Armed Citizen® Today
Just before 5 a.m. on Jan. 30, a 56-year-old homeowner reportedly found a burglar inside his home in Wichita, Kan. Police told reporters a “confrontation occurred” and the homeowner shot the alleged intruder in the leg. The 40-year-old suspect was in serious but stable condition and was to be arrested upon release from the hospital. (kansas.com, Wichita, Kan., 2/3/26)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives – October 1991
Describing her attacker as a man who had once been “one of the family,” Juliette Blackmon, 81, of Kansas City, Mo., was forced to take action when he tried to rob them. After asking to use the bathroom, the man instead grabbed a knife from the kitchen and threatened her and her husband, Elliot.
Elliot picked up a pistol from the bedroom, however, and passed it to his wife. Firing twice, she killed the man. “I had to do it,” she said. “I’m a Christian woman, but we have to have protection.” (The Star, Kansas City, Kans.)
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