Armed Citizen

Three armed men forced their way into a home occupied by a married couple and their two children in Ellenwood, Ga. The homeowner exchanged gunfire with the criminals, killing one and causing the remaining intruders to flee. None of the occupants of the home were injured in the attack. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. 02/05/10)

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During the decades the American Rifleman has published “The Armed Citizen” column, thousands of incidents of law-abiding Americans using firearms to halt or prevent crime have appeared in the magazine. Editorial space allowing, the total could have been far greater of course, as award-winning survey research shows that each year in the U.S. gun owners use firearms for protection as frequently as 2.5 million times.

This archive contains “Armed Citizen” entries from the present back to 1958. The database is searchable by key word and state and results are displayed in chronological order according to the month of publication in the American Rifleman.