North Redington Beach, FL
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
3M ago
 12/28/23 Miami Herald: A burglary suspect was sent running for his life when a 76-year-old Florida homeowner heard his wife’s screams and began shooting, according to investigators. The intruder was wounded but survived to be arrested in the street by deputies, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reported in a news release. The homeowner was not hurt, but his wife suffered non-life threatening injuries in the attack, officials said.... Deputies were summoned to the residential neighborhood by reports of a man standing in the road and “yelling.” “While deputies were responding to t ..read more
Visit website
Chicago, IL
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
3M ago
12/9/23 CBS News Chicago: CHICAGO (CBS) – One man is dead following a triple shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday morning. Chicago police officers responded to the 1600 block of North Hamlin Avenue around 1:17 a.m. and found three men struck by gunfire. The victim, a 31-year-old man, was outside when he was approached by two other men in a car who pulled out guns and started shooting. The victim, who is a concealed carry license holder, pulled out his gun and returned fire - striking the two offenders, police said. The victim was shot in the torso and was taken to St ..read more
Visit website
Boise, ID
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
4M ago
11/16/23 CBS channel 2: BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — According to a recent news release, Boise Police responded to a prowler call for service just after 2:30 a.m. at a home on the 6000 block of W. Cassia St. Upon arrival, officers learned the suspect, 22-year-old Khynndyl Lasley from Boise, was barricaded in the furnace room and being held at gunpoint by the resident. Home surveillance video indicates Lasley walked up to the house, checked the door handle, opened the door and attempted to steal items from the home. Lasley was confronted by the homeowner at gunpoint. The homeowner gave commands ..read more
Visit website
Livermore, CA
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
5M ago
10/23/23 KRON: "The would-be robber was suffering from a lethal gunshot wound when police officers arrived at East Bay Firearms, located at 4049 First Street. Paramedics pronounced the 28-year-old man deceased at the scene. "LPD said the man had entered the store just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday and acted “suspicious.” He was wearing a mask, gloves, and a hood pulled over his head. “According to witness statements, he then attempted to rob the gun store by taking a firearm while armed with a hammer,” police wrote ..read more
Visit website
Flathead National Forest, MT
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
7M ago
8/28/23 Idaho Statesman: "grizzly bear was shot dead after she charged at two men who officials said surprised her and her cub in northwest Montana, according to state wildlife officials." Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article278705184.html#storylink=cpy ..read more
Visit website
Tom Miner Basin, MT
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
7M ago
9/5/23 Idaho Statesman: "A pair of anglers spooked a grizzly bear when they stumbled upon it in the Montana wilderness, and it charged them, officials said. "One of the anglers shot and killed the bear, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said in a Sept. 1 news release ..read more
Visit website
Columbia, SC
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
7M ago
8/31/23 NBC News: "Police said the identity of the homeowner who fired the gunshot that killed Nicholas Donofrio shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday will not be released because the police department and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office determined his actions were justified under the state's controversial "castle doctrine" law, which holds that people can act in self-defense towards "intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution or civil action for acting in defense of themselves and others."... "While the woman was on the phone with police, Donofrio broke a glass window o ..read more
Visit website
Cassopolis, MI
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
7M ago
 8/18/23 WOOD: CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (WOOD) — Newly-released surveillance video shows a Cass County gas station customer firing seven shots at a suspected armed robber, all while holding a six-pack of light beer. The July 27 shooting at the Stone Lake Marathon Mini Mart seriously injured the suspect, who had armed himself with a box cutter.... “You know why I’m here” is how the robber announced himself that day, according to police reports. The gas station surveillance video showed the customer holding a six-pack of Miller Lite as the suspect, dressed in black, walked in. The suspect, iden ..read more
Visit website
Three Points, AZ
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
7M ago
 8/23/23 WFSB: THREE POINTS, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) – A convicted sex offender was shot and killed by a woman while trying to break into her Arizona home last week, officials said. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said 42-year-old Jayson Magrum died in the Aug. 11 shooting at the home in Three Points, just outside of Tucson. According to the sheriff’s department, Magrum was trying to break into a woman’s home. She told him to leave, but he did not stop. Officials said the woman then grabbed a gun and fired a warning shot. Magrum then tried to disarm her, and he was shot and killed ..read more
Visit website
H is for Hawk
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
by Clayton Cramer
8M ago
I just read this book by Helen McDonald.  It is hard to describe: part memoir of loss after her father's death; part her experience of training a goshawk so she can be a falconer; part thoughtful examination of the life and writing of T.H. White author of The Sword in the Stone. White had a troubled life, a homosexual man in a time when this was still regarded as a bad, l status.  While McDonald is careful not to say anything too unPC, she several times alludes to White's abusive childhood and schooling in England: "Despite several affairs with women, White's fantasies were sadisti ..read more
Visit website

Follow Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR