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The Armed Citizen


_The Armed Citizen_
The American Rifleman, January/February 1995

Studies indicate that firearms are used over two million times
a year for personal protection, and that the presence of a firearm,
without a shot being fired, prevents crime in many instances.
Shooting usually can be justified only where crime constitutes an
immediate, imminent threat to life, limb, or, in some cases,
property. Anyone is free to quote or reproduce these accounts.
Send clippings to: "The Armed Citizen," 11250 Waples Mill Rd.,
Fairfax, VA 22030.

"You can't even feel safe in your own neighborhood," says
Sondra Evelyn Kinnett of Annapolis, Maryland. Kinnett's home was
broken into by a man who lives only a few blocks away. Fortunately,
her son, Michael Strissel, was there when it happened. Awakened by
the burglar's footsteps, Strissel grabbed his shotgun, confronted
the criminal as he hid in a bedroom, and held him at gunpoint until
police arrived. (The Capital, Annapolis, MD, 10/14/94)

JoEllen Hammersley almost became a cop 20 years ago, and maybe
she missed her calling. Hammersley was pulling up to a bank in East
Chicago, Indiana, when she heard screams and saw a man run off with
a woman 's purse. Without hesitation, Hammersley retrieved her .32
from her purse and gave pursuit. With the help of a bystander, she
caught the thief and held him at gunpoint for police. Hammersley
received a Citizens Award from the mayor for her action. The local
police chief remarked: "It's people like Mrs. Hammersley who make
my job a lot easier." (The Times, Munster, IN, 9/29/94)

One moment it was a routine morning at Gregory Morris's
Inglewood, California, furniture store. The next moment it was
"like one of them shoot'em-up movies." Morris and an employee fired
at least 20 shots defending their lives against an armed robber who
threatened to kill them. He fired 13 times. "I'm on the phone with
911 and I'm screaming for help," says Morris. "There's bullets all
over the place. It's like pop, pop, pop, pop, pop." The battle
ended with the thug prone with a bullet through his cheek. Morris
and his employee were unharmed. Police say the criminal had served
less than three months of a two-year prison sentence for robbery.
(The Daily Breeze, Los Angeles, CA, 8/27/94)

Jack Parker's parents have lived in the same Little Rock house
for 30 years. But the neighborhood has deteriorated so much that
Parker fears for their safety and often stays with them at night.
When the family dog began barking at 1 a.m., Parker grabbed a
pistol. Finding an intruder behind the house, Parker yelled at him
and was answered by a gunshot. He shot back, hitting and killing
him. Police say no charges will be filed against Parker. (Arkansas
Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, AR, 9/22/94)

On his final run of the night, Rochester, New York, pizza
deliveryman Michael Vaccaro was set upon by a group of five to
seven men. One of them shoved a gun in Vaccaro's face, while
another took him in a chokehold. Vaccaro was able to free himself
from the stranglehold, pull his gun and shoot the man holding a gun
on him. At the sound of shots, the gang fled, stealing Vaccaro's
car. The wounded suspect was apprehended and faces multiple
charges.(Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 10/9/94)

When Louis Simoni walked out of a Rialto, California,
restaurant and into the parking lot, he had no idea there were two
men inside his car. As Simoni approached, one of the thieves gunned
the engine and tried to back over him. That's when Simoni pulled
his handgun and shot the driver, killing him. Simoni was not
charged in the shooting. (The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, 10/3/94)

After a man pounded on her door, cut the electric, telephone
and alarm system lines to her house and launched several bricks
through her windows, 61-year-old Annie Holt decided she'd had
enough. With her .22 derringer in hand, the Nashville resident
repeatedly warned her harasser to stop trying to force entry or be
shot. He didn't stop, so Holt finally shot and killed him. Police
did not expect charges to be filed against Holt. (The Tennessean,
Nashville, TN, 10/10/94)

A wheelchair-bound 71-year-old Henrico County, Virginia, woman
proved too tough for the likes of a local burglar. Lillian Allen,
who keeps a .32 under her pillow, wheeled herself into the bedroom
when she saw a criminal armed with a tire iron enter her home
through a window. After she fired on the intruder, he fled out the
front door. The doughty grandmother says crime won't run her out of
her neighborhood. "As long as I have the gun, I feel secure with
that," she said. (Times- Dispatch, Richmond, VA, 10/18/94)

Like a scene from the hit movie "Home Alone," a 12-year-old
Archer, Florida, boy used his wits, and a gun, to protect himself
and his family's proper- ty. While the boy was watching TV, a
burglar entered the farm house through an open side door. Seeing
the intruder, the youngster retrieved the family's 12-ga. shotgun
and fired one shot, sending the perpetrator packing. A newspaper
report said the youth is an experienced hunter and has taken a
course in gun safety. (The Sun, Gainesville, FL, 10/10/94)

When Springfield, Oregon, resident John Shannon heard noises
at four in the morning, he figured it was the family cat asking to
go out. Shannon didn't find the cat, but he did find an intruder on
his hands and knees next to his wife's side of the bed. Quickly,
Shannon retrieved his .45 from his closet, trained it on the
intruder and cut on the lights. After his wife called 911, NRA
member Shannon detained the burglar until police could arrive. (The
Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, 10/10/94)

Portland, Wisconsin, gun shop owner William Ripley was
suspicious about the two youths in his store asking "silly
questions ." When one announced a holdup and pulled a gun, Ripley
drew his own .22 pistol and fired. "We both fired at the same
time," says Ripley. "I dodged, and he missed by about 6". I have
powder burns on my face." Ripley's shot went through the robber's
cheek and lodged in his neck. Police nabbed the wounded robber and
a second suspect and later found the stolen car they were driving.
(The Herald, Sparta, WI, 9/19/94)


 
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