# Positive Gun News of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2015-10-22T22:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 77
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1521 "2018-12-07T01:45:45Z")
What a hero. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1522 "2019-01-09T23:54:19Z")
From [the Chicago _Sun-Times_](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fernwood-man-shot-attempted-robbery/), yesterday morning in Chicago a 19-year-old man reportedly attempted to rob a 25-year-old woman at gunpoint; the woman, who has a concealed carry license, was able to draw her own weapon and fire one shot, fatally wounding the alleged assailant. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1523 "2019-01-10T14:10:00Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > From [the Chicago _Sun-Times_](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fernwood-man-shot-attempted-robbery/), yesterday morning in Chicago a 19-year-old man reportedly attempted to rob a 25-year-old woman at gunpoint; the woman, who has a concealed carry license, was able to draw her own weapon and fire one shot, fatally wounding the alleged assailant. Good for her. What has the response been from second amendment censorship groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action? Gun rights groups (SAF, GOA, NRA) had to fight tooth and nail to secure the right to legally carry in Illinois and Chicago. And it’s still way too onerous and costly. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1524 "2019-01-10T20:42:29Z")
As, IIRC, CTA bans the carry of weapons on their buses and trains, and she was waiting at a bus stop, I’m curious to see whether Chicago will end up charging her with violating that ordinance. I’m not sure whether the prohibition against carrying weapons extends to things like a bus stop, or if a bus stop is even CTA property. I’m glad she was able to stop the robbery. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1525 "2019-01-11T13:34:58Z")
Armed security guard stops likely rampage at night club. [https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Private-security-officer-stops-shooting-at-Huntsville-Club-503873531.html](https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Private-security-officer-stops-shooting-at-Huntsville-Club-503873531.html) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1526 "2019-01-15T18:30:45Z")
From a couple of weeks ago, [Woman dead and three injured in home invasion](https://www.kyma.com/news/woman-dead-and-three-injured-in-home-invasion/963355954) in Yuma, AZ. Four people (two men and two women) forced their way into a home after midnight; the homeowner opened fire, killing one of the attackers and injuring the other three. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1527 "2019-01-22T02:05:06Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > From a couple of weeks ago, [Woman dead and three injured in home invasion](https://www.kyma.com/news/woman-dead-and-three-injured-in-home-invasion/963355954) in Yuma, AZ. Four people (two men and two women) forced their way into a home after midnight; the homeowner opened fire, killing one of the attackers and injuring the other three. [Here’s another one from Houston this past weekend.](https://www.newsweek.com/texas-homeowner-fatally-shoots-3-injures-2-more-during-early-morning-home-1299424) This time, there were apparently five home invaders wearing ski masks, and they broke in at about 1.00 in the morning. The homeowner shot all five, killing three, and wounding two. That’s some pretty impressive defensive work there! From the story: > [@](#): > > Police found one of the intruders dead in front of the home, located on Sherman Street near 71st Street in Houston. Three others reportedly took off in an SUV and a fourth wounded man ran away on foot. > > Authorities said the SUV crashed into a pole on nearby Harrisburg Boulevard. A man was found dead inside the vehicle and another person in the SUV fled, collapsed down the street on Capitol Street and died. > > The two men who were injured were found and taken to a hospital, police said. The homeowner was not injured during the shootout. Wow! I’ll be interested to follow this story and see what the deal is. I don’t know Houston at all, but the news images don’t make it look like an especially big house or a particularly prosperous neighborhood. It doesn’t seem like the sort of place that thieves would target for robbery or ransom money. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1528 "2019-02-13T19:18:13Z")
Last week in Brevard County, Florida, two men (at least one of whom was armed with a gun) [reportedly broke into a home and threatened the occupants](https://www.wesh.com/article/homeowner-shoots-masked-intruders-at-home-in-mims-deputies-say/26240470), including holding a woman at gunpoint. The woman’s son shot and killed both intruders. So far, no charges against any of the occupants of the home. (Meanwhile, [substantiated reports of extraterrestrial invasions of Earth or any part of it remain at zero for all of known history](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=870703).) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1529 "2019-04-30T13:28:53Z")
[A homeowner from Ionia County, Michigan, will not face charges related to a fatal shooting on New Year’s Day of this year.](https://www.woodtv.com/news/ionia-county/ionia-co-prosecutor-deadly-shooting-was-self-defense/1945656893) The deceased, Justin Eddy, 44, was reportedly under the influence of drugs (fentanyl and a BAC three times the legal limit) and was also apparently driving a stolen vehicle, before he barged into a couple’s home after 10:00 P.M., claiming “they” were chasing him. The couple who lived in the house initially attempted to aid Eddy (with the husband following Eddy back outside in an attempt to locate the mysterious “they”), but Eddy then forced his way back into the home, smashed the cellphone the wife was using to call 911, then assaulted the 69-year-old husband and attempted to grab his pistol, at which point the homeowner fatally shot Eddy in what has now been ruled justifiable self-defense. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1530 "2019-05-04T14:04:56Z")
[Back in March a man was fatally shot in Lawton, Oklahoma](https://www.kswo.com/2019/03/03/new-details-weekend-shooting-now-homicide-investigation/); the man who shot Eric Nelson claimed that Nelson attempted to rob him at knife-point and that he shot Nelson in self defense. Yesterday [authorities in Lawton announced](https://www.kswo.com/2019/05/03/lawton-shooting-ruled-justified/) they have in fact ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1531 "2019-05-04T14:18:19Z")
And [in Reno, Nevada](http://www.ktvn.com/story/40408189/reno-police-say-downtown-shooting-last-month-justified1), two women say 29-year-old Josue Oconitrillo attacked them and attempted to sexually assault one of them around 1 a.m. on April 20; the women say they tried to fight him off, then one of the women tried to stop him by displaying a handgun, then she finally shot and fatally wounded him. The article notes that police initially arrested the shooter and said that she was drunk, but she was later released, and that shooting has also now been ruled a justifiable homicide. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1532 "2019-05-06T14:02:52Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > The article notes that police initially arrested the shooter and said that she was drunk, but she was later released, and that shooting has also now been ruled a justifiable homicide. Cops. Honestly, who goes to Reno just to see a man die? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1533 "2019-05-08T00:07:38Z")
Police say [a fatal shooting in Austin, Texas, last Saturday](https://www.statesman.com/news/20190507/fatal-shooting-at-north-austin-apartment-was-in-self-defense-police-say) was in self-defense. The deceased and another man kicked in the door of an apartment a bit after 2 a.m., and the occupant shot and killed one of the men (at which point the other would-be home invasion robber ran). (Just to add another hot-button social issue related to crime and punishment into the mix: Although police say the occupant of the apartment acted in self-defense, he _has_ been arrested on marijuana charges. Whether this means he had some pot in his apartment for purely personal use, or he was a marijuana grower or dealer, the article doesn’t say. \*\*\*If \*\*\*the latter, that may explain why he was targeted for a 2 a.m. home invasion robbery. Either way, I can’t help but think that more sensible marijuana laws in Texas–to go along with the state’s already-liberal gun laws–would be a good idea. If the resident has been arrested merely for having a stash of marijuana for personal use, after already being the victim of something as traumatic as a home invasion robbery in the wee hours of the morning, that’s a miscarriage of justice. If the resident is in fact a grower or dealer, the fact that any such person is operating outside the law makes them a target for this sort of violent lawlessness, in a way that a beer and wine distributor or the owner of a liquor store isn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1534 "2019-05-20T01:41:09Z")
[In Chattanooga](https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/40499558/two-men-killed-in-selfdefense-shooting-in-hixson) police say a man will not be charged for shooting two other men to death late last night, as police say the killings were in self-defense. The shooter was also seriously injured and was hospitalized; the article doesn’t specify the nature of the injuries–whether they were also gunshot wounds or some other sort of injury. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1535 "2019-05-26T02:58:37Z")
[Former State Sen. Leland Yee sent to prison for 5 years in gun-running, ‘shrimp boy’ case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/ex-calif-state-sen-leeland-yee-gun-control-champion-heading-to-prison-for-weapons-trafficking) Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1536 "2019-05-26T03:14:19Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > [Former State Sen. Leland Yee sent to prison for 5 years in gun-running, ‘shrimp boy’ case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/ex-calif-state-sen-leeland-yee-gun-control-champion-heading-to-prison-for-weapons-trafficking) > > Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking. IIRC, by gunrunning, they mean military ordnance like “shoulder-fired rocket launchers.” 5 years is insanely low for that. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1537 "2019-05-26T03:49:51Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > [Former State Sen. Leland Yee sent to prison for 5 years in gun-running, ‘shrimp boy’ case](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/ex-calif-state-sen-leeland-yee-gun-control-champion-heading-to-prison-for-weapons-trafficking) > > Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking. Not sure why the need to add a 3-year-old story to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1538 "2019-05-26T03:55:28Z")
Would be robber brings hatchet, the store clerk pulls out a gun. That’s the end of the robbery attempt. 😉 Best example of responsible gun use that I can think of. That clerk would have been SOL if he wasn’t armed. > **[Would-be robber shows hatchet, clerk pulls out gun](https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/would-be-robber-shows-hatchet-clerk-pulls-out-gun/)** > > A would-be robber of a convenience store brought a hatchet as a weapon. He ran when the clerk pulled out a gun. > [@](#): > > The April 28 incident at the Oak Grove Plaid Pantry was captured on surveillance video and just released by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. > > The video shows a man walk into the Plaid Pantry around 1 a.m., walk up to the counter and pull a 12-inch hatchet from his pants. He shows it to the clerk, who then pulls out a gun. > > As the clerk picked up the phone to call 911, the robber slid the hatchet across the counter, put his hands up and reportedly said, “I’m sorry. I’ll leave.” He then ran out of the store. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1539 "2019-05-26T04:02:03Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Not sure why the need to add a 3-year-old story to this thread. Huh, that is weird. I thought from the blurb, and it being posted recently, that he was sentenced recently. Nope, 2016. Still a ridiculous undercharging from the Organs of Justice, and hardly Positive Gun News. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1540 "2019-05-26T12:44:27Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > . . . hardly Positive Gun News. Some would think it’s positive when dealers in illegal guns are brought to justice. And it is news, or was. YMMV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=78)