KY: Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense: "A Knott County man shoots his wife's brother and says he did it to defend his home and family. Paul Maggard says Caudill, his wife's brother, was upset over a family issue and came to his home threatening to burn it down. So he fired several warning shots, but that didn't deter Caudill. When Caudill continued to come after him, Maggard fired again, this time hitting him. "I thought I hit him in the arm or leg, he just turned around and said 'oh,' and took off and got in the car and left," said Maggard. According to police, Caudill was hit in the abdomen. When they found him down the road from the scene, he was taken to Hazard ARH for treatment. "He just lucky he's living," said Maggard. State Police are investigating, but say it appears Maggard was within his rights when he shot Caudill."


CA: IHOP shooter found not guilty on all counts: "Sutter County jurors on Wednesday found a Fresno man not guilty on all counts in the March shooting of Obadiah Samuel Mitchell at the Yuba City IHOP restaurant. Jessie Hipolito Pena, 44, was charged with attempting to murder Mitchell after confronting him inside the restaurant for using profanity. Pena said he saw a metal object in Mitchell's hand, telling police at first he thought it was a gun. Later, he said it might have been a knife or an antenna. He fired once, hitting Mitchell in the chest."


Oklahoma City man cleared in shooting of burglary suspects: "An Oklahoma City man who shot two teenage burglary suspects last week has been cleared of wrongdoing. Michael O. Gulley, 54, shot the two suspects July 13 after they pried aside burglar bars at his home, kicked in the front door and started to enter, Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said. Gulley was inside his house at 201 NW 87. Both suspects, Anthony Ricks, 17, and Kristen Franklin, 15, survived and have been arrested. “Mr. Gilley was lawfully justified in the use of deadly force,” Prater wrote on a form after meeting with police Tuesday."


The (gun) law of unintended consequences: "I live in the South, where the Summer heat is the stuff of which legends are made. ... Now of course, nobody dies of heatstroke on purpose. But if you are sans cool air and afraid for your life and property to open a couple of windows or a door, (remember, the heat makes people do crazy things, and things get pretty crazy in the ‘hood, heat or not), you may have just signed your own death warrant. Damned if you do/damned if you don’t is no way to live. But for thousands of low-income citizens, that’s the choice they get to make, because gun laws won’t allow them to arm themselves to protect their own lives and property."