For the second time in the last little while, the media has reported on a person using a personal handgun to defend themselves and their children in their own home against invaders. This is actually a very common thing. What is rare, is that the media reports on it. Thankfully some do.
The last I heard Dr. John Lott a criminologist and author or more guns less crime says that firearms are used in self defense around 1 million times a year, in the vast majority of cases the crooks run away when they see the gun and it isn’t fired.
Now, THAT is (good) news. Lets hear more about those stories maintream media.