From: lwb@cs.utexas.edu (Lance W. Bledsoe)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: The Armed Citizen, American Rifleman, Jan 1993
Date: 7 Jan 93 23:59:55 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin


This information was scanned from the NRA publication "American
Rifleman" January, 1993.  Please feel free to distribute.

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                           THE ARMED CITIZEN
                           AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
                         January 1993, page 8


"I'm not the guy to shoot someone, but when a guy comes after you with
an 18" pizza knife, you have to do something," said Brockton, Mass.,
restauranteur George Mouraditis. The pizza maker grabbed his licensed
pistol and went to investigate when he heard breaking glass, and opened
fire when the burglar brandished the knife. Police said the incident
was a clear case of self defense and mounted a search for the wounded
criminal. (The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass., 9/18/92)

When a criminal quartet drew weapons and announced a robbery,
Dorchester Mass., storekeeper Paul Doung pulled two licensed semiautos
and, in a furious exchange, wounded one thug and drove all four from
the store. After reviewing surveillance videotape, police ruled Doung
legally defended himself and would face no charges. (The Globe, Boston,
Mass., 8/18/92)

Working on his truck, Sammy Creech of Ruston, La., glanced across the
street in time to see two male teenagers grab an elderly woman's purse.
The duo jumped into a car-occupied by two female youths-and took off,
with Creech in hot pursuit. The driver of the car eventually lost
control and crashed into a parked car. Creech walked up to the car, but
when he saw a gun on the floorboards, retreated to his truck, got a .38
and ordered the foursome, all runaways from New York, to wait for
police. (The Daily Leader, Ruston, La., 10/5/92)

Answering a knock on the door of his Harrisburg, Pa., apartment, Tony
Thompson was greeted by a man brandishing a gun. During the ensuing
struggle between the homeowner and the masked gunman Thompson was shot
in the arm but managed to get his own gun and fire, killing his
attacker. (The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pa, 10/27/92)

Supposedly looking for his keys a man convinced Gary Harr, manager of a
Mapleton, Ill., tavern, to let him into the business after closing.
Once inside, the man shot Harr in the back four times. Critically
wounded, Harr managed to stumble behind the counter, grab a revolver
and kill his assailant with several shots. "He thought he could get
something for nothing, but he got what he deserved," said John Pusser,
owner of the bar and brother of late Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser.
(The Journal Star, Peoria, Ill, 9/19/92)

Up and about early one morning, a Salem, Wis., woman became suspicious
when her dog began growling at something outside. Getting her revolver,
she told her daughter to call police and then went out to look around.
She found two men trying to take her Corvette from the garage and fired
several shots to scare the men off. As they were running  to their van,
one thug returned fire, but missed. (The News, Reno~ha, Wis., 1 1/7/92)

Alerted by noises from outside at 4 a.m., Mesa, Ariz., Resident Thomas
Winfield got his pistol, went to investigate and found a man tying to
jimmy his car's ignition with a screwdriver. Winfield ordered the man
from the car and was holding him for police, but when the man lunged,
Winfield shot him once, mortally wounding him. (The Arizona Republic,
Phoenix, Ariz., 11/6/92)

The target of a recent burglary, Willeen Lansberry was suspicious when
she got several hang-up phone calls in one day. Hiding in her Niagara
Falls, N.Y., apartment with her .38, her stakeout was rewarded when two
teenagers forced open the door. Emerging from her hiding place,
Lansberry held the pair for police. (The News, Buffalo, N.Y., 10/6/92)

The would-be burglar who kicked in the front door of Sonya Poole's
Lakeland, Fla, home, saw something he'll never forget Poole aiming a
.44 right between his eyes. Instead of shooting the intruder, Poole
fired several warning shots, chasing him and an accomplice from the
residence. While Poole called police, a lawn-care worker saw one of the
fleeing men, followed him and called police on a portable phone when
the man hid in a nearby store. (The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla., 8/14/92)

Two men were discussing gold bracelets in a New Rochelle, N.Y jewelry
store when they announced a robbery and drew pistols.  They found
themselves the targets of a withering hail of fire laid down by store
owner Joseph Soares, who used three firearms, all registered, to halt
the robbery and kill one of the pistol-wielding thugs, A local district
attorney said it appeared that Soares acted justifiably in
self-defense. (The Standard-Star, New Rochelle, N.Y., 8/27/92)

Nervous because three men in a passing car were staring at her, a
Lancaster, Calif., woman got a pistol from her stranded car and loaded
it. Her precaution proved warranted when the men returned and demanded
money. Aiming her gun, she ordered the trio to leave, which they
hastily did. (The Antelope Valley Press, Lancaster, Calif., 11/6/92)

Two teenage girls were asleep at the one's Bakersfield, Calif., home
when two armed, masked men kicked their way in through the door,
confronted the young women and demanded money. When one man grabbed a
wallet, one girl, a guest in the home, grabbed a 9 mm and opened fire,
mortally wounding one of the invaders. The other escaped. Police said
the girl would not face charges. (The Californian, Bakersfield, Calif.,
9/21/92)

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