Don’t look for much media coverage of this part of the story of the terrorist attack in Jerusalem this morning. Stories of armed citizens stopping crazed killers are…inconvenient.
The female resident, who was at home at 10:30pm with her infant child, heard someone force entry to her apartment. She gathered the baby and her Roscoe and retreated to a bedroom closet.
We live in a moment when Jewish life in America feels more vulnerable than it has in decades. The threats are real, and we cannot outsource all responsibility for our safety.
Houston police — the real ones — are investigating a lethal home defense shooting that took place late Friday night in the southeast part of the city. Two men knocked on a homeowner’s door claiming they were police officers and were there to serve a warrant.
Atlanta homicide detectives said their investigation determined the case should be classified as a felon killed by a private citizen. Police said Reaves was in the middle of an armed robbery when he was shot.
“What we do know is that her husband was able to stop the killer from committing further violence because he had a firearm with which he was able to fight back.”
In Weatherford, a father was able to protect his family because the law was appropriately applied. But in too many Texas counties, gun owners have discovered that justice ends where politics begins.
If it were possible to stop the threat consistently and reliably without the attendant tragedy of ending another human life, that’s what virtually all current gun owners would choose.
