“Tag: self-defense stories”

Two children heard strange sounds while playing in their suburban Alabama home.

A 36-year-old woman in Gray’s Harbor, Wash., shot and killed a man who violated a restraining order and broke into her home.

A woman, fearing for her life after her husband beat her and ordered her into their bedroom at knifepoint, retrieved a firearm and shot and killed him.

The woman’s worst fears were realized when the intruder returned one night and attempted to gain entry.

A woman who was being stalked by her husband’s male cousin defended herself with a firearm when he gained entry to her home by breaking a window with a hammer.

An intruder continued his savage attack on a 73-year-old man, forcing his fiancé to take action.

A woman managed to retrieve a gun after her estranged husband, who had broken into her home, began to assault her and her boyfriend with a knife.

A pregnant woman in Oklahoma City, Okla., defended herself and her unborn child after shooting an intruder in her apartment.

A man broke into a home through the basement and made his way upstairs—until he was met by the armed homeowner.