Defensive Use of Firearms

Investigators say her home was chosen because Condon knew she would not be able to get help. He intended to prey on the fact that she was old and alone to steal from and potentially murder her. 

A shooting from last month where a man was seriously shot on a New York City subway is being deemed a self-defense case by attorneys. 

I would be shaken up if someone broke into my home and I would absolutely try to defend myself. Imagine having it happen again the next night too. 

At around 2 a.m. Monday morning, the intruder, who appeared to be intoxicated, broke into an apartment. The small apartment was attached to a main home. 

A 60-year-old Chicago concealed carrier shot and killed a would-be armed robber last week in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

A San Antonio homeowner fatally shot a man earlier this week when he found the stranger sitting in his car.

“When he brought his hands up that was my first fear that he had my firearm, so I began to fire,” Armand said. He was right, the thief had found the gun and the bulletproof vest hidden in the vehicle.

Later, in a statement given to authorities, the homeowner claimed that the suspects had a deadly weapon.

Miami police released bodycam footage last December from the controversial shooting of a man holding a woman hostage with a machete.