The Armed Citizen® March 18, 2022

Law-Abiding Citizens Using Their Second Amendment Rights In Self-Defense

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posted on March 18, 2022
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A man in North Pole, Alaska, was forced to defend himself when a firearm transaction turned into an alleged armed robbery on Jan. 12, 2022.

The man had been contacted about a CZ pistol he had listed online for sale and agreed to meet with the prospective buyer at the local Taco Bell parking lot after negotiating a price of $2,700. When the man met the buyer at the parking lot, it turned out to be a youth along with a friend. The would-be purchaser took a look at the pistol, with a "snap-cap" loaded, before telling the man "We're taking it all."

The prospective buyer then turned the CZ handgun on the man, along with his accomplice who produced his own pistol. Knowing that his CZ in the hands of the false buyer was not loaded, the man focused his attention on the accomplice with the loaded pistol. The situation climaxed when the man managed to grab the accomplice's pistol and turn it away from his body, all while drawing his own defensive pistol from his waistband and pushing it into the crook's stomach.

A single shot from the man's pistol into the accomplice's abdomen subdued him, ending the attempted robbery. The accomplice, an 18-year-old, was taken to a Fairbanks, Alaska, hospital, where he died soon afterward. The false buyer and surviving crook, who turned out to be a 19-year-old, was arrested and was charged with manslaughter for the death of his misguided partner. (alaskanewssource.com, Anchorage, Alaska, 01/14/2022)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives - Dec. 2, 1986

A paroled convicted murderer, fleeing from sheriff's deputies from three Texas counties following a three-day crime spree, ran afoul of the armed citizens near Magnolia. When one resident fired a .357 Mag. at the fugitive after hearing the screams of a neighbor, the man sought refuge at another home. The homeowner brandished a hunting rifle, and the parolee fled into the brush, where he was apprehended by police. (The Chronicle, Houston, Texas)

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