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NASCAR Hall of Famer & team owner shoots at home invaders

By Brendan Marks and Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer (NC)

NASCAR team owner and 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Richard Childress shot at three masked men who broke into his home in North Carolina. Childress said he was upstairs with his wife at about 10:30 p.m. when he heard glass break downstairs. He grabbed his handgun, went downstairs and fired multiple shots…

CPL holder pulls gun to scare off man attacking her By Erika Erickson, Fox 32 Chicago (IL) A woman walking her dog in Sterling Heights scared off a man with her licensed gun when he tried to attack her, police say. Police say she noticed a man get out of the van on the other side of the street and started walking parallel to her so she immediately put her hand on her gun that was hidden under her jacket… Concealed carry holders at dealership hold attacker at gunpoint until cops arrive By Andrew Dys, The State (Columbia, SC) A pair of customers legally carrying guns held a pipe-wielding attacker at bay at a York County car dealership until police arrived in an incident where the suspect threatened to kill dealership employees. The attacker, upset with service at the dealership armed with a pipe wrench and threatened employees…

Gun in hand, grandmother scares-off intruder By Blaine Carragher, WSAZ-TV 3 (Huntington, WV) One West Virginia grandmother wasn't afraid to fend off a would-be intruder who she says was trying to pry open her bedroom window on Christmas Eve morning. Upon hearing the noise, Gatens told WSAZ she called 911 and grabbed her gun telling the intruder, "you're going to die"… Woman shoots man who broke into her home By Meagan Flynn, Houston Chronicle (TX) A woman shot a would-be burglar early New Year's Day after the man allegedly broke into her apartment while she was sleeping. The woman awoke to the sound of broken glass and a man standing in her bedroom. She grabbed her pistol and shot the intruder as he approached her… Man shot attempting to carjack family of five By Kel Dansby, Tom George, KTNV-TV A man was shot after he attempted to carjack a Dodge SUV with two adults and three children inside. The family tried to prevent the attacker from getting in and, at some point, the driver took out a gun and started to hit the victim over the head. When that didn't work the driver fired two shots into the victim…

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