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New Thread: Defensive Gun Use News

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We’ve added a new category to the list called Defensive Gun Use. This is something that not enough people talk about. Because nobody really talks about it, those anti-gunners who oppose our right to keep and bear arms don’t believe it happens. Not only do people defend themselves with their guns, it happens more than most people realize.

The important thing to remember is that you don’t need to pull the trigger in order for it to count as a DGU. And, sadly, those are usually the only stories being reported.

In order to help combat misinformation, we’ll be posting regular DGU stories on this website. It is our hope and desire that you’ll share these stories with your friends and family, so they’re can arm themselves with knowledge, as well.

Not all of these stories will have a good outcome, but they will all meet the following criteria to be listed on our website:

  • A gun must be used to defend life (whether the trigger is pulled or not)
  • The aggressive attacker should be stopped (though this won’t always be the case)
  • The defender should, by our best guess, be acting in self-defense (of course we won’t always know this)

In so doing, it is our hope to spread the word about the positives of gun ownership to those who would rather take our rights away. I’ve spoken to many on the other side of the aisle who don’t believe guns save lives.

I think it’s time to prove them wrong.

The other goal here is to learn from example what works and what doesn’t. Tactics that may work well vs those that do not. And, at the end of each story I recommend that we all reflect on how we’d react if presented with a similar situation. Stay tuned, stories will start to roll in shortly.

About Joshua Gillem

Josh is a lifelong practitioner and student of the gun. He grew up shooting/hunting with his dad, and was given his first gun, a 12 gauge shotgun, when just a small boy. After high school, he joined the Marines where his love for firearms blossomed as he qualified with an M16A2, an M9, and a 240G. Josh has been writing about firearms and tactics for several years, is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, and believes that each individual person has the right to self-defense by any means necessary. Currently residing in gun-friendly Pennsylvania, he carries a concealed gun on a daily basis, even in his own house.

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  1. John Weber says

    My personal experience was back I believe the summer of 2007. O just bought a new Townhouse and I was single. Living alone and being a Deputy Sheriff I slept with my duty weapon on my nightstand. About midnight I was awakened by a man peering through my bedroom window with a flashlight holding a shovel. I reached for my Glock and took off real fast. According to the Sheriffs department where I lived at the time, they said the shovel was used to lift the sliding doors off their tracks.. This was clearly a case of a weapons presence made a would be thief or attacker armed with a shovel and possibly more took flight.