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Alaska Self-Defense: APD: Home invasion thwarted by armed homeowner :: 11/15/2015

ANCHORAGE – A home invasion was cut short when a gun-wielding homeowner fired shots at suspects, authorities say.

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Israel Self-Defense: Armed Israeli Stops Knife Attack on Video :: 11/14/2015

Video from Israel, where an armed Israeli stopped a knife attack before the knife man made contact.  In the video, situational awareness is key.  The shooter, who is on the right, looks over his shoulder.  He probably hears the approaching knife man running up to attack.

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Six things women should consider when purchasing a firearm for self-defense :: 11/14/2015

No gun is a “point-and-shoot” gun.

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Texas Self-Defense: Woman Repeatedly Stabs Attacker: Fort Worth Police :: 11/14/2015

Police said a woman repeatedly stabbed a man who pulled her into a Fort Worth apartment and tried to sexually assault her Friday morning.

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Wisconsin Self-Defense: Superior, Wisc., Coin store clerk shoots, wounds robbery suspect :: 11/14/2015

A suspected would-be robber in Superior, Wisconsin, evidently picked the wrong coin shop to hold up.

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Chattanooga Family Victimized In Second Home Invasion In A Week :: 11/13/2015

A group of four thugs attacked a Chattanooga home for the second time in four days Thursday morning, and the family managed to survive both mostly due to a combination of raw determination and unserious criminals:

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Colorado Self-Defense: Man pulls gun to ward off aggressive panhandler :: 11/13/2015

COLORADO SPRINGS - Officers arrested a man who was aggressively panhandling and had a gun pulled on him, according to Colorado Springs Police.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Shooting in Dacula road rage incident deemed self-defense :: 11/13/2015

Gwinnett County police arrested and charged 24-year-old Jack Vawter for his role in a deadly road rage incident in Dacula Wednesday night. The shooter was not charged.(Photo: Gwinnett County Polcie)

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Georgia Self-Defense: Teen robbery suspects shot by victim :: 11/13/2015

STOCKBRIDGE, GA (CBS46) - Two teens are hospitalized after being shot while allegedly trying to rob a man in Henry County late Thursday night.

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Michigan Self-Defense: Locked and loaded, lady saves boyfriend from brutal beating :: 11/13/2015

What started out as a dispute over fallen leaves in a Macomb Township, Michigan, trailer park last week, quickly escalated to violent proportions, but when Bonnie La Rose saw her long-time boyfriend being brutally beaten by his neighbor, she grabbed her gun in order to save his life.

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Florida Self-Defense: Elderly Miami woman shoots at attempted burglars :: 11/12/2015

MIAMI (WSVN) -- Crooks picked the wrong place to attempt a break-in, after they were nearly shot by an elderly woman.

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South Carolina Self-Defense: 13-Year-Old Kills Man Breaking Into Home :: 11/11/2015

Charleston County, SC (WLTX) - Charleston County deputies say a 13-year-old boy shot who was home alone and killed an intruder at his home Tuesday afternoon.

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South Carolina Self-Defense: Homeowner Shoots, Kills Suspect at Lake Carolina :: 11/11/2015

Richland County, SC (WLTX) - Richland County deputies say a Lake Carolina homeowner shot and killed a man after the suspect broke into his car and got a fight with him.

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Florida Self-Defense: Retired Police Officer Shoots Duong In Bank Robbery :: 11/10/2015

A retired Jacksonville police officer was in the drive-thru of a Florida bank when he saw an armed robbery happening inside and sprang into action:

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Georgia Self-Defense: Southeast Atlanta shooting may have been self-defense :: 11/10/2015

ATLANTA -- Atlanta police are investigating after finding a man shot to death in a southeast Atlanta front yard.

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South Carolina Self-Defense: Summerville man dies, N. Charleston man arrested after shootout with 13-year-old :: 11/10/2015

A 13-year-old Ladson boy fended off two would-be burglars by using his mother’s gun to protect himself while home alone Tuesday.

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Alabama Self-Defense: AL Woman Kills Rapist After Prosecutors Cut Another Bad Plea Deal :: 11/09/2015

Once again, Wayne LaPierre and the NRA were proven right. Prosecutors are failing to put bad people in prison for gun crimes or threatening gun crimes, and we all suffer as result.

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Texas Self-Defense: Man shoots intruder who fatally stabbed teen next door :: 11/09/2015

A grisly crime in a normally quiet Tomball, Texas, neighborhood left two young men dead – one brutally stabbed by the other before a neighbor intervened and fatally shot the knife-wielding attacker.

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Common sense and gun violence ends knife attack :: 11/07/2015

When it comes to owning a gun in America and weighing the veracity and frequency of gun-related violence, there is something that comes to my mind: violence.

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North Carolina Self-Defense: New Mother Feeding Baby Pulls Gun, Fights Off Home Invaders :: 11/06/2015

On the surface, 21-year-old Semantha Bunce doesn’t appear to be much different than any other new mom, but when home invaders kicked in her door as she fed her four-month-old son, she showed the soul of a warrior as she took the fight to those who dared to put her family in danger.

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