I JUST DIDN’T hesitate,”Cody Buckler explained while recalling an armed invasion of his home. He awoke to the sound of strange voices in the living room. Peering down the hall, he saw two maksed men toting handguns. His girlfriend’s young daughter confronted one of the men, who claimed to be a police officer. Buckler quickly returned to the bedroom for this 12-guage shotgun. Police say he proceeded to the living room, spotted one of the suspects holding his television, and promptly shot him. That suspect fled, but his accomplice charged up the stairs. Buckler shot him, too, causing him to retreat to the basement and exit via a window. The suspects were found seeking treatment for gunshot wounds at the hospital.
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo., 01/22/08
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WHEN A 51-year-old woman informed a man she didn’t want to be his girlfriend, he committed a series of disturbing acts. Several police reports chronicle the incidents, which include break-ins, vandalism and even assaults at the woman’s workplace. One day she found her home broken into, a clockradio destroyed and undergarments missing. Two days later, she heard breaking glass and called 9-1-1. The entire chilling incident was recorded on 9-1-1 audio. “I’m scared,” she told the operator, who advised her to lock herself in a bedroom. She hid in the closet with a 9 mm pistol loaned to her by a friend. Police say the alleged stalker began kicking in the bedroom door. “What are you doing?” the woman screamed. “Stop ti! Just stop it!” The man burst into the bedroom and began choking her. Gunshots rang out. The woman escaped while her assailant lay mortally wounded.
The Times, Munster, Ind., 01/10/08
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EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD Martha Smith says there was no time for fear when her border collie confronted a mountain lion near her home. “I could see the tial twitching, and he was snarling and spitting,” she recalls. Smith shot at the cat withher .22-caliber rifle, but missed, and ran inside to dial 9-1-1. Informed help was a long way off, Smith decided she’d have to deal with the agitated cat herslef. “I shot him in the light spot under his leg where I knew his heart would be,” she explained. “You do what you have to do–you don’t have time to be afraid.” Smith has been versed in riflecraft since adolescence, when she herded sheep on the family ranch. “My sister and I were put on horseback with the lunch, the water canteed and a gun,” she recalls.
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., 01/09/08
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ALERTED BY THE sound of screaming children, Paulo Jean stepped outside his home. “Trouble is out!” the children yelled. Jean was familiar with Trouble, an aptly named pit bull,and rushed to the scene. The dog immediately attacked, viciously bitting Jean’s arms and buttocks. Jean drew a pocket-holstered .380-caliber handgun and fired three shots, killing the dog.
The Miami Heraled, Miami, Fla., 01/11/08
