A suspected burlgar stealthily aproached a home in an area neighbors claim is suffering from increasing crime. Police say the burglar began removing a window screen, but was seen by the homeowner, NRA Life member Charles Jemeyson, who quickly got his pistol. “If I had not had my [gun] handy, he would have come into my home,” Jemeyson wrote inan e-mail to the NRA. “I fired one round …and he went down. He jumped up and jumped a six foot fence.” Police found the suspect at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.
SKAT 12 News, San Antonio, Tx., 03/16/09
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SARAH NAHMENS AND her mother often discuss personal safety and keep a .32-caliber revolver in their home. “We’ve always talked about defending yourself and how important that is,” Nahmens said. Police say her planning paid off when two men began forcing her door open. Nahmens quickley retrieved her gun and pointed it at the door as it flew open. “It kind of kicked in and I thought, ‘OK, I”ve got to make sure that I’m safe’… It was either going to be more or them and it couldn’t be me,” she explained. Nahmens fired two shots and the uninjured suspects fled. “I commend her for protecting hereslf,” said police Capt. Patrick Whitney. Nahmens said the incident has raised awareness in her normally quiet neighborhood. Several women have expressed interest in a “girls’ day at the shooting range to practice and learn more about firearms.
Clovis News Journal, Clovis, N.M., 02/06/09
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WHEN A MAN armed with a gun allegedly kicked in Derrick Murray’s back door and shout that he was a police officer, Murray wasn’t buying it for a second. “[The suspect and his accomplices outside] were talking in street sland,” Murray explained. Police say Murray quickly retrieved a semi-automatic rifle and shot the intruder, causing him to flee. But the story doesn’t stop there. The intruder ran outside, where he was over by his own getaway car. The panicked driver then backed up, running over him a second time. The suspect will face charges pending his release from the hospital. His two accomplices are being sought.
WFIE 14 News, Evansville, Ind., 03/16/09
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COINCIDENTALLY, ANOTHER ACT by armed citizenry took place in a Wal-Mart parking lot in March. In that incident, police say 28-year-old Joshua Eastman was loading groceries into his vehicle when a teenage thug pointed a gun at him and demanded cash. The quick-thinking Eastman opened the door to his vehicle to form a barrier between himself and the suspect. The clever act may have saved his life. The suspect fired a shot through the door’s window, which narrowly missed Eastman but propelled glass shards into his face. Eastman, a concealed-carry permit holder, drew his .32-cal. handgun, dropped below the door and shot his assailant three times. The suspect fled, but police located him nearby.
The Pocomo Record, Stroudsburg, Penn., 03/20/09
