Defense
Seniors protect themselves with guns
The fear of crime has many seniors feeling the need to protect themselves. That means to some to buy guns. And two elderly gun owners say they are not afraid to use them. They say having a gun is the only way they feel safe anymore. A 75-year-old widow in Hoover has a handgun in…
Read MoreState House passes bill expanding gun-owners’ rights
The state House passed a measure expanding gun-owners’ rights while scuttling for the second time in as many days an effort by gun-control advocates to close the so-called Florida loophole. In a bipartisan 159-38 vote, the House approved expansion of the so-called castle doctrine, which allows individuals to defend themselves beyond their home – or…
Read MoreElderly Woman Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy
Neighbors said an elderly woman was fed up with constant harassment from a 12-year-old boy, so she took a gun and shot the child after he and his friends threw bricks into her home. Now, the boy is charged with a crime, while the 68-year-old woman is not. The boy who was shot, along with…
Read MoreLong Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47
George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.†He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home. “I went…
Read More69-year-old grandmother in Alabama shoots burglar during robbery attempt
69 year old Ethel Jones successfully repelled an intruder Monday night with a .38 snubnosed revolver. The intruder was later picked up at the hospital with a gunshot to the stomach. Way to go Ethel! Best quote from the story: “I hope this will make people have second thoughts before they break into a home…
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