12/16/09 Armed Defense: Police say they received a call from a homeowner around 7 p.m. Friday.  He told police someone tried to break into his house and he shot at them.

12/16/09 Armed Defense: A would-be robber is shot to death by a tire store owner in north Houston, and officers are searching for three suspects who got away.

12/16/09 Armed Defense: One man, Edward Hamilton, 24, of Brooklyn, produced a handgun and the store owner retrieved his own gun from behind a display case, according to police.

12/15/09 Armed Defense: MARRERO, La. (AP) - A spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says a man who attempted to rob a Marrero couple at gunpoint died after 1 of the robbery victims shot him.

12/2/09 Armed Defense: A Chevron gas station manager reported shot a violent armed robber in self defense.

12/2/09 Armed Defense: Tucson police are looking into the circumstances behind the shooting of a 22-year-old man who turned up at St. Mary’s Hospital Wednesday.

Armed Defense 12/2/09: Detectives from the New Hampshire State Police major crimes unit were still on scene at 616 Third Avenue in Berlin 18 hours after a fatal shooting. The fatality was the bad guy. 

A game room manager in west Houston shot and killed a man who tried to rob him.

11/10/09 Armed Defense: Flint, Michigan —  A man who was breaking into a home on W. Bishop Avenue, just west of King Avenue, was killed this morning when the homeowner shot the intruder, police said.

11/06/09 Armed Defense: Law enforcement officials suspect a home invasion in Leon County is connected to a serial rapist who has been terrorizing elderly women in rural areas of Texas for months. On Saturday, police say a man broke into the home of an 81-year-old woman. The woman had a handgun and managed to fire several shots, scaring the man away.