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Texas Self-Defense: Child Gives Mom Gun During Violent Confrontation With Father :: 06/15/2018

When I was a kid, nothing riled me up more than the idea of someone messing with my mother. While my father got “messed with” plenty, he was a police officer, and that went with the job. Besides, those people ended up in jail for their efforts. In other words, Dad could take care of himself. Mom, on the other hand, was tough enough, but she wasn’t someone who could hold her own in a confrontation. So I felt I had an obligation to protect her.

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Florida Self-Defense: Robber trying to escape thwarted by customers with guns :: 06/14/2018

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A robbery at River City Marketplace forced shoppers to defend themselves Friday afternoon when the robber tried to carjack them to escape, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. 

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Texas Self-Defense: SAPD: Fatal East Side shooting may have been done in self defense :: 06/13/2018

A San Antonio man fatally shot outside an East Side home Tuesday evening was assaulting someone before he was killed, according to San Antonio police.

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Utah Self-Defense: Citizen shoots man who broke into apartment in South Salt Lake, police say :: 06/12/2018

SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah - Waking up to the sound of gunfire, people living at Brick Stone Apartments in South Salt Lake put in an early morning call to 911.

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Texas Self-Defense: Convenience store clerk fatally shoots suspect wielding toy gun during robbery in Orange :: 06/11/2018

The suspect was fatally shot by the clerk after he entered the store brandishing what appeared to be a weapon and demanding money.

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Michigan Self-Defense: Man armed with rifle killed by home's occupant :: 06/10/2018

Detroit -- A shooting early Saturday left a 40-year-old man dead after he went armed with a rifle to the home of another man, police said.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Man says girlfriend shot alleged home invaders in self-defense :: 06/09/2018

SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, GA. — A man told Channel 2 Action News that his girlfriend was defending herself when she shot two women inside their south Fulton County home.    

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Michigan Self-Defense: Woman Says Boyfriend Was Defending Her, Her Mother At Motel :: 06/08/2018

We’re learning more about a shooting incident at the Cosmo Extended Stay motel in Sodus Township Friday morning. Tiffany Main tells WSJM News one of the people involved was her boyfriend, and he was trying to protect her and her mother from a man that had held her mom hostage for about a half-hour before she showed up to surprise her and take her to breakfast. Main tells us when she got there, her mother wasn’t speaking and was acting strange while the suspect was with her. She says she was able to make out her mother saying the word “gun” before they tried to get the guy to leave.

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Tennessee Self-Defense: Tennessee mother pulls a gun on teen who was attempting to rape her, police say :: 06/07/2018

An 18-year-old, reportedly just out of high school, has been charged with trying to rape his friend’s mother during a sleepover in Tennessee.

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Illinois Self-Defense: Concealed carry license holder shoots attempted armed robber in South Chicago :: 06/05/2018

A 63-year-old man with a concealed carry license shot an attempted armed robber Monday evening in the South Chicago neighborhood.

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Washington Self-Defense: His neighbor tried to break down his door, so he shot him, police say :: 06/04/2018

A Lakewood man shot a neighbor who was trying to break down the door to his apartment Sunday morning during a dispute, police said.

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Tennessee Self-Defense: Tennessee man shoots, kills would-be burglars at his home, police say :: 06/03/2018

A Tennessee man grabbed his gun and opened fire on two burglary suspects who broke into his home Friday night, killing both of them, police said.

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Florida Self-Defense: Cape Coral citizen shoots convicted felon in self-defense, police say :: 06/02/2018

One person was shot Friday afternoon on Southeast 15th Avenue, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: PIT BULL ATTACK: Pit bull shot dead after attacking girl, police say :: 05/31/2018

PITTSBURGH - A pit bull attacked a teenage girl Thursday in Lincoln-Lemington, forcing a neighbor to shoot and kill it.

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Florida Self-Defense: Woman shoots ex-boyfriend in self-defense :: 05/29/2018

LAKELAND — A woman shot her ex-boyfriend after police say he broke into her apartment and hit her early Monday morning.

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Florida Self-Defense: Little Caesar's worker shoots masked man who attacked, cops say :: 05/28/2018

A Little Caesar's employee closing up the pizza shop Saturday night in Holly Hill, Fla., was suddenly thrust into a fight for his life with a weapon-wielding man in a "clown mask", police say.

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Oklahoma Self-Defense: Man opens fire inside Oklahoma restaurant before 'armed citizen' shoots, kills him, police say :: 05/24/2018

A man “opened fire” Thursday in an Oklahoma restaurant, leaving at least four people injured, before he was fatally shot by a bystander, police said.

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Louisiana Self-Defense: Mom exchanges gunfire with man who stole candy money from her child, police say :: 05/18/2018

SHREVEPORT, La. – Shots were fired at a Louisiana apartment complex after a man tried to steal candy and money from a child, according to police.

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Illinois High School Resource Officer Shoots Teen Gunman In Illinois :: 05/16/2018

On Tuesday, a school resource officer at Dixon High School in Dixon, Illinois, shot an armed 19-year-old former student after he opened fire on the officer in the high school gym, where seniors were gathered for graduation practice.

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Brazil Self-Defense: Off-duty police officer, mom hailed as hero for taking out would-be robber at Mother's Day event near school :: 05/14/2018

An armed, off-duty Brazilian military police officer was hailed as a hero Sunday after surveillance footage showed how she foiled a robbery attempt on a family near a school.

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