DGU

A terrifying dog attack in a quiet Florida neighborhood ended with a homeowner using a firearm to stop one of two aggressive dogs after they mauled a family pet and injured a woman.

“He seemed unusually comfortable aiming that rifle at those cars, and then as soon as some rounds started coming at him, everything changed immediately,” Salinas said. “All that bravado… immediately crumbled.”

The homeowner, Donald Boylan, told reporters he’d already been targeted once before. So when he heard someone trying to force their way into his Ware Avenue home again, he wasn’t taking any chances.

A man armed with a knife was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon after running into a crowded Southern California barbecue restaurant, where authorities say he was confronted by a legally armed concealed carry permit holder.

A Massachusetts prosecutor has concluded that a Springfield woman acted lawfully when she fatally shot a man who investigators say arrived at her home, started a fight with her husband, and then pointed a handgun at him.

A Las Vegas mother says she did what she believed she had to do after two strangers ended up in her backyard and appeared to be trying to break into her home.

A deadly shooting inside one of Michigan’s busiest shopping malls is raising major questions about self-defense, concealed carry, and what happens when violence erupts in a crowded public place.

Some argued the lion was simply in its natural habitat and shouldn’t have been shot. Others countered that once a predator begins stalking a person, the conversation changes from wildlife appreciation to survival.

A Fort Worth homeowner is being hailed as a hero after police say he shot and killed a machete-wielding man who turned on him while allegedly attacking a woman.