{"id":11374,"date":"2017-01-01T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=11374"},"modified":"2016-12-31T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T02:55:11","slug":"20-whove-used-guns-to-defend-themselves-or-others-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=11374","title":{"rendered":"20 who’ve used guns to defend themselves or others in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do not tell that to the following 20 individuals who used guns defensively to defend their own lives and the lives of others during 2016:<\/p>\n

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  1. On January 4, a\u00a065-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, grandmother used a gun for self-defense<\/a>\u00a0after being followed home from the gas station around 11:30 pm. The grandmother was on her way home from work when she stopped at the station, and she noticed a car following her. When she pulled into her parking garage, the car pulled in behind her, and a tall male exited the vehicle then stood between the grandmother and the only path she had to her apartment. He allegedly demanded her purse then reached out to grab her arm. At that point, she shot him.\u00a0WFEA Radio\u00a0quoted the grandmother saying her gun is \u201calways locked and loaded.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. On January 22,\u00a0a barber and a barbershop customer opened fire on two armed men<\/a>who allegedly entered the Columbia, South Carolina, Next Up Barber and Beauty shop to rob customers. One of the permit holders was\u00a0Master Barber\u00a0Elmurray Bookman and the other was a customer sitting in a barber chair. Bookman told\u00a0WLTX<\/a>\u00a0that one of the masked men asked the unidentified customer for money, and the customer told him it was over by another chair. When the men moved toward the other chair to retrieve the money, the customer opened fire and Bookman opened fire as well. The Columbia Police Department reported that one of the two masked men fled the business after being shot \u201cmultiple times.\u201d Police discovered his body outside.<\/li>\n
  3. On February 14, an Ontario, California, homeowner shot and killed\u00a0an alleged intruder \u201cduring a short struggle\u201d in the entryway of the home. The incident occurred about 5 a.m., and\u00a0the\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reported that\u00a0<\/em>the homeowner\u2019s wife called 911 to say \u201cher husband opened fire on a man who was trying to forcibly enter their home.\u201d When police arrived, they found the suspect \u2014 a 26-year-old Los Angeles man \u2014 dead in the home\u2019s entryway.<\/li>\n
  4. On February 22,\u00a0a\u00a071-year-old homeowner fired three rounds at an alleged home intruder<\/a>, striking the suspect twice in the chest. The homeowner, Tony Pitts, is a disabled gentleman who lives in Hickory, North Carolina.\u00a0WSOC TV<\/a>\u00a0reported that\u00a0Pitts was lying in bed when he heard knocks at the front door. He did not answer because it was so late, but he was soon drawn out of bed by the sound of shattering glass. Pitts said, \u201cI\u2019m disabled and somebody kicks the door in, I got to do something.\u201d He allegedly saw the suspect coming through the door and he fired three rounds, striking the would-be intruder twice and ending the incident. The suspect survived and was arrested.<\/li>\n
  5. On March 8, a\u00a065-year-old homeowner on a dialysis machine pulled a gun<\/a>\u00a0to prevent a would-be home invader from entering his apartment.\u00a0Fox 35<\/a>\u00a0quoted deputies who said the suspect allegedly \u201ccut open a screen door and entered the [would-be] victim\u2019s place through a patio.\u201d At that point, the resident picked up his dialysis machine and his gun, walked over to the window, and tapped on the glass with gun. The resident said, \u201cJust wanted to let him know, I\u2019ve got a gun.\u201d The would-be intruder got the message and fled the scene.<\/li>\n
  6. On March 12, a\u00a0concealed carry permit holder shot and killed a man<\/a>\u00a0who was allegedly swinging a hatchet at customers and a store clerk in a Seattle-area 7-Eleven. According to\u00a0Q13 Fox<\/a>,\u00a0the \u201cstore clerk says the masked man entered the store and immediately started swinging a hatchet\u00a0toward a\u00a0customer \u2014 then he turned his sights on the clerk.\u201d The clerk was struck in the stomach and suffered \u201cminor injuries\u201d before the attack was stopped by an armed customer who shot the suspect. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/li>\n
  7. On March 17, a man eating a sandwich\u00a0in a Whataburger parking lot opened fire on two suspects<\/a>\u00a0who allegedly tried to rob him. The\u00a0San Antonio Express<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported that one of the suspects was killed and police confirmed that the deceased suspect \u201cdid have a pistol.\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. On March 31, an\u00a0elderly man on oxygen opened fire on two suspects<\/a>\u00a0who allegedly invaded his home to steal narcotics. According to the\u00a0Daily Journal<\/a><\/em>, two men came to the elderly man\u2019s home in Washington County, Missouri. One of the two was known to the elderly man, the second of the two was wearing a mask. The two men allegedly accosted the elderly man and threw him across the couch, and he landed very near the place where he keeps his gun. He was able\u00a0to grab it and open fire, critically wounding one of the two suspects. Both suspects fled the scene after shots were fired.<\/li>\n
  9. On April 20, a Stanton, Kentucky,\u00a0man violated a protective order to confront his girlfriend<\/a>\u00a0and died when she opened fire with a shotgun.\u00a0WKYT<\/a>\u00a0quoted Kentucky State Police who said 32-year-old \u201cSteven Strange confronted 32-year-old Melissa Roberts inside her Stanton home.\u201d Roberts responded by shooting Strange in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun. Roberts faced no charges for the shooting.<\/li>\n
  10. On April 27, an 11-year-old\u00a0homeschool student opened fire on a burglary suspect<\/a>, striking him in the leg. The incident occurred in\u00a0Talladega, Alabama. According to\u00a0WVTM 13<\/a>, the boy said the robbery suspect was \u201ccrying like a baby\u201d after being shot.<\/li>\n
  11. On April 28, an 80-year-old woman\u00a0shot and killed a man who allegedly stabbed her husband<\/a>\u00a0and invaded their home. The incident occurred in Sultan, Washington, around 8:30 pm. The Snohomish County Sheriff\u2019s Office told\u00a0Fox 8<\/a>\u00a0that the 25-year-old intruder entered the home and stabbed the husband \u201cmultiple times in the abdomen.\u201d The wife shot the intruder, who died on scene. The husband was in stable condition.<\/li>\n
  12. On June 25, a mother in Portland, Oregon,\u00a0opened fire on a suspect she discovered in one of her children\u2019s bedrooms<\/a>. The incident occurred around 2 a.m., and\u00a0CBS News reported<\/a>\u00a0that the mother \u201cshot the man\u2026 with her personal handgun after a confrontation.\u201d The children were not harmed.<\/li>\n
  13. On June 27, a\u00a0concealed carry permit holder stopped an attempted mass shooting<\/a>outside Playoffz nightclub in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. According to\u00a0WISTV<\/a>, the Spartanburg County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0says it was about 3:30 a.m. when \u201c32-year-old Jody Ray Thompson pulled out a gun after getting into an argument with another man.\u201d He reportedly \u201cfired several rounds toward a crowd that had gathered out in front of the club.\u201d Thompson shot and wounded three people when he opened fire. The individual who would have been his fourth target, an unnamed concealed permit holder, ended the incident by pulling his own gun and shooting Thompson.<\/li>\n
  14. On July 12, a Flagler County, Florida, homeowner\u00a0shot and killed one of two alleged armed men<\/a>\u00a0who had \u201cunlawfully\u201d entered his home.\u00a0The Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>quoted\u00a0<\/em>the Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office (FCSO) report that said, \u201cFive adults and a 2-year-old were inside the home when the incident unfolded.\u201d One of the residents, 21-year-old Darien Corbett, said that \u201che and his roommates were vacuuming a new rug\u201d when he heard someone trying to kick in the front door. Corbett retrieved his handgun and opened the door, only to find himself staring down the barrel of a gun. Corbett \u201cclosed [his] eyes and shot twice,\u201d striking one of the suspects. The wounded suspect died at the scene.<\/li>\n
  15. On July 12, a robbery suspect with an AK-47\u00a0entered a DeSoto, Texas, Waffle House and was shot and critically wounded<\/a>\u00a0by a concealed carry permit holder.\u00a0The Dallas Morning News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reported that the permit holder \u201ccalled out\u201d to distract the robber and prevent him from targeting the permit holder\u2019s wife. The robber then turned toward the permit holder, pointing the AK-47 at him, and the permit holder \u201cshot the robber several times.\u201d The alleged robber \u2014 26-year-old Antione Devon Cooper \u2014 was taken to a hospital and placed on life support. No charges were filed against the concealed permit holder.<\/li>\n
  16. On August 2, a 15-year-old in Coos County, Oregon,\u00a0used a shotgun to stop and alleged home invader<\/a>. The incident occurred just after 8:20 a.m. According to\u00a0KCBY<\/a>, the burglar entered the home and began rummaging around for things to steal. As he did, the 15-year-old made his way toward a shotgun and armed himself. The teen was then \u201cin\u00a0fear of his safety and shot the burglar in the leg with the shotgun.\u201d The suspect was hospitalized in serious \u201cbut not life-threatening\u201d condition.<\/li>\n
  17. On September 15, a woman in Gwinnett County, Georgia,\u00a0opened fire on three home invasion suspects<\/a>\u00a0who allegedly kicked in her door around 4 a.m.\u00a0WSBTV<\/a>\u00a0reported that the woman and a man were in bed when they heard the sound of people\u00a0kicking their way into the home. The woman grabbed her gun, confronted the invasion suspects, and gunfire was exchanged. Police said 28-year-old Antonia Leeks was shot and killed in the gun battle. The other two suspects fled the scene.<\/li>\n
  18. On November 14, a customer in Porfirio\u2019s II Pizza\u00a0used a Glock handgun to shoot and kill one robbery suspect<\/a>\u00a0while leaving a second suspect in \u201cserious condition.\u201d\u00a0Levittown Now<\/a>\u00a0quoted\u00a0police, saying, \u201cTwo employees were inside\u00a0Porfirio\u2019s II Pizza and the customer was standing inside when the two robbers, both of whom were armed with handguns, entered the shop around 10 p.m.\u201d \u00a0The suspects ordered everyone to the ground and allegedly \u201cbegan pistol-whipping the customer.\u201d The customer then pulled his Glock and opened fire, striking both suspects. The armed citizen was not seriously injured.<\/li>\n
  19. On November 14,\u00a0an armed passerby intervened and saved a sheriff\u2019s deputy<\/a>\u00a0who was under attack on the side of the road.\u00a0According to\u00a0WZVN<\/a>,\u00a0a Lee County sheriff\u2019s deputy tried to pull a suspect over shortly after 9:30 a.m. in Estero, Florida. The suspect accelerated \u2014 \u201creaching speeds of up to 100 miles per hour\u201d \u2014 and the deputy gave chase. At an off-ramp near Corkscrew Road the suspect got out of his car, walked back to the deputy\u2019s car, and began to beat him.\u00a0An armed passerby intervened and ordered the suspect to stop, but he refused. The deputy could be heard yelling, \u201cShoot him, shoot him, shoot him.\u201d The passerby fired three shots, and the suspect collapsed on top of the deputy. The deputy was treated at a hospital and released.<\/li>\n
  20. On December 26, a Mableton, Georgia,\u00a0gun store owner shot and killed one of two suspects<\/a>\u00a0who allegedly tried to rob his business. According to\u00a0Action News 5<\/a>, store owner Jimmy Groover said that \u201ctwo\u00a0men wearing masks came in with guns drawn, demanding that he get on the floor, while shouting they were going to kill him.\u201d But Groover was wearing a handgun on his hip and, according to\u00a0Fox 13 Memphis<\/a>, \u201cPolice said [Groover] pulled out his gun and fired, hitting one of the gunmen.\u201d Police arrived to find shattered glass and the body of one of the suspects on the floor. The second suspect escaped.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Do not tell that to the following 20 individuals who used guns defensively to defend their own lives and the lives of others during 2016: On January 4, a\u00a065-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, grandmother used a gun for self-defense\u00a0after being followed home from the gas station around 11:30 pm. The grandmother was on her way home … Continue reading 20 who’ve used guns to defend themselves or others in 2016<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11375,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11374\/revisions\/11375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}