Next Time Somebody Says “Why Do You Need A Gun?” Point Them Here

Countless stories get buried in the news, so it’s somewhat understandable that some people just don’t understand why others are so vehement about their right to protect themselves.  Here is a quick list of recent situations where law abiding citizens have defended themselves or others simply by being armed.  In some cases they were even able to stop the criminals with less than lethal actions.

All of these victims I can assure you were not looking for  fight.  They were attacked by criminals seeking to do them harm and invade their homes, vehicles and workplaces. What’s worse is these law abiding citizens though justified and not being charged for their actions will have to live with this trauma for the rest of their lives.  Humans care when they take the life of another human no matter how justified, at least good and decent humans.

• A convenience store clerk and an immigrant defend themselves against attackers in Florida.  The attackers fired first and were aiming to kill, these men defended themselves and protected the innocent.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/15/3183760/two-robbers-shot-dead-in-hollywood.html

• A man in San Antonio walks out to find a man going through the contents of his locked vehicle.  He confronts the man and lawfully defends his life and his property.

http://www.kens5.com/news/SAPD-Car-thief-killed-another-wounded-outside-Stone-Oak-home-186923501.html

• A family in TN had a man threaten to break their door down in the middle of the night.  They went for their firearms and called for help.  They called the police who responded remarkably fast, in just 4 minutes they were there.  Unfortunately it took less than 4 minutes for the criminal to break their door down and come in their home, even after being shot at.  This was a man determined to achieve his criminal actions.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/15/Tennessee-Family-Uses-Firearms-To-Stop-Late-Night-Intruder

• A woman home alone in Oklahoma in the middle of the afternoon has a man kick her door in.  She was quick enough to grab her revolver and the man upon seeing the revolver closed that door he just kicked in and turned tail.  I bet she wishes she had more than 6 rounds available to her, I guess in NY she could have had seven.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/13/Oklahoma-Woman-Stops-Robbers-With-Her-Gun

• A man in Houston has a criminal shove a gun in his chest as he tries to get into his vehicle.  Two nearby good samaritans come to his defense and give chase to the criminal while they are being shot at.  The victim a non gun owner sure seemed thankful that these two men happened to have their carry permits issued to them. This story is exactly what I was referring to when I wrote about our responsibility to protect the innocent

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Robbery-victim-wants-to-thank-Good-Samaritans-who-came-to-his-rescue–186572461.html

There are many more of these stories that should inspire others to learn why these people were able to defend themselves, and what lessons we can take away from these stories.  After all every single story we’ve posted here was a potential tragedy in the making that was averted.  Shouldn’t we talk to the people who stopped the tragedy, instead of guessing about how many bullets in a magazine it takes to make the magazine less dangerous.  It’s a two way street I’m sure the good guys sure wished they had a bigger magazine as well.  Don’t cripple us in our efforts to defend ourselves and to defend the innocent.