Packing heat in Detroit: Motown residents answer police chief's call to arms
Darrell Standberry
Detroit resident Darrell Standberry  doesn't navigate streets of the Motor City without  his  licensed handgun  and it already has saved  his  life once.
âI never leave home without my weapon â  he  said. âYou never know when or what youâll encounter.â
It was 2011  when  Standberry  stopped at a gas station on Six Mile Road after attending  his  sonâs football practice. After filling up the tank of  his  SUV   he  left the car running and went inside to pay  only to spot a man jumping in behind the wheel.
âI went back over and told  him  to get out of my car " said Standberry  46  aformer bar owner who is now a college student. "He told me to get the hell out of there and drove off.â
âI never leave home without my weapon. You never know when or what youâll encounter.â - Darrell Standberry
 Standberry  stood frozen as the bandit peeled away  but then felt  his  heart pound when the thief doubled back.  His  hand moved down to  his  hip and gripped a holstered  .45-caliber SIG Sauer as the man who had stolen  his  car bore down on  him .
âI saw  him  pulling out  his  gun to shoot me â  Standberry  recalled. âSo I pulled my gun out and shot  him .â
The shot went through the windshield and hit its target  a criminal with a long record who made a short-lived getaway before crashing into a tree and dying.  Standberry âs claim of self-defense was never questioned by local cops.
 Expand / Contract Darrell Standberry  has had a carry permit since 2002.  He  used  his  hand gun to stop a car thief who attempted to kill  him  during a 2011 robbery in  his  native Detroit. (Courtesy of Darrell Standberry)
Expand / Contract Standberry's car was totaled when the man he shot crashed into a tree and died. (Courtesy of Darrell Standberry)
 Standberry  said  his  run-in with a car thief is proof that responsible and legal gun ownership is a key to surviving in Detroit.
âThat day could have been much worse â  he  said to FoxNews.com. âIt could have been my life that was taken.â
[TGT] doesn't navigate streets of the Motor City without   [TGT]   licensed handgun  and it already has saved   [TGT]   life once.
âI never leave home without my weapon â  he  said. âYou never know when or what youâll encounter.â
It was 2011  when  Standberry  stopped at a gas station on Six Mile Road after attending  his  sonâs football practice. After filling up the tank of  his  SUV   he  left the car running and went inside to pay  only to spot a man jumping in behind the wheel.
âI went back over and told  him  to get out of my car " said Standberry  46  aformer bar owner who is now a college student. "He told me to get the hell out of there and drove off.â
âI never leave home without my weapon. You never know when or what youâll encounter.â - Darrell Standberry
 Standberry  stood frozen as the bandit peeled away  but then felt  his  heart pound when the thief doubled back.  His  hand moved down to  his  hip and gripped a holstered  .45-caliber SIG Sauer as the man who had stolen  his  car bore down on  him .
âI saw  him  pulling out  his  gun to shoot me â  Standberry  recalled. âSo I pulled my gun out and shot  him .â
The shot went through the windshield and hit its target  a criminal with a long record who made a short-lived getaway before crashing into a tree and dying.  Standberry âs claim of self-defense was never questioned by local cops.
 Expand / Contract Darrell Standberry  has had a carry permit since 2002.  He  used  his  hand gun to stop a car thief who attempted to kill  him  during a 2011 robbery in  his  native Detroit. (Courtesy of Darrell Standberry)
Expand / Contract Standberry's car was totaled when the man he shot crashed into a tree and died.  [TGT] 
Standberry  said   [TGT]   run-in with a car thief is proof that responsible and legal gun ownership is a key to surviving in Detroit.
âThat day could have been much worse â  he  said to FoxNews.com. âIt could have been my life that was taken.â