News
-
By John Boch via TTAG and republished with permission Members of Congress enjoy a lot of perks. Among them is the right to carry a firearm even while they’re in the halls of Congress. But a group of Democrats set out to change that once a firebrand gun rights champion have publicly announced her intention…
-
STARRTILLE, TEXAS — A pastor is dead after he opened a bathroom door at the church and found a man who had been hiding from police after a car chase. That man apparently broke into the church in his attempt to evade police. After the confrontation, the pastor pulled out his gun and told the…
-
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA — A late night armed carjacking attempt by two men didn’t go as planned on December 22nd when the 80-year-old owner and concealed carrier exercised his rights, wounding one of the suspects. Investigators with the Pensacola Police Department said that the homeowner went out to lock the cars in his driveway around 11…
-
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS — A 67-year-old woman who caught two men in the act of burglarizing her family’s property held them at gunpoint with her revolver until help arrived. Police say that they received a call of a burglary in process just before 8:30 a.m. on December 22nd. When they arrived, she found the woman well…
-
I’m not saying that this was a perfect execution of self-defense, but it wasn’t terrible. A robbery and possible carjacking attempt was stopped by the intended victim. As soon as he saw his opportunity to draw, he did just that. Waiting for that moment is critical, but also remembering to not let the bad guy…
-
TAYLORSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – A man chased 3 teens from his home and then shot into their vehicle, leading authorities to arrest him on a felony charge. The incident happened the day after Christmas, when three men came to his home to demand money from his 17-year-old child. According to the ACSO, Zachariah Canterbury, 18,…
-
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE – Two armed men stole a van full of Amazon packages at gunpoint on the afternoon of December 21st according to police. Dressed in black with masks covering their faces, the pair approached a female drive, pointed a gun at her and took the delivery van around 1:18 p.m. The driver was not…
-
Washington, DC – A meeting arranged on a dating app led to an attempted rape, which then led to the attacker being shot with his own gun. It occurred on December 20th in the Unit Block of E Street NW, according to police. The victim and suspect used an online dating app to arrange a…
-
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA — A disagreement over a dog ended with a father and son dead after they fatally shot each other on December 19th, after the son told the father he killed his dog. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Nicholas Cooker, 32, witnessed four of the the family’s dogs playing aggressively with his girlfriend’s…
