PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Defense Stories
One Hand Shooting Skills :: 05/05/2015
One of the most eye-opening experiences I’ve had in terms of training for handgun self-defense is the realization that square range, two-handed shooting techniques almost never comes into play in close range defensive encounters. Your support hand might be in use attempting to pull a family member behind you, block an attack, etc.
Wisconsin: Three Killed, One Injured In Menasha Bridge Attack :: 05/05/2015
A single male suspect opened fire on a popular pedestrian bridge that is part of a walking trail in the Wisconsin city of Menasha last night at approximately 7:30 last night in what appears to be a random attack:
Utah Self-Defense: Man shoots, kills would-be carjacker outside store :: 05/04/2015
OREM, Utah (AP) — A shopper with a concealed weapons permit shot and killed a man who was trying to carjack a woman Saturday outside a Utah grocery store, officers said. The 31-year-old male shooter was in Macey's parking lot in Orem, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City, when he heard a woman's screams as she was being pulled from her SUV by the suspect, investigators said.
Texas Self-Defense: Houston gets a double dose of defensive gun use in under a day :: 05/02/2015
Two different would-be victims who were targeted for separate robberies this week in Houston fought back against their assailants, leaving two suspects dead.
How Does a Business Survive a Riot? :: 05/01/2015
A shop owner in Baltimore asks you for advice about saving his store. He’d like to survive the night, and tomorrow night, and this weekend. Assume he does not have insurance and can not walk away from his convenience store. It is a stand alone building several blocks from the first riots. What should he do given 72 hours to prepare?
Ladies in Louisiana are taking self-defense into their own hands :: 05/01/2015
Females of all ages across southwest Louisiana are learning how to protect themselves with a variety of tools ranging from martial arts to other non-lethal means to the most common form of protection: Firearms.
One woman's tips for carrying a concealed handgun :: 05/01/2015
Like a New Year’s resolution, Tanya Lewis says she made a change in 2015. “I came from the other side. I could not stand guns. I was very anti-gun,” she told WGNO News before a practice session at the Shooter’s Club gun range in Harahan. Then Lewis revealed what happened that brought the change. “I got held up in December.”
Texas Self-Defense: Concealed Carrier Kills Armed Robber In East Houston :: 05/01/2015
An Houston robber won the “Room Temperature Challenge” yesterday when he attempted to rob an employee walking to the entrance of a check cashing store. The robber apparently thought that the bag the employee had under his arm as he walked to the store was a money bag.
Tennessee Self-Defense: Home Invader Killed By Armed Homeowner In Tennessee :: 04/30/2015
A thug with a long record of home invasions (PDF) had his career abruptly terminated in Tennessee when a homeowner with a gun found his mark with a single shot:
Utah Self-Defense: Suspects arrested, Holladay homeowner fires shot at accused burglars :: 04/29/2015
HOLLADAY, Utah – Two suspects are in custody after allegedly breaking into a Holladay home Monday morning. According to Unified Police, a male and female suspect broke into a home on Walker Ln. near 5400 S. and Highland Dr. just at about 7 a.m.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Pa. couple turns tables on armed robber seeking cash, food :: 04/28/2015
A Pennsylvania couple who entered their kitchen for a cup of coffee Saturday morning found themselves held at gunpoint by a man who unlawfully entered their home. After nearly half an hour, they were able to turn the tables on the intruder when one resident grabbed a gun of his own.
Study: Why Police Firearms Training Sucks :: 04/27/2015
By the time an average police recruit completes typical academy firearms training, how much more skilled in shooting is he than a person who has never shot or even held a handgun before? Not much, according to a first-of-its-kind study by the Force Science Institute that is set for publication in an international law enforcement journal . . .
Tennessee Self-Defense: THIRD STRIKE: Memphis Woman Shoots Violent Ex In Self-Defense :: 04/25/2015
Emotion-led gun control supporters keep attempting to push the claim that a firearm in the home will only be used against the woman living there in an attempt to scare women from exercising their right to armed self-defense. A woman in Memphis, Tennessee wisely ignored their advise, and grabbed her handgun to even the odds when attacked by her violent ex-boyfriend:
Arkansas Self-Defense: Concealed Carry Holder Saves Elderly Man from Beating in Kroger Parking Lot :: 04/24/2015
The folks at Moms Demand Action believe that Kroger is somehow a magical space where nothing bad ever happens, and ridicules anyone who thinks that they should be allowed to carry a concealed handgun on the premises.
BUT WE ONLY NEED TEN ROUNDS? Dozens of Shots Fired To Bring Down Fort Worth Felon :: 04/24/2015
One of the most common avenues of attack for gun control supporters is the attempt to limit the ability of citizens to own the standard-capacity magazines that a given firearm was designed to use.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Man armed with gun stops group from assaulting elderly man (VIDEO) :: 04/24/2015
A trip to the grocery store turned into a standoff when a shopper decided to take the law into his own hands.
Reminder: Trespassing Doesn't Justify Lethal Force :: 04/24/2015
When may you use lethal force against another human being?
Alabama Self-Defense: Woman shoots husband in self-defense, is shot by officers (VIDEO) :: 04/22/2015
When a man with a history of domestic violence showed up at his estranged wife’s home in Huntsville, Alabama, Sunday evening armed with a gun, she grabbed her own firearm to protect herself, but was subsequently shot by responding officers who arrived at the home to find her holding the weapon.
Texas Self-Defense: Fort Worth Grandmother Pulls Gun To Defend Herself From Knife-Wielding Thug :: 04/22/2015
A 74-year-old Forth Worth grandmother was trying to do a good deed when she gave directions to a young man who approached her minivan in front of a doctor’s officer, asking for help.
Negligent discharge kills officer during range training :: 04/21/2015
I recently learned of yet another accidental negligent discharge. Unfortunately, this time someone died.
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