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The store owner claimed he fired in self-defense but evidence, including surveillance video, showed he shot the shoplifter in the back as he attempted to leave empty handed.

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After receiving a call from the homeowner, authorities located an abandoned vehicle with a deceased suspect inside and the second suspect was missing.

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In a recent interview with Cam Edwards of the NRA's Cam & Co. I made myself available to journalists who want to learn about guns an responded to one.

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After drinking at a friend’s house, the group of teens began banging repeatedly on the man’s door, believing it was someone else’s home.

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A HuffPo blogger asserts that the Bill of Rights “give certain powers to an individual.” I ask him to point to any word like “give” associated with these rights.

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Jones opened fire as his mom’s attacker drove away. Police later found the man slumped over the steering wheel, with at least two gunshots to the back.

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While the arrest likely came because the victim fired as the suspect fled, the DA appears to be more focused on charging the second suspect, not the victim.

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When the contractor walked outside, he was confronted by an armed robber, but a fellow worker – and CCP-holder – witnessed the robbery and stopped it.

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All gun owners need to know when they can use force to protect themselves. It’s important to know: ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.

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Yarnell's lawyer maintains he acted in self-defense, but the prosecuting attorney says he went beyond the parameters of self defense when he chased the man.

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People who don’t understand police use of force, and people who are sympathetic to the wanna be terrorist and bona fide criminal are upset that Boston PD shot this guy instead of capturing him.

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The murder trial of a blind Florida man was cut short last Friday when a Seminole County judge granted him immunity through the controversial Stand Your Ground law, but the prosecuting attorney's office has yet to decide if they will appeal the decision. The shooting, which the man claims was self-defense, was fueled by a night-long drinking escapade.

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