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                    _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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