OH: Domestic Defense, Man Shot, Killed Breaking into Mother's Home

A man was shot dead in Massillon Monday night after police say he tried to gain re-entrance into a locked home where he had assaulted his mother multiple times.
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Followup WA: Domestic Defense, No Charges, Self Defense Killing of Father

A Yakima County Superior Court judge Monday granted the release of a young man accused of killing his father in Outlook last week because prosecutors say they believe he acted in self-defense.


Benjamin D. Rodriguez, 19, was accused of shooting and killing his father, 43-year-old Jose Rodriguez, at their Outlook home Wednesday. He was held on suspicion of first-degree murder.
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TN: Armed Homeowner Shoots Fugitive who Charged Him

Hamilton county deputies then joined the search for Shell who was seen on Blue Sewannee road in Bledsoe county.

A homeowner there told officers Shell charged at him and he shot him.
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20% of Voters Think Owning a Gun is Immoral

The young woman above is almost certainly one of the minority of Americans that believes owning a gun is immoral. A recent Rassmussen poll revealed that 20% of registered voters in the United States believe owning a gun is immoral. From jacksonville.com:

Beyond specific issues, the attitudes being voiced by many progressive Democrats seem almost designed specifically to antagonize Midwestern voters. Twenty percent of all voters consider owning a gun immoral, and 20% believe it is immoral to call for limits on government. Eleven percent think eating meat and having children are also immoral.

The specific Rassmussen poll was taken on 23-24 March, 2019, at scottrasmussen.com.

In the poll, 9% thought owning a gun was very immoral. 11% thought owning a gun was somewhat immoral.  15% thought it was not very immoral, and 58% thought it was not at all immoral.

The poll was of registered voters, which is helpful. It would be interesting to know what the numbers would be of likely or actual voters.

It is not surprising that a very similar number thought limiting government was immoral.

9% thought it was very immoral; and 11% thought it was somewhat immoral, with 53% saying it was not immoral at all.

This reinforces the idea there is significant overlap between those who do not want any limits on government and those who oppose people owning firearms.

Those who think it immoral to own firearms are about evenly split between men and women, with a few more men than women.

Those who think it immoral to limit government, have a few more women than men.

About a year ago, I wrote an essay explaining the mindset of consciously unarmed people. I wrote this:

If you have chosen to be unarmed, you probably do not have much knowledge about firearms and firearms technology. Learning and knowing about firearms is one of the costs that people avoid by choosing to be unarmed. When gun owners point out technical mistakes in articles and legislation concerning guns, it strikes you as meaningless babble. Semi-automatic, automatic- who cares? You are not interested in guns, so technical distinctions are considered unimportant.

Because you have chosen to be unarmed, you know you need an armed protector to keep you safe. That would be the government. To make such a choice, you assume that government is benevolent, concerned with your safety, and available in time of need. It helps to assume the need for an armed protector is minimal. Thus, unarmed people constantly attempt to minimize the need for armed protection.

This explains the arguments put forward to claim that crime is not a problem, the government could never become tyrannical, attempts to minimize the danger of wild animals and the desire to minimize government ineffectiveness during emergencies. It explains why so much effort is expended to discredit the number of times firearms are used for self defense and to prevent crime.

People who believe that owning firearms is immoral are almost certainly consciously unarmed.  Today, in the United States, no one forces people to be armed, though there were laws to require people to be armed in the colonies and in the early United States.

The vast majority of those who believe guns are immoral are urban dwellers. It is hard to sustain this belief if you live in a rural area where guns show utility in everyday life.

It is hard to sustain the belief if you are exposed to examples where guns are used effectively for defense against humans, as are most police and military people.  This is why the Old Media spiked self defense stories for decades.  Those stories are still spiked, but many more are becoming known to more people, because of the Internet.

The vast majority of the media almost certainly fall into the minority that consider owning guns to be immoral. How did that happen? It is simple. People in the media have been overwhelmingly chosen by those who believe in Progressive ideology. Progressive ideology believes limiting government is a bad thing.
If you let slip that you did not believe in Progressive ideology, you were not promoted. Those who do not believe owning guns is immoral do not move up the ladder of promotion. I have seen it happen. If you are in the media, and do not toe the line to show a belief that limiting the government, or owning guns is immoral, you are not promoted.

An exeception seemed to be the First Amendment. But limiting government control over the Media was only promoted by the left when they controlled nearly all the media. Now that there are more than Progressive voices to be heard, the Media is certain the First Amendment is a bad idea, or at the minimum, should only apply to Progressives. Constitutionalists need not apply.

Having 20% of the population that believes limits on government, or gun ownership (one of those limits) is immoral, is a dangerous thing in a republic designed to be limited by its very structure.

It is why we have people contesting the results of the last election. It is why we have calls for the destruction of the electoral college and the First and Second Amendments.

That percentage can be reduced by education, especially of the young.

For the present, it is a clear and present danger to the Republic.

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MI: Domestic Defense, Man Shot with Pistol During Struggle for Rifle

The Kalkaska man returned around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 14. He was met by the rifle-wielding homeowner, who demanded he leave the residence.

Police said the Kalkaska man forced his way into the residence and a struggle ensued over the rifle. The intruder gained control of the rifle “for a short time” and then a second struggle for the rifle began.

At one point, the homeowner produced a small caliber pistol and shot the Kalkaska man once in the chest. He was transported to Munson Medical Center for treatment.
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OH: Armed Realtors Capture Man who Threatened to Shoot Them

Kyle Morrical described the encounter, "He told us he had a gun and a knife. He was either going to shoot us or stab us and he punched me in my face," Kyle said.

Phil said, "When I thought he could be a threat to Kyle, yeah I got involved physically with him and I'll be 63 in May and I forgot all about that. It was about my son and making sure this thing did escalate to somebody being harmed or killed."

Kyle pulled his gun. He and his father have CCW permits. Fortunately, Kyle did not have to use his pistol.
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TN: Domestic Defense, Ex Shot Attempting to Break-in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man who broke into his ex-girlfriend's Bordeaux apartment Monday morning was shot by another man inside, authorities say.
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AL: Armed Home Invasion Victim Shoots, Wounds 1, Kills 1 Suspect

A Georgia man is behind bars after he and his friend were shot while reportedly carrying out a Montgomery home invasion over the weekend.
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KY: Addict Shot After entering Home, Attacking Homeowner

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville homeowner isn’t expected to be charged after police say he shot a man who broke into his house Sunday morning.

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TN: Armed Homeowner Shoots, Captures Fugitiv e

"Around 8:15 p.m. CDT, officers received a call from a citizen who lives on [Blue Sewanee Road]," police said in the post. "The homeowner who was outside the residence saw a male who charged at him. The homeowner who was on their property was armed and did fire one round at the suspect.The suspect was hit."

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TX: Man Shoots, Wounds, Car Burglary Suspect who Attacked Him

The homeowner said he found a man inside his pickup, which was parked in his driveway, and confronted him.

"As that suspect gets out of the vehicle, he lunges at the homeowner, and the homeowner fired one time," Ortiz said.

The man who was shot ran from the home.
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CA: Domestic Defense, Man Shoots Brother

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - The Shasta County Sheriff's Office said a man shot his brother in the chest several times in self-defense on Wednesday.

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TX: Armed Homeowner Holds Suspected Thief at Gunpoint

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A Leander man got the upper hand on a would-be thief, after holding the suspect at gunpoint as he allegedly attempted to break into the man's garage, according to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office.
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TN: Domestic Defense, Double Disarm, Suicide

Metro police said Michael Davis was pointing a gun at his ex-girlfriend while in the passenger seat of her SUV Friday afternoon. Police said Davis told her it's her birthday, and he's going to kill her. According to police, the ex-girlfriend got the gun away from Davis and fired a shot inside the SUV to get him out of the vehicle. They said Davis still managed to get the gun back from the driver's side and fired several shots into the SUV. The ex-girlfriend was not hit.

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CA: Resident Shoots at Intruder on Rose Drive in Encino

An Encino resident fired gunshots at an intruder Thursday, police said.

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MD: Armed Home Invader Shot and Killed by Armed Homeowner

A home invasion led to a fatal shooting in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Wednesday.

According to Prince George’s County police, Victory Mbeng, 18, of New Carrollton, was armed when he broke into a man’s Riverdale home around 5:30 p.m. Mbeng was shot by the homeowner seconds after kicking down the door, and ran away.
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SC: Man Shot Attempting to Force way into Home

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - A man, who was shot in the neck and hand while trying to force his way into a home in the county early Wednesday morning, has been charged with stalking.

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March 2019 NICS Background Checks Second Highest on Record

In a dramatic reversal of numbers, the March 2019 National Instand background Check System (NICS) check numbers are the second highest March on record, only a few percent less than the record breaking numbers in March of 2018.  February numbers had shown a dramatic downturn for NICS checks.

The Trump era NICS continue to be at historically high levels, but lower than during the rush to buy guns during the last two years of the Obama administration. These numbers do not translate directly into gun sales. A large part of the numbers are from NICS checks done for carry permits and carry permit rechecks.

In March of 2018, the total number of NICS checks were 2,767,699. Of those, 1,249,917 were permit and permit rechecks, leaving 1,517,782 checks for other purposes, mostly gun sales.

In March of 2019, the total number of NICS checks were 2,644,851. Of those 1,287,813 were permit and permit rechecks, leaving 1,357,038 for other purposes.

Other than for permits and permit rechecks, 2019 was 90% of 2018 numbers.

It is of interest that the number of permit checks has dropped while the permit rechecks have risen. In 2018, the permit checks were 1,047,107. In 2019, 860,891, dropping by 186 thousand. Permit rechecks, however, increased from 202,807 to 426,922, an increase of 224 thousand.

It is to be expected as more and more carry permits are issued, permit rechecks will eventually catch up to permit numbers, and eventually exceed them.

It is likely that the Democrat takeover of the House, and the introduction and passage of several bills to restrict firearms sales and to ban classes of firearms, that there would be a bump up in sales in March. I predicted as much last month.

With permits and permit rechecks, and with the increasing numbers of permit holders who do not need another NICS check in order to buy firearms from federal dealers in 25 states, the NICS checks are becoming less correlated to firearm sales.

The number of NICS is likely to correlate to over a million new sales to private purchasers in March of 2019. We will not know exactly how many firearms were added to the private stock for about a year.

The estimate of the current private stock, based on firearms sales, firearm imports, firearm exports and firearm manufacture, is about 433 million firearms in private hands in the United States at this time.

Firearms included in the estimate totals are all those produced and imported, as estimated since 1900. Those estimates were recorded by previous researchers Newton and Zimring, and updated by award winning scholar Gary Kleck though 1987.  The Kleck numbers are available in his book, Point Blank: Guns and violence in America.

Since then the number has been updated using reports from the BATFE.

While the firearm sales are lower than they were in 2013 and 2016, they are still higher than in 80% of the years that NICS has been in existence.

With the current rate of increase, there should be 500 million privately owned firearms in the United States sometime in 2024. Those numbers are largely in line with the estimates of firearm numbers reported by the Small Arms Survey, an international group based in Switzerland.

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GA: Gunfight, Delivery Driver and Suspect

The delivery driver reportedly ran into the shop, grabbed his own gun and returned fire when Daniels came around to the front of the store, police said.

“It was very scary,” employee David Sorrows told Channel 2 Action News. “There were six employees in the shop and he kept shooting at different places.”
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CA: Shooting of Unsecured Pit Bull in Apartment Complex Under Investigation

Hemet Police Cpt. Glen Brock later discussed the incident with RCNS, saying, “Our officers did respond to a location on Latham Ave. to investigate the shooting of a dog. When they arrived they learned that a large, aggressive dog had been allowed to wander the complex without restraint.”

“The dog ultimately became aggressive with a man and his service dog in the stairwell leading up to his apartment,” Brock continued. “This man did fire a gun killing the aggressive dog.”
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