PA Bill Number: HB1441
Title: Providing for tenants' rights in cases of violence.
Description: Providing for tenants' rights in cases of violence. ...
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: Jun 30, 2024
Defense Stories
England: Surveillance video shows outnumbered homeowner fight off intruders with bare hands: report :: 09/26/2019
Surveillance video released Wednesday captured the chilling moments a British homeowner fought off a group of masked intruders with his bare hands, pummeling the men until he chased them out of the home with kitchen knives.
Oklahoma Self-Defense: Homeowner: I was scared for my life, panicked before fatally shooting 19-year-old :: 09/24/2019
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A homeowner who fatally shot a man outside his home says he was scared for his life and panicked.
Pennsyvania Self-Defense: Man thwarts home invasion, shoots intruders holding mother of two at gunpoint :: 09/24/2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are trying to track down a man they say stopped a home invasion by shooting two intruders, one of whom later died.
Kentucky Self-Defense: Pizza delivery driver fends off alleged armed robbers in Nicholasville :: 09/22/2019
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - Nicholasville police say a pizza delivery driver had to defend himself when a stop turned into an armed robbery.
Kansas Self-Defense: With 12-year-old daughter's help, Salina man fends off intruder :: 09/21/2019
SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) A Salina man confronts a home intruder and holds the man at gunpoint until police arrive.
California Self-Defense: Southern California homeowner shoots, kills suspected burglar :: 09/20/2019
A Los Angeles County resident shot and killed a suspected burglar attempting to enter his house Thursday morning, according to reports.
North Carolina Self-Defense: No charges filed in Rowan County shooting death :: 09/19/2019
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — After investigating a Rowan County shooting death, officials have decided not to pursue charges. Officials say the fatal shot was fired as self-defense.
South Carolina Self-Defense: Man with concealed-carry holds suspect, accused of crashing into cars, at bay :: 09/19/2019
FORT MILL, S.C. - Charges are pending for a man accused of ramming his truck into cars at a Fort Mill plaza. The suspect was eventually stopped by another man with a gun.
Georgia Self-Defense: Georgia homeowner fatally shoots 3 teens in masks who tried to rob him, sheriff's office says :: 09/17/2019
A Georgia homeowner fatally shot three teenagers who were purportedly trying to rob him and two others on Monday night, officials said.
Texas Self-Defense: Drive-in theater manager kills man who beat her with bat: Police :: 09/16/2019
HOCKLEY, Texas (KTRK) -- An attempted robbery suspect was shot to death after police say he beat a movie theater manager with a bat.
California Self-Defense: California Lyft driver opens fire in shootout after 2 men tried robbing him, police say :: 09/15/2019
Police in California are looking for two suspects who allegedly shot a Lyft driver early Sunday morning after the driver shot at the men who held him up, according to a local report.
North Carolina Self-Defense: Second deadly home invasion in 24 hours leaves intruder in Fayetteville dead, another at large :: 09/13/2019
Fayetteville, N.C. — Fayetteville police reported a home invasion Thursday evening that left one intruder dead and another at large after being shot by the homeowner. It comes less than 24 hours after another home invasion in the county.
Michigan Self-Defense: Wife shoots back at suspects robbing her husband during medical marijuana sale :: 09/12/2019
Detroit police are investigating a shooting that injured at least one person on the city's east side Wednesday morning.
California Self-Defense: He threatened two people with a knife, then was shot and killed, Merced deputies say :: 09/10/2019
A 48-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning at a party in Merced County after he brandished a knife on two people, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Man killed in Rankin shootout identified, alleged accomplice charged with firing gun :: 09/08/2019
A gun battle involving at least four weapons in Rankin on Saturday left one man dead and his companion in jail, according to police.
Alabama Self-Defense: Woman confronts intruder inside Eastern Shore home :: 09/06/2019
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) -- Scary moments in a quiet Eastern Shore neighborhood Thursday morning during a bizarre shooting incident.
Ohio Self-Defense: Could Ohio's new self-defense law impact case of homeowner killing teens in garage? :: 09/06/2019
Ohio’s new law governing the use of deadly force in self-defense could be put into play in the case of the homeowner who shot two 17-year-old boys to death in his detached garage.
Texas Self-Defense: Texas woman shoots suspected robber trying to grab purse: I shot until I couldn't shoot anymore :: 09/05/2019
A Texas woman shot at two suspected robbers, wounding one, early Tuesday morning when they allegedly reached into her car to grab her purse.
Florida Self-Defense: Florida intruder kills man before neighbor shoots him, reports say :: 09/04/2019
A man in Florida accused of fatally shooting another man -- inside a home he was burglarizing -- was shot by a neighbor as he tried to get away, according to reports.
Ohio Self-Defense: Man making threats in McDonald's drops knife after customer pulls gun, Ohio cops say :: 09/03/2019
A customer with a gun stopped a man with a knife at an Ohio McDonald’s over the weekend, police say.
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