Defensive Use of Firearms

May Boyce, 88. (Photo: WSFA12) May Boyce, 88, owns Murfreesboro Road Liquor and Wines in Nashville, TN.  Last week Boyce shot a man she believed was trying to rob her store.  Local police are now charging the octogenarian with aggravated assault.  In talking with media, Boyce believes she acted within the law to defend herself [...]

“I was pointing this gun at this dude’s head, and I’m on this 911 call. I’m thinking, ‘How do you guys not see me? Every light in this place is on,’” Kirkland said.

In an effort to do so they’ve hatched a new #8CantWait campaign, which highlights 8 policies that they claim can reduce police violence by as much as 72 percent.

The line between civilization and chaos is blurring, and legally armed citizens of all races are taking up arms to defend themselves.

“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop when there’s an unarmed person coming at ’em with a knife or something to shoot ’em in the leg instead of the heart is a very different thing,” explained Biden.

“It turns out these guys are out here with machetes and shattered windows trying to keep looters out of the businesses ’cause cops can’t get in here,” said one of the men to MNReformer reporter Max Nesterak.

The National Rifle Association released a video this week profiling a self-defense shooting involving pro off-road racer BJ Baldwin and his girlfriend, former Glock brand ambassador, Tori Nonaka.

A man armed with a rifle foiled what authorities say was an attempted mass murder in Alaska earlier this month.

They armed themselves and headed over to the residence to “intervene and stop the fight,” said Gravely.