Justified Shooters

True Empowerment For Women Means Guns For Them All

By Joshua Gillem / September 21, 2020

Last week as I sat at my desk and wrote a story about a brave young woman who used her gun to stop a suspected murderer armed with a knife,…

85 Year Old Man Fatally Stabbed, Attacker Held At Gunpoint by Female Customer

By Joshua Gillem / September 18, 2020

Adrian, MI — This past Wednesday at about 12:30 pm an 85 year old man was stabbed to death by a 29 year old suspect inside a Meijer store. Police were…

Armed Homeowner Responds To Four Burglars, Shoots One

By Joshua Gillem / August 19, 2020

Garden City, Alabama — Residents in a Garden City home woke up to find four suspects breaking into their house, early August 17th, ending in one of the suspects being…

Distance, How Close is Too Close? Lessons Learned From Self-Defense Encounters Caught on Camera

By Matthew Maruster / July 21, 2020

With nearly every officer in the country wearing body-worn cameras, we have an opportunity to analyze deadly-force encounters. From looking at the videos we can better understand how these violent…

Man Who Stabbed Another Engaged and Shot By Police Officer

By Joshua Gillem / July 16, 2020

A video with a police officer engaging a nut job with a knife recently made it to the top of everyone’s news feed over the past few days. This story…

Stalker Kills Woman On Date, While Samaritan Engages Suspect

By Joshua Gillem / July 15, 2020

Hummels Wharf, PA — A man named Christopher Fernanders stalked a woman named Heather Sue Campbell and even wrote a letter that he addressed to police about how he was…

Utah Pharmacist Scares Burglars With Gun Working Late One Night

By Joshua Gillem / June 19, 2020

Utah — A local pharmacist who is also the owner of Siena’s Pharmacy at 1664 Dixie Drive defended himself against four out of state burglars at about 3 in the…

Home Defense Shotgun Myths Revisited In This DGU

By Joshua Gillem / June 16, 2020

People love their shotguns for home defense. I’m not saying they’re wrong for it, because I’ve got a Mossberg 500 in my strategy for home defense, just that the shotgun…

Licensed GA Woman in MA Shoots Dog After Being Attacked, Gets Arrested

By Joshua Gillem / June 12, 2020

The news story is below, but I want to dedicate a few paragraphs to something really quick: We’ve often said that it’s not a good idea to travel to places…

Defensive Gun Use: Han Solo Defends Self in Bar at Blaster Point

By Joshua Gillem / May 4, 2020

Mos Eisley, Tatooine — A man in a bar had to defend himself after a blue alien with stary eyes held him at the point of a blaster. The incident…

Man Fatally Shot After Breaking In And Attacking Another With A Knife

By Joshua Gillem / April 29, 2020

Texarkana, Arkansas — A fatal shooting occurred this past Monday evening at the Park Ridge Apartments on Price Lane at approximately 2030, local time. Initial reports suggest that the man who…

Good Samaritan Teaches Important Lessons

By Joshua Gillem / April 20, 2020

You’ve often heard us say things like having a gun isn’t a magic talisman. And, “going to investigate” a suspected burglary is likely a bad idea. We’ve said these things…

Recent DGU Stories From Around The Nation – March 2020

By Joshua Gillem / March 18, 2020

Every so often we like to highlight the defensive gun use (DGU) stories that happen around the nation in an attempt to remind those who’d rather see us unarmed that…

Episode 393: Justified or Not Justified. You Decide

By Jacob Paulsen / March 6, 2020

Today’s justified segment will leave you wondering if all these gun owners are indeed justified. Jacob and Matthew tell the story and leave it up to you to decide!

February 2020 DGU Roundup

By Joshua Gillem / February 25, 2020

It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these DGU Roundups, where I take a highlighter and run it over some of the most recent defensive gun use…