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TRUE STORIES<br />
CARRY A GUN... IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE.<br />
HIS PIPE SHOT BULLETS<br />
A 30-year-old man decided a central<br />
Mesa store would be an easy target for<br />
a robbery. He demanded money and<br />
struck the clerk with a pipe.<br />
The 55-year-old clerk responded by<br />
defending himself with his fists and a<br />
Taser. The Taser did not stop the attacker,<br />
so the clerk pulled out his gun and<br />
shot him.<br />
The clerk’s attacker was last reported<br />
as being in critical condition, and will<br />
likely face charges when he recovers.<br />
Police spokesman Chis Arvayo stated<br />
the clerk will most likely not face any<br />
charges, as “He’s got the right to defend<br />
himself.”<br />
The clerk did not require extensive<br />
medical treatment for his injuries.<br />
East Valley Tribune • Mesa, AZ<br />
THE TASER DID<br />
NOT STOP<br />
THE ATTACKER,<br />
SO THE CLERK<br />
PULLED OUT<br />
HIS GUN...<br />
PAWN SHOP ROBBERY<br />
A robber stormed into David Gardner’s<br />
pawn shop, smashed display cases<br />
and stole goods. Gardner grabbed his<br />
gun and opened fire, hitting the thief as<br />
he ran out the door.<br />
Investigators followed a trail of blood<br />
to a nearby neighborhood. They found<br />
20-year-old Willie Clarkson after his<br />
girlfriend called 911 when she found<br />
him hiding in her apartment. He was<br />
bleeding from at least two gunshot<br />
wounds.<br />
Gardner states he’s never had an incident<br />
like this before, and was badly<br />
shaken from the experience. Hopefully<br />
Clarkson will be so badly shaken from<br />
the incident he won’t try to rob another<br />
place again... after he gets out of jail.<br />
MyFOX • Tampa Bay, FL<br />
THERE WILL BE NO SEQUEL<br />
At 6:30 in the morning at the CNK<br />
Beverage Pit in Seffner, Kenneth Charles<br />
Heidkamp, 19, made a fatal decision.<br />
He hit the clerk with a can of frenchcut<br />
green beans in order to subdue him and<br />
rob the place.<br />
The clerk hit back by grabbing his gun<br />
and opening fire, killing Heidkamp.<br />
abcactionnews.com• Tampa Bay, FL<br />
TACKDRIVER<br />
Juan Ibarra, a roofer, was hitching<br />
a trailer to his pickup when a robber<br />
came up behind him and shoved a pistol<br />
to his back. He was ordered to go to<br />
the cab of his truck and hand over his<br />
wallet and cellphone. Ibarra complied,<br />
and the robber began to walk off, but<br />
stopped to pick up some of the stolen<br />
money that had fallen to the ground.<br />
That’s when Ibarra drew his licensed<br />
handgun and shot at the robber at least<br />
three times, shooting him in the chest<br />
and killing him.<br />
“If it’s a robber who got popped, that’s<br />
his problem,” said John Andre, who lives<br />
near the incident.<br />
Houston Chronicle • Houston, TX<br />
HE SAID StOP<br />
Kenneth Ross Jr. of Greet, South Carolina<br />
confronted his estranged wife and<br />
a male friend outside her home in Spartanburg.<br />
He attempted to run over her<br />
with his truck, but hit her car instead.<br />
Ross then began to approach his estranged<br />
wife when the male friend ordered<br />
him to stop. Ross refused to stop,<br />
so he drew his gun and fired, killing<br />
Ross. Police state the man was acting in<br />
self-defense and will not be charged.<br />
Aiken Standard • Aiken, SC<br />
SHOULD’VE HAILED A CAB<br />
Surveillance video from a Memphis<br />
gas station shows what happened to a<br />
would-be carjacker.<br />
The suspect approached the victim’s<br />
vehicle and demanded his keys. When<br />
he walked around the car, the victim<br />
drew a gun and started shooting.<br />
It is not known if the suspect was<br />
wounded, because the man ran off and<br />
has not yet been found.<br />
The victim was legally armed.<br />
newschannel5.com • Nashville, TN<br />
tHESE StORES<br />
DELIVER....ON tARGEt<br />
There has been a rash of armed robberies<br />
lately in the East Bay area of California.<br />
Ed’s Liquors in Oakland was targeted<br />
for a robbery by a man who entered<br />
and shot the store owner in the leg. The<br />
owner fired back, hitting the robber at<br />
least three times. The man’s condition is<br />
unknown.<br />
Two days earlier, a similar incident<br />
happened at the Wah Fey 8th Avenue<br />
Corner Market in Oakland. Two men<br />
tried to rob the store, but the store clerk<br />
shot and wounded one of the robbers.<br />
Last year in the same area, a pizzaria<br />
owner shot and killed a robber who<br />
was armed with an “assault rifle.” Only<br />
a month after that, a liquor store clerk<br />
shot and killed a 17-year-old robber<br />
who shot at him.<br />
There have been at least eight takeover<br />
robberies at restaurants in the area<br />
over the past month.<br />
San Francisco Chronicle • CA<br />
How would you have handled situations like these? Discuss scenarios and more online in the<br />
usconcealedcarry.com forums. Familiarize yourself with your local and state laws regarding self-defense.<br />
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