Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Texas Self-Defense: Investigators Say Garland Homicide Appears To Be Self-Defense :: 01/16/2016
GARLAND (CBSDFW) – A Garland homeowner who shot and killed a man in his driveway isn’t speaking publicly about it, but police say for now they don’t expect to charge him with a crime.
Welcome to the Stop-N-Rob :: 01/15/2016
No matter if you live just outside of East Bumfrey or in deepest downtown Manhattan, there is one high-crime area that we all visit on a regular basis. It’s a prime locality for robbery, assault and even murder, yet most of us don’t give it a second thought because it is such an integral part of our lives.
Illinois Self-Defense: T-Mobile store employee shoots 2 armed robbery suspects :: 01/14/2016
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two robbery suspects were shot by an employee at a cell phone store in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
Illinois Self-Defense: Two Wounded In Riverdale Shooting :: 01/14/2016
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people were shot during a robbery attempt in south suburban Riverdale on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Phila.: Store owner fatally shoots robbery suspect :: 01/13/2016
A store owner in Philadelphia's Hawthorne section fatally shot a man who tried to rob the corner shop Monday morning.
Texas Self-Defense: Mother shoots intruder during Dripping Springs home invasion :: 01/13/2016
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — A 48-year-old woman says she shot a man after he broke into her home Sunday night in north Hays County.
California Self-Defense: 90-year-old former UCLA football player holds intruder at gunpoint :: 01/12/2016
An elderly man used a .38 Special to hold an intruder at bay after he found the man near-sleeping in a spare room of his Hawthorne, California, home last week.
Florida Self-Defense: Police: Clerk shoots man who tried to rob Tampa store :: 01/12/2016
TAMPA -- The investigation continues after Tampa police say a clerk shot a man who was trying to rob a store Monday afternoon.
Killing of 40-year-old man by teen boy ruled self-defense :: 01/12/2016
A 14-year-old boy will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man after prosecutors determined the teen acted in self-defense, Milwaukee police said Monday.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Dog Fatally Shot After Attacking 7-Year-Old Boy :: 01/12/2016
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man from the city’s Esplen section does not want to be called a hero, even though he saved his 7-year-old neighbor from being mauled by a pit bull.
Louisiana Self-Defense: Father/son argument leads to fatal shooting :: 01/11/2016
A man is dead after an argument with a family member led to a shooting in a west Shreveport home.
Illinois Self-Defense: Two shot and killed during attempted robbery :: 01/10/2016
CHICAGO -- A liquor store employee shot and killed 2 would-be robbers at a South Side liquor store.
California Self-Defense: 1 suspect shot, 1 at large in attempted North Fresno ATM robbery :: 01/09/2016
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- At around 5:15 on Friday morning Fresno Police say a sanitation worker for the City of Fresno pulled up to the Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) ATM Machine in River Park to get $20 out for his lunch.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: NEVER GIVE UP: Ambushed Philly Cop Prevails Over Muslim Assassin :: 01/08/2016
Five-year Philadelphia Police Department veteran Jesse Harnett is made of stronger stuff than most people.
In One Year, Gun Owners Stopped Hundreds Of Criminals, Saved Countless Lives :: 01/07/2016
Gun carrying, private citizens who used their firearms to stop criminal attacks saved at least 283 potential victims — and potentially many more — in a period between July 2014 and July 2015, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.
Michigan Self-Defense: CPL holder shot would-be mugger, Detroit police say :: 01/07/2016
DETROIT, MI -- Detroit police haven't entirely sorted out the details, but preliminary findings indicate a 28-year-old man permitted to carry a concealed firearm exchanged gunfire with and critically injured his 21-year-old would-be mugger.
Skill Drills For New Pistol Owners :: 01/07/2016
The gun business is booming. There were enough guns sold on Black Friday last year to equip the United States Marines (and a couple of extra Army divisions). However, there’s an annoying tendency within the firearms business community to view the sale of a firearm as the be-all, end-all of gun ownership, without helping the customer learn how to use their gun.
Missouri Self-Defense: Missouri woman says gun rights prevented tragedy :: 01/06/2016
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —A Missouri woman says if it wasn't for the Second Amendment right to carry arms, she might not be here today.
New Hampshire Self-Defense: Elderly Woman Shoots Alleged Would-be Robber :: 01/06/2016
MANCHESTER, NH - While the nation is in the midst of a debate about gun ownership, with the president issuing Executive Order actions to limit access to weapons, and women in New Hampshire pushing for a restoration of rights to access permits without police approval, at least one elderly woman is thankful she was armed after shooting a would-be robber last night.
California Self-Defense: Father kills 3 before he's fatally shot by son :: 01/04/2016
A New Year’s Eve gathering at a home in Rowland Heights, California, turned tragic when the homeowner shot and killed three people, including his bedridden wife, before the man’s son wrestled the gun away and fatally shot him.
3509 Total Defense Stories