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11 year old Girl with Mom’s Gun Defends Home from 3 Armed Burglars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiQQP4-Ijw&feature=player_embedded

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Woman Stops Home Invasion; Shoots at Intruder

Click Here: “An Accomack County, VA, woman surprised an intruder who had broken into her Mason Road home Friday morning by drawing a gun on him and firing off two shots after the armed suspect fired at her first.”

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School Counselor Shoots Would-be Rapist

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Woman Stops Robbers with Gun

Click Here: Oklahoma Woman Stops Robbers with Gun

“And just all of a sudden, with one kick, he knocked the door completely in. The frame came flying down. Things came flying everywhere,” she said. “And he saw that I had the gun, and he grabbed the door handle and pulled the door shut.”

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DOJ Report: Youth Gun Violence Down 95% from 1994

“A recently released Department of Justice (DOJ) study shows that youth aged 12 through 17 are six times more likely to be attacked by someone using a knife instead of gun.”

The study also notes that homicides among American youth declined by  65 percent from 1993 to 2010, dropping from 8.4 per 100,000 youth to 3.0  per 100,000 youth.

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Two Armed Good Samaritans Rescue Victim of Armed Robbery

Click Here: Robbery victim wants to thank Good Samaritans who came to his rescue.

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Ohio Town Considers Arming School Janitors

Click Here: “Four janitors, all men, have volunteered to take part and are to undergo a two-day training course in March that will be paid for by the Montpelier, Ohio, Exempted Village School District.

“I don’t have a problem with it. With all the shootings going on in these little schools this will make me feel more at peace,” said Mrs. Hickman as she waited Friday in her minivan for her two sons and daughter to be dismissed.”

UPDATE:

Ohio School Board Votes 5-0 to Arm Staff

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15-Year Old Boy Uses AR-15 to Defend Himself, Sister Against Home Invaders

Click Here: A 15-year old boy used his father’s AR-15 to defend himself and his 12-year old sister against two burglars at their home.

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Wyoming Lawmakers Move to Protect Gun-Owners from Feds

Click Here: Wyoming Lawmakers Propose ‘Gun Protection’ Legislation

The Wyoming “Firearms Protection Act” bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines unenforceable within the state’s boundaries. Anyone trying to enforce a federal gun ban could face felony charges under the proposal.

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Woman Stops Knife-Wielding Attacker with Gun

Click Here: Woman Pulls Gun on Knife-Wielding Attacker