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[Video] 82 Year Old Homeowner Shoots Female Home Invader, Second Suspect Captured
An 82 year old man in Mississippi used a .38 caliber handgun to defend himself from a woman and her boyfriend who claimed they were delivering meals as a ploy to attempt to gain access to the man’s home. According to local media reports, That woman had come to his home several times in the […]
[Video] Elderly Homeowner Uses Shotgun to Shoot Two Female Burglars
An elderly homeowner in Texas used a 20-gauge shotgun that he normally uses for deer hunting to shoot two suspected burglars earlier this week. A pair of women allegedly broke into the home were they were met with the armed homeowner. According to ABC13, Deputies found two women– one 17 years old and the other […]
[Video] 71 Year Old Concealed Carrier Shoots and Kills Man Who Assaulted His Wife
A 71 year old concealed carrier in Texas shot and killed a thief who also assaulted his wife outside of a grocery store in Dallas, Texas. According to local media outlets, Around 7:20 p.m. on Oct. 28, police were called to the Aldi Grocery Store at 3128 Forest Lane. While a husband and wife were […]
Pennsylvania: Governor Tom Corbett Signs Pro-Gun Legislation into Law
There isn’t too much going on in the legislation game this time of the year, but it looks like the residents of Pennsylvania saw their Second Amendment rights strengthened a little bit in the form a state preemption bill that was signing into law by Governor Rom Corbett. According to the NRA-ILA: Today, Governor Tom […]
[Video] Tac-Con Unveils Two New Triggers and New, Lower Price Points
The Tac-Con 3MR AR-15 drop-in trigger system made quite the splash in the AR world in 2014. The trigger was the first on the market to incorporate a 3rd operating mode (besides legit select fire firearms of course). The trigger achieved a very fast rate of fire without going below the 4.5lb pull weight that […]
[Video] 17 Year Old Girl Wins Gunfight With Home Invader, Saves Mother and Siblings
In a defensive gun use, winning a gunfight means stopping the altercation at hand, and that’s exactly what a 17 year old Mississippi girl did on Monday morning. A man entered the home just after 5:00am and forced a mother, identified as Candy Strange, and daughter out of their beds at gunpoint. He then tied […]
BAD GUN OWNER: Former MLB Star Jose Canseco Shoots His Finger Off
Former Major League Baseball star Jose Canseco apparently shot himself in the hand (by some reports he shot his finger off) while cleaning a firearm. According to NBC News, “It was a serious hand injury,” Las Vegas Metro Police Lt. Mark Reddon said of the 2:30 p.m. accident in northeast Las Vegas, which damaged one […]
Pair of Students Suspended From High School Over AIRSOFT Photo Posted on Facebook
We might have one of the worst ant-gun hysteria cases in a school to date. Two students, a male and female who are boyfriend and girlfriend have allegedly been suspended from their high school after they posted a photo of themselves holding AIRSOFT guns, in the boy’s home. When I first started researching this story […]
NOW is the Time to Stock Up on Guns and Ammo, a Summary of Current Market Conditions
It’s a cycle we’ve seen unfold time and time again. An election, a new piece of legislation or an unfortunate event that the anti-gun crowd will use to push for more gun control. These are all external factors that can influence the gun and ammunition market. We saw it 2008, 2012, and 2013 to varying […]
[Video] Guy Accidentally Chops Down Tree With S&W .500 – “WATCH OUT! MOVE! MOVE!”
There’s no question that S&W’s .500 Magnum round packs some serious firepower. The handgun round can produce over 3,000 ft/lbs of energy in certain loadings. One shooter learned just how powerful the round is when he fired it for the first time earlier this month. In a video posted to Youtube, a man fires a […]
[Video] Woman Holds Naked Man Raping Her Dog at Gunpoint, He Says “ISIS Sent Me”
OK, admittedly, this is probably one of the weirdest defensive gun uses we’ve ever reported, and that’s saying something. A woman in Waterbury, Connecticut had to grab a gun in order to capture a naked man who was allegedly raping the woman’s dog in her backyard. According to WWLP, “I thought my dog had killed […]
Cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken Wins Gun Fight Against 2 Armed Robbers
Two armed robbers burst into an Alabama Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant last night with intentions of robbing the establishment. Unfortunately for them, one of the cooks working at the time was carrying a concealed firearm. According to AL.com, As one of the cooks began to run to the back of the restaurant, one of the […]
[Video] GA Voter Told He Couldn’t Wear His NRA Instructor Hat While Voting
An early voting controversy is already going on in the state of Georgia. A Douglas County, GA man, Bundy Cobb, says he feels taken advantage of following his recent attempt to vote early while wearing his NRA Instructor hat. Cobb was told to remove the hat prior to entering the polling place as it was […]
Nebraska Resident Opens Fire on 4 Home Invaders – 1 Killed, 2 Captured
An apartment resident of Bellevue, Nebraska had to use deadly for the defend himself from a group of four armed home invaders last week. Adam Walker, the resident, awoke to a man armed with a handgun crawling into his bedroom window. Fortunately, Walker was able to quickly arm himself and open fire on the suspects. […]
FOLLOW UP: Father Who Shot Felon During Home Invasion Arrested
Last week we reported on a story out of Sarasota, Florida in which a father of a young boy shot and killed a convicted felon who allegedly broke into his home in the middle of the night and opened fire. An 11 year old boy was also in the home at the time of the […]
WHY I CARRY: Father is Shot in Front of His Family, 15 Year Old Daughter Physically Attacks Shooter
Here is another one of our “Why I Carry” stories. These stories, unlike our defensive gun use stories, take a look at situations that may have turned out very differently if the victim(s) had been armed. These stories are the “other side of the coin” so to speak and serve as an important reminder as […]
[Video] FL Homeowner Shoots 500lb Black Bear That Broke Into His Home
While most of the stories we run on this site involve law abiding gun owners defending themselves against threats of the 2 legged variety, occasionally we have to run a story about a four legged threat. In this case, a Florida homeowner had to use deadly force to defend himself from a 500lb black bear […]
AL Homeowner Uses .22 Rifle to Fight Off Two Intruders
While .22LR is certainly not the ideal caliber for self defense, we’ve certainly documented quite a few stories of it getting the job done here at Guns Save Lives. It looks like it did it again this week in Birmingham, Alabama. According to AL.com, The resident, Arthur Williams, said one of the two burglars ran […]
[Video] Home Invasion Suspect Apprehended by 15 Year Old Armed With a Gun
A would be home invader in Ohio probably thought he had the worst luck in the world when he encountered not one, but two armed homeowners in two different break-ins a few hours apart. According to 14News: Brian Hiner says Michael Roberts, 26, broke into his home through a small window in the backyard. He […]
BREAKING: Active Shooter at Washington State School, Multiple Injuries
We are getting reports of an active shooter situation at a school outside of Seattle, Washington. Reports range from 2-6 injuries. No deaths have yet been reported.