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Georgia Self-Defense: Feeding GA Families manager holds armed suspect at gunpoint :: 11/30/2022

ATLANTA, Ga. (WUPA) -- A suspect running from police was looking to hide out at a local food pantry, but a manager took action.

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Texas Self-Defense: Dallas store customer facing murder charge for shooting unarmed robber :: 11/30/2022

DALLAS - A Dallas man is charged with murder for shooting and killing an unarmed robber he believed was attacking two dollar store employees.

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Wisconsin Self-Defense: Wife Draws Her Gun To Defend Husband During Attack, Leaving Attacker Paralyzed :: 11/30/2022

GREENFIELD, WISCONSIN – A woman will not be charged in a shooting that occurred in September. The shooting took place in the parking lot of Meijer in Greenfield. The shooting was the result of an altercation between two men.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Surviving Home Invaders May Be Charged with Murder After Resident Shot and Killed One of Them in Self-Defense :: 11/28/2022

Atlanta TV station 11alive (Addie Haney) reports:

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Illinois Self-Defense: Chicago woman with concealed-carry license foils attempted carjacking by shooting man in head :: 11/27/2022

A 23-year-old woman with a concealed-carry permit defended herself against four armed men who attempted to carjack her last week on the South Side of Chicago.

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Texas Self-Defense: Man shoots another man in self-defense at Midland gas station :: 11/27/2022

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – A Midland man was arrested after a shooting at a gas station. 

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Virginia Self-Defense: Virginia Homeowner Shoots and Kills Attacker in Self-Defense :: 11/22/2022

Crime happens everywhere. It was near sundown on a weekday night when a homeowner in Fairfax, Virginia was at home. With him were two other adults and two children. The homeowner noticed a stranger walking on his property. This is an upscale neighborhood filled with large and widely separated two-story homes. It takes several minutes to walk from one house to the next through the heavily forested neighborhood.

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Missouri Self-Defense: Teen shoots serial abuser, saves mom from strangulation :: 11/18/2022

A Missouri man is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head while allegedly strangling a woman inside her home this week. Stephen Bailey, Jr. of Greene County, Missouri is well known to local law enforcement, having at least 15 reported domestic assaults tied to him since 2006. In fact, earlier this year Bailey is believed by authorities to have set fire to a woman’s home in Greene County, but this week Bailey apparently showed up once again at the residence and this time, he managed to make his way inside.

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New York Self-Defense: Sleeping Poughkeepsie Man Wakes, Shoots Home Intruder in the Face :: 11/17/2022

In a bizarre case of self-defense, a home intruder was sent to the hospital after waking up the wrong person.

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Utah Self-Defense: Police: Driver draws gun in 'self-defense' after multivehicle crash causes fight :: 11/17/2022

ROY — Police say a driver pulled a gun out on a busy street in Roy on Wednesday after a chain-reaction crash led to a fight between drivers.

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Oklahoma Self-Defense: Chickasha Police: Homeowner shoots, kills man attempting to enter house :: 11/15/2022

CHICKASHA, Okla. (KFOR) – A homicide investigation is underway in Chickasha after a homeowner shot and killed an intruder Tuesday afternoon.

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Georgia Self-Defense: Armed Georgia Man Intervenes, Holds Alleged Kidnapper at Gunpoint for Police :: 11/13/2022

A man getting his oil changed at a Warner Roberts, Georgia, Walmart ran into woods behind the building after hearing a child scream and held the alleged kidnapper at gunpoint until police arrived.

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Illinois Self-Defense: Chicago: Concealed Carry Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Alleged Robber :: 11/13/2022

A concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged robber inside Chicago’s El Barakah Supermarket around 6:20 p.m. on Friday night.

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Texas Self-Defense: Police Impersonators: Home Invader Shoots His Partner, Then Is Shot Dead By Homeowner :: 11/13/2022

Bad guys sometimes act like police to gain a momentary advantage against their potential victims. Harris County, Texas Sheriff Ed Gonzalez let members of the community know about a pair of pretend cops who met a most satisfactory ending after forcing entry on a home in Katy, Texas west of Houston.

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Texas Self-Defense: Suspected home intruder shot, killed by homeowner on Southwest Side, SAPD says :: 11/12/2022

SAN ANTONIO – A suspected home intruder is dead after being shot during a confrontation with a homeowner on the Southwest Side, according to San Antonio police.

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Washington Self-Defense: Woman makes harrowing escape from vicious Seattle pimp, police say :: 11/11/2022

SEATTLE >> A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man, prosecutors in Seattle said.

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Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Restaurant manager arrested after deadly shooting of employee inside Scott Township business :: 11/10/2022

A man has been arrested in the deadly shooting inside a Northwestern Mutual office on Wednesday.

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Virginia Self-Defense: Virginia homeowner shoots intruder who broke into residence :: 11/09/2022

Fairfax, Virginia, police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in Oakton, and when they arrived they found a man dead at the scene who allegedly had broken into the residence.

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Alabama Self-Defense: Suspected intruder shot, killed while trying to crawl through home window, Birmingham police say :: 11/08/2022

A 29-year-old man was killed when police say he was shot while trying to break into a west Birmingham home.

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Virginia Self-Defense: Suspected intruder shot, killed while trying to crawl through home window, Birmingham police say :: 11/08/2022

A 29-year-old man was killed when police say he was shot while trying to break into a west Birmingham home.

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