATLANTA, GA — A Georgia man is lucky to be alive after an encounter with two muggers that left the firearm he was carrying change hands not once, but twice. The guy couldn’t hold on to his gun — but neither could his assailant. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: According to police, the man called…
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EUBANK, KY — In a serious domestic disturbance early this month in Kentucky, a teenager was made to shoot his own uncle, who was threatening the life of his grandfather, WKYT reports. The young man very likely saved his grandfather’s life, and even his uncle was able to survive the altercation. The conflict scared the…
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AURORA, IL — When one man was attacked at his place of business earlier this month by a man wielding a piece of pipe, he felt that it was necessary to defend his life with deadly force. However, when he produced it, he couldn’t hold on to it. The suspect grabbed it from him, and…
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PALM COAST, FL — A 69-year-old man was forced to shoot and kill a German shepherd when it and another dog attacked him while he was walking his own dog early on the first Sunday of this month, News4Jax reports. What’s more, it would appear that this tragedy was just waiting to happen. The dogs…
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HOUSTON, TX — A security guard got more than what he bargained for when he asked a group of men who were playing basketball at the court of an apartment complex in which they did not live to leave, KTRK reports. Instead of acquiescing, or even just ignoring him, they assaulted him. Seriously. They attacked…
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Every human on this earth would like to think they can take down an armed gunman with their bare hands. It’s the epitome of badassery, with the possible exception of everything Sam Elliott’s character does in “We Were Soldiers.” But can people take down armed thugs if they’re close enough without the use of defensive…
