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An Indian farmer’s daughter disarmed a terrorist leader who broke into her home, attacked him with an axe and shot him dead with his own gun. Rukhsana Kausar, 21, was with her parents and brother in Jammu and Kashmir when three gunmen, believed to be Pakistani militants, forced their way in and demanded food and beds for the night...

KNOXVILLE — The 17-year-old boy who was killed while allegedly trying to break into a South Knoxville house died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, a police spokesman said today.

PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother's gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said. Late Tuesday, West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies received a call to a Port Allen apartment complex after several shots rang out from inside one of the apartments. "You are out here trying to work and for someone to come and do that and invade your home is very hard," the children's mother said. She asked to not be identified.

As Christoff loaded a handgun, he called out the name of the family member each bullet was meant for, Winter Haven police say. His wife was apparently the first target. Christoff pointed the gun at her, but Dawn Christoff had armed herself with a .9mm handgun to protect her family, police spokesman Sgt. Brad Coleman said. Dawn Christoff pulled the trigger first, striking her husband several times.

Israel has finally responded to the rocket attacks against her civilians by raining fire down on Hamas in the Gaza strip. The Jerusalem Post reports the response constitutes the "heaviest military strike against the Gaza Strip since the 1967 Six Day War" as "the Israel Air Force bombed over 170 targets on Saturday, killing more than 230 Palestinians." "Operation Cast Lead" is aimed at putting a stop to Hamas rocket attacks against southern Israel. The Jerusalem Post continues saying that "in two waves, over 100 fighter jets and attack helicopters dropped dozens of smart bombs and hundreds of tons of...

PLANTATION, Fla. -- The family of one of the men who was shot by a retired United States Marine while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop said the customer shouldn't have pulled the trigger. According to Plantation police, two armed men barged into the Subway at 1949 Pine Island Road shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, demanding money from the employee behind the counter. When they tried to force John Lovell into the bathroom, he pulled out a gun and shot both men, police said.

Events in the U.S. and Toronto highlight differences between our two countries on firearms. As Toronto city council bans shooting clubs within city limits, the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling validating private gun ownership as constitutionally protected , overruling a restrictive D.C. law banning handguns. Canadians have an interesting relationship with guns. Canada is home to millions of firearms and our level of gun ownership of 22% is close to France and Sweden, yet we speak about them with terror and pretend guns are something only Americans own. Our association of America with guns runs deep. Torontonians speak scornfully...

The vehicle theft suspect was shot and killed by a homeowner as the suspect drove his vehicle at him Thursday morning. Cody Geneha, 22, told police he was inside his home, near 31st and Glendale avenues, when he heard his truck being started at around 12:30 a.m. Geneha picked up a gun and went outside where he saw a man driving away in his truck. The vehicle thief made a U-turn and accelerated toward the homeowner, who was standing on the sidwalk, according to police. The homeowner fired several shots at the man in the truck.

The Hague, the Netherlands - A majority in parliament wants to end the current situation in which people who defend themselves against burglars and robbers are automatically treated as suspects and arrested. Parliament says that victims of burglaries and robberies should only be arrested if they used excessive violence. The conservative VVD wants to enshrine the right to self-defence in law, but the other parties feel that current legislation adequately defines what constitutes self-defence and fear that people might take justice into their own hands.

Some are calling a former U.S. Marine a hero for shooting two men — killing one — during the botched robbery of a sandwich shop in Plantation. But the men's friends and family want to know how he could gun them down and not be charged. John Lovell had just finished dinner at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when, Plantation police say, two men armed with guns rushed inside a Subway shop and demanded cash. After robbing the store, the men turned to Lovell. They wanted his money, police said. But like his attackers, Lovell was armed. The retired military man...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following details the police interview of Gregory Floyd Sr., the man who shot Liko Kenney, Cpl. Bruce McKay's killer. Yesterday's paper featured police interviews with the two witnesses to the shootings, Gregory Floyd Jr. and Caleb Macaulay. In an interview with Sgt. Charles West of the New Hampshire State Police on the night of the shootings, Gregory Floyd Sr., 49, who was the passer-by who came upon the scene, took Cpl. Bruce McKay's gun and shot and killed Liko Kenney, Floyd shares his version of the accounts of that night. The interview begins with the trooper informing...

A thief handed a note demanding Oxycontin over the counter of a Murray pharmacy, but the pharmacist had a surprise under the counter. "I just pulled a gun on him and said 'get out of here," Rod Dunn tells KSL. Pharmacist Rod Dunn is tired of getting robbed for pills and he's not going to take it anymore, so he used a gun to protect his pharmacy and employees. It happened at Millcreek Pharmacy, a family-owned and run business. The man who tried to rob them quickly learned not to mess with this pharmacy. Rod Dunn has been robbed before,...

People would be protected from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits if they use deadly force against someone who illegally enters their home, car or other dwelling under legislation sent to the governor's desk Tuesday. The measure also includes a provision added in response to the Virginia Tech slayings. Currently, Missouri does not transmit mental health records to the database that licensed gun dealers nationwide use to do instant background checks before any sale. Only people with criminal convictions are added to the system. The bill calls for records from court actions requiring people to undergo mental health treatment, either outpatient...

You see, although we in Hollywood are personally opposed to firearms, and passionately support gun control, we have to be realistic about Bush’s America and protect our families and, more important, our possessions from burglars, stalkers, muggers, street people, the homeless, immigrants, the Christian Right, and tourists from Kansas City. That’s why we were all so taken aback by the recent D.C. circuit-court ruling, which found that the residents of Washington are constitutionally entitled, as individuals, to possess firearms. It’s bad enough that every criminal in L.A. County has unlimited access to guns — now they want to give them...

The executive officer - second-in-command on USS Underwood, the frigate working in the British-controlled task force with HMS Cornwall - said: “The unique US Navy rules of engagement say we not only have a right to self-defence but also an obligation to self-defence. They [the British] had every right in my mind and every justification to defend themselves rather than allow themselves to be taken. Our reaction was, ‘Why didn’t your guys defend themselves?’”…

100-year-old Buster fights off three muggers Britain's oldest employee has told how he single-handedly fought off a gang of muggers. Buster Martin, 100, a van cleaner for Pimlico Plumbers, was walking to a bus stop in south London when three youths pounced on him from behind. Despite their best efforts to subdue him, the Second World War veteran launched a counterattack and sent them running empty-handed. He said: "They obviously thought I would be an easy touch because I'm old. But they soon found out I'm still a good fighter. "They just jumped on me and caught me unexpected. But...

The resort town of Mount Crested Butte is giving away free pepper spray after several women reported being assaulted. Police spokeswoman Julia Shirk said 200 spray key chains were ordered and about 30 women have come by to pick one up. Shirk said that even though it is a small town, people feel safer carrying the pepper spray, especially with the ski season approaching and thousand of out-of-towners will be visiting.

More than a dozen teachers and public school employees will spend part of their UEA weekend in a classroom — learning how to use a gun. Clark Aposhian is offering a free class today to public school employees seeking to get their concealed- weapons permit. "It is self-defense," he told the Deseret Morning News on Thursday. "But because teachers and school administrators and custodians are typically surrounded by students all day, any threat to any individual with a firearm would also be a threat to those students." The concealed-weapons instructor's offer was met with opposition from some teachers and union...

A 70-year old Jew is being charged with “hooliganism” after shooting an attacker in self-defense, according to a September 7, 2006 report in the national daily Moskovsky Komsomolets. Anatoly Vaysman, a journalist at the “Behind the Wheel” magazine, reportedly got out of his car near a Moscow store in January 2005 when he heard someone shouting at him “Stop, you kike!” He turned to see a middle aged man charging at him. The man allegedly gave him a hard shove to the chest and then reached into his pocket, possibly for a weapon. Mr. Vaysman then shot his assailant with...

See for example this thread first. This item made me stop and stare: A man, with a knife, killed a bear! And this is a keeper: He's also a Freeper! (Just thought I should make you aware...)

A man was shot to death near Manley Hot Springs on Tuesday after pointing a long gun at an Alaska state trooper, officials said Thursday. The man was shot by an out-of-state fisherman who had called for trooper assistance because, he said, the man who was killed had earlier been shooting at him and a fishing partner. The trooper was Michael Wery, based in Fairbanks. The dead man had lived in the 75-person community of Manley Hot Springs for several years and had been camping nearby for what troopers say may have been several months. The two men didn't know...

Javaris Granger wished his father was there instead of him. His father was on the phone, urging Granger, 15, to get the gun they used for shooting practice. "Do what you have to do," his father said. Granger did. He aimed the gun and fired at the violent intruder. It was 3:30 a.m. Granger woke with a start, hearing his mother's frantic voice and something slamming against the front window. He ran out to the dark living room and saw his mother screaming as a man, cursing and muttering, threw a bicycle at the window. Within seconds, Granger ran into...

LAWRENCE, Mass. --Civil War buffs, outdoorsmen and police officers all claimed victory in the creation of a citywide knife ban that was softened to accommodate historical exhibits and re-enactments and some recreational and occupational uses. Under the new rule, which will take effect April 20, machetes, sabers, swords, knives, ice picks and other similar weapons with 2.5-inch or longer blades capable of penetrating a police officer's vest are banned in Lawrence. However such weapons used in fishing, hunting, performing arts and job- or historical-related activities are allowed. "Flag staff tips to bayonets to sabers is really the lifeblood (of the...

The Italian parliament has passed legislation allowing people to shoot robbers in self-defence.The law permits the use of guns and knives by people in homes or workplaces to protect lives or belongings. The reform was introduced by the Northern League party, a right-wing member of the ruling coalition with a strong anti-crime platform. The opposition voted against the bill, which critics say will encourage people to take the law into their own hands. Controversy The new law will allow people to use legally registered weapons to protect themselves or others, and their property and the property of others, from harm....

On the day after Christmas, a desperate Joseph Kalani Hatchie walked into a cigarette store near the Idaho state line with an unloaded pellet gun. He never walked out. The 47-year-old former military policeman and father, who had no criminal record, faced a December eviction from his family’s rental duplex in Greenacres and a pile of medical bills. But he told his wife not worry about the money problems. On Monday, the day before he was to meet with an attorney about the eviction, Hatchie kissed his wife goodbye and drove his brother home. Just before 8 p.m., he pulled...

Communities that opened arms are now bearing arms Residents flock to gun stores on false rumors that crime is rising By LISA FALKENBERG LAFAYETTE, LA. - Rumors of rapes, robberies and other crimes spiking with the influx of New Orleans hurricane evacuees have incited a run on guns at stores across Cajun Country. Gun dealers from Lake Charles to Baton Rouge say they can't keep up with demand for small revolvers, semiautomatics, shotguns and stun guns, many being purchased by women and first-time gun owners, despite police denials that the crime rate has jumped. "We have now officially sold more...

Teachers at Meerut Government College have added an item to their teaching aids: a weapon for self-defence. Those who have licensed weapons are now bringing them to the college after a student fired at a professor on Tuesday. ‘‘All professors who have licensed weapons have decided to bring them along to the college. Some of us have pistols, others have single-barrel guns that they brought today,’’ said Sociology Professor Amarjit Singh, who was the latest target. ‘‘We have no trust in the police...they can’t even control eve-teasing here, how will they protect us!’’ ‘‘Students are going out of hand...we will...

HELENA -- The Senate shot down a bill that would have spelled out that people have a right to use guns to defend themselves Tuesday. House Bill 693 by Rep. Jack Wells, R-Bozeman, died an unusual death. It was first amended by senators to strike out everything in the bill except one small section prohibiting employers from firing employees who keep guns in vehicles parked in the company parking lot. The Senate then moved to indefinitely postpone the bill because the amendment pretty much erased its entire purpose. Sen. Mike Wheat, D-Bozeman, who suggested the amendment, was pleased to see...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - People in Florida will be allowed to kill in self-defense on the street without trying to flee under a new law passed by state politicians on Tuesday that critics say will bring a Wild West mentality and innocent deaths. The Florida House of Representatives, citing the need to allow people to "stand their ground," voted 94-20 to codify and expand court rulings that already allow people to use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes without first trying to escape. The new bill goes further by allowing citizens to use deadly force in a public...

Householders will not face prosecution for attacking or even killing a burglar providing they use only "reasonable force", new guidelines said.Police and prosecutors published a new leaflet advising the public how far they can go to defend their property. Even using items as weapons would not lead to prosecution if householders were doing what they "honestly and instinctively" believed was necessary "in the heat of the moment", it said. The leaflet from the Crown Prosecution Service and the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) attempted to clear up confusion over the point at which defending one's family and property becomes...

One day in 1994, Doug Burns was leaving an appointment at Mass General Hospital when he was set upon by a thug standing over 6 feet tall and weighing more than 300 pounds. The criminal first battered Burns and when Burns protested the assault the thug threw a weapon at Burns and then charged Burns. Burns then drew his licensed handgun and shouted at the attacker to stop and then yelled at everyone nearby to call 911. Many calls were then received by 911, telling of the attack and how the victim was holding the criminal at gunpoint. When the...

Ronald Honeycutt didn't hesitate. The Pizza Hut driver had just finished dropping off a delivery when a man holding a gun approached him. Honeycutt wasn't about to become another robbery statistic. He grabbed the 9 mm handgun he always carries in his belt and shot the man more than 10 times, killing him. Honeycutt faced no criminal charges, because prosecutors decided that he acted in self-defense. But the 39-year-old did lose his job: Carrying a gun violated Pizza Hut's no-weapons rule. "It's not fair," says Honeycutt of Carmel, Ind., who has found another pizza-delivery job and continues to carry a...

WARNING: This video contains explicite language. I would have run him over.

A shopkeeper who was stabbed by a shoplifter said today it was “ludicrous” that he may be prosecuted for lashing out at the thief. Colin Moore, 32, who owns four convenience stores in Norwich, was stabbed in the back when he chased after a gang who had just robbed his shop. Mr Moore admits he punched one of the thieves but claims it was in self-defence. The knife wound was within two inches of his spinal cord and millimetres away from his kidneys. He was arrested and released on bail after the youth complained to police. “They stole £70 worth...

Jan. 6, 2004 IDF: Soldiers can shoot fence protestors By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH A senior IDF officer warned on Tuesday that soldiers may be forced to shoot live bullets again at demonstrators seeking to harm the security fence. "If they have no choice, soldiers may be forced to shoot using live bullets at those seeking to damage the fence," the officer said. The officer noted that recent Palestinian media reports mentioned the growing cooperation between locals and protest groups affiliated with the Left planning to step up protests at the security fence. The army will not allow anyone to harm the...

The hero owner of a Brooklyn pet store wrestled a gun away from two robbers and shot both men dead last night, police said. The street justice was delivered after the thugs entered JG's Quality Canines at 2434 Stillwell Ave. in Gravesend about 8:10 p.m. and announced a stickup, cops said. One robber pistol-whipped a store employee, cops said. The owner then grappled with one of the bandits and managed to get his gun, police said. The owner, a man in his 40s, fired several rounds and fatally struck both men in the chest, police said. "Finally, a shop owner...

Like most everything Israel does to defend itself, Jerusalem's campaign of targeted killings of terrorist leaders is under increasingly heavy fire. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan claims it violates international law, Jordanian King Abdullah warns it's going to send the Mideast into "a new cycle of violence." Even a few Bush administration officials are quietly tsk-tsking. But as a veteran of 38 years of Mideast reporting, I emphatically disagree. Terrorism is an abomination that hits the weakest - those who cannot defend themselves. And since no one else - least of all the Palestinian Authority - is doing anything to...

If you're a New Jersey resident who has had enough of the state's march toward the total elimination of the rights of law abiding gun owners, please take some time to learn about the New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense. NJCSD is a new organiztion formed by frustrated gun owners who feel that they have no voice in the state and that no reasonably coherent agenda is being advanced in Trenton. This is the first step for NJCSD which intends to carry a far more aggressive message to our policy makers and the general public than has been expressed in...

Group Lobbies for Guns to Prevent Terror Acts By Kevin O'Flynn Staff Writer Last fall's siege of the Dubrovka theater by armed Chechens sparked much debate on how the attack could have been prevented. A new organization believes it has the answer: Let the population arm itself. That way, the group's members say, instead of accepting their fate, the hostages could have pulled out their legally registered handguns and fought off their captors. "It would have been impossible to hold [hundreds of] people if one in 10 potential hostages were armed," said Andrei Vasilievsky, head of the newly formed Civil...

Man who stabbed burglar guilty of manslaughter By Steve Bird A FATHER-OF-TWO who stabbed a “career criminal” to death with a bread knife after finding him burgling his family’s home was found guilty of manslaughter yesterday. Barry-Lee Hastings, 25, shook his head and fought back tears as an Old Bailey jury cleared him of murder but found him guilty of killing Roger Williams. Hastings, who was remanded in custody to be sentenced next month, faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Amid cries from his family in the public gallery, Hastings shouted “look after the kids” to his estranged wife...

"Shoot, shoot, shoot," Father Giorgio Giorgi said from the pulpit of his church in Retorbido, near Pavia, Italy, during a sermon about a year ago. These words stirred up trouble, because a Roman Catholic priest has hardly dared to speak in such a way in the last few decades. Yet Father Giorgi merely said that every man, being created in the image of God, has the right to life and thus the right to defend life. "[Confronted by a criminal] I might let him kill me – he added. Indeed, if I killed a bandit, I should presume to send...