california
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SANTA ANA, CA — A man was shot while trying to commit a robbery at a fast food robbery in the strangest of ways — an armed individual who was completing a transaction in the drive-thru window. The driver saw the danger and reacted — by shooting through the drive-thru window across the store. He…
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PASADENA, CA — A man tried to hold a thug at gunpoint in the middle of the night for getting into unlocked cars and stealing near-worthless items, the Pasadena Star-News reports. Fortunately, the man had the presence of mind to not fire on the retreating thief once he made a bolt for it, and police…
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LAKEWOOD, CA — A crazed man is very likely regretting his iron pole-based assault on a Californian when his attack faltered under the fire of a responsibly-armed citizen, NBC 4 reports. It’s not clear whether the man was trying to harm or kill the man and woman in the backyard, trying to rob them, or…
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San Diego, CA — One San Diego man should consider himself very, very lucky to have managed to attack a group of Navy SEALs and trainees unscathed with a pellet gun July 23rd, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The circumstances surrounding the fight are murky — it’s not even certain that the man was aware…
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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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BAKERSFIELD, CA — When a prominent California farmer expended the time and effort to try to comply to California’s state-mandated gun registration laws, he likely didn’t expect to have his house raided and 12 felony charges pressed against him as a “thank you.” But that’s exactly what happened. As KGET reports: According to court documents,…
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STOCKTON, CA — A man who broke and entered the home of a Stockton family was shocked to find that doing so was the last mistake he would ever make, KCRA 3 reports. He was shot by the homeowner after the intruder threatened his family. I can’t say I blame the homeowner one bit. He…
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BAKERSFIELD, CA — A teenager set on making some easy cash from the shed of a local homeowner may have tried to kill the man who confronted him because he was scared, or because he was enraged. Either way the young man, who was confronted by the armed homeowner but initially not fired upon, lost…
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FRESNO, CA — When a young man approached a familiar — and disliked — man 51 years his senior, it’s unlikely that he thought that he was anything less than in control of the situation. He was dead wrong, and when he decided to kick up a verbal altercation to assault, he would luckily live…
