Home Defense

Walther Arms is breaking into new ground with their latest striker-fired 9mm handgun, the Q5 Match Steel Frame 9mm competition pistol.

A 55-year-old woman shot and killed a man who attacked her, her daughter, and another 75-year-old woman while they were leaving for church, Detroit local media reported earlier this month. In what police are describing as a self-defense incident, the man approached the women in their driveway, forced them back inside the house, and refused to leave. The 55-year-old fired two rounds into the man’s chest, and he died at the scene.

Now there’s nothing wrong with protecting our possessions; that’s why we have safes and insurance policies. But defense in the home should be focused on protecting human life rather than property.

A South Carolina woman used her home defense firearm to shoot and kill a man who had escaped from a nearby prison less than thirty minutes before the incident, local law enforcement announced earlier this week.

No charges will be filed against an Aurora Police Department (APD) officer who shot and killed a Vietnam veteran who was defending his grandson from a violent attack, Colorado’s 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced this week.

All packed up the Viper can fit in a small bag, sling, purse or even a glovebox. The Viper is interesting whether it’s for fun at the range or real work.

A South Carolina woman used her handgun last week to defend her home and her three sleeping children against a burglar who had broken into her front door. Security camera footage shows Cecil Charles Parnell, 43, along with an unidentified woman, attempting to break into the home owned by Ashley Jones. Jones told WSPA she heard banging on her front door and two people speaking on the porch.

The new 12-gauge is called the “Nightstick” and it’s a successor to the Shockwave, now with traditional wood furniture.

A father in Bloomfield, Ct., used his handgun to save his daughter from a neighbor who was attempting to rape her, local media reported last week. Maurice Gordon saw his 30-year-old daughter being attacked by one of his neighbors, Michael Farrigon, 43, while the woman was parked in the driveway of Gordon’s home. Farrigon approached the car, opened the door, and said he wanted to rape her.