WHAT’S IN THE NEWS
In our courses we emphasize the importance of not having a gun in your hand when a police officer approaches you. Whether a real gun or not, they treat it as though you are a threat of great bodily harm or death to them and react accordingly. It is very unfortunate that in this case it was a 13 year old boy with a realistic looking rifle that didn’t drop the gun when the officer ordered him to do so. Deputy who killed California 13-year-old holding toy gun will not face charges. (Video)
In what is one of many undocumented defensive guns uses across the nation, this Florida man elected to intervene in an altercation where a man was being beaten. Click the link to read more: FL Concealed Carrier Draws Gun and Stops Beating of Man Outside Shopping Center (Video)
Home Invasion! A Missouri man and his family were confronted by several armed attackers. Unfortunately they were not armed and ran to the bedroom to retrieve their handgun. While doing so the man’s girlfriend was grabbed by one of the attackers. This could have ended much worse, but in this case the good guy with the gun prevailed. Read the full story: ‘Four guys came in the back door with guns, I was able to get my gun first’