| Detroit Lakes Online, Becker County, Minn. 06/21/09 |
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State: MN |
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American Rifleman Issue: 6/22/2009 |
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An intoxicated man illegally entered Vernon Allen’s apartment in Moorehead, Minn. Allen warned the intruder that if he didn’t leave he would get his shotgun. The intruder, undeterred, raised his fist to strike Allen, who retreated to his bedroom and grabbed his 12-gauge shotgun. As Allen confronted the intruder with his shotgun, the criminal grabbed hold of the barrel in an attempt to take the gun from Allen. Allen, who later noted “I wasn’t gonna let him have it… it was either him or me,” fired at the intruder, striking him and causing him to flee to a nearby apartment where he remained until medical personnel arrived. After being transported to a local hospital the intruder died. An investigation revealed that the intruder had illegally entered two other apartments in the building before entering Allen’s. Allen not only exercises his right to protect himself and his property, but also protects that right as a member of the National Rifle Association.
| The Star-Tribune, St. Paul Minn. 02/26/09 |
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State: MN |
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American Rifleman Issue: 3/2/2009 |
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Susana Khalil, eight months pregnant and with her toddler in tow, went to visit her husband for dinner at his convenience store in St. Paul, Minn. After she arrived, her husband asked her to tend to the counter while he ran a quick errand. While he was gone, a woman entered the store and charged at Khalil with a remote control wrapped in a plastic bag to imitate a gun. Khalil was able to fend off the attack long enough to grab her husband’s gun and fire it at the woman, striking her in the shoulder. The assailant later pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated robbery. The incident took place in 2007, but this week St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington heard of Khalil’s heroics in early 2009, he awarded her with the Chief’s Award for Valor.
| Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 08/22/02 |
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State: MN |
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American Rifleman Issue: 11/1/2002 |
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A 79-year-old Minneapolis, Minn., man shot a home invader who had broken into the elderly man's residence late one night. Harvey Keefe, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, heard someone smash in his back door late one night. Keefe remained in his locked bedroom and picked up his .38-cal. revolver as he heard someone making his way through his house. When the intruder jiggled the doorknob to Keefe's bedroom, the veteran feared for his life and fired his gun. When the intruder appeared to back off and he heard sounds of someone leaving, Keefe called 9-1-1 and waited for authorities to arrive. A suspect suffering from a gunshot wound was found six blocks from the scene and a trail of blood led back to the house. Keefe said he didn't regret firing the shot. "I know I've done the right thing," he said. |
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| KIIITV, Corpus Christi, Texas 12/31/2009 |
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State: TX |
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American Rifleman Issue: 1/7/2010 |
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Around 4:40 a.m. two masked men armed with guns broke into the home of a young family in Corpus Christi, Texas. The homeowner heard the commotion, retrieved a gun and went to confront the intruders. When the criminals and the homeowner confronted each other they exchanged fire, with the homeowner striking and killing one of his attackers while the other fled. Lt. Isaac Valencia of the Corpus Christi Police Department noted that the investigation showed "an occupant, a resident, defending his home,” and went on to say, “If you apply the Castle [doctrine], you have a right to defend your home."
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