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		<title>Armed Self-Defense: Pennsylvania Home Invasion Stopped Thanks to the Application of Hot Lead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowner shoots burglar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowner shoots intruder]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA["I'm so thankful he was able to protect his family. Luckily, he had that on him and he was able to do that...he was there at that time to make sure his family was safe."
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/pennsylvania-home-invasion-stopped-with-the-us-of-hot-lead/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pro-Tip: Don&#8217;t Rob People Who Are Leaving Gun Ranges</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armed self-defense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gun juggling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun store customer robbery]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Darwin loves it when feloniously stupid thugs do feloniously stupid things...like trying to rob people who are walking out of a gun range.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/pro-tip-dont-rob-people-who-are-leaving-gun-ranges/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hope Isn&#8217;t a Plan: Is Your Church a Sitting Duck?</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/hope-isnt-a-plan-is-your-church-a-sitting-duck/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Concealed Carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[church security]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why do so many religious institutions still play ostrich? Because facing evil means admitting it exists.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/hope-isnt-a-plan-is-your-church-a-sitting-duck/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kentucky Homeowner Thwarts a Not-So-Neighborly Home Invasion</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/kentucky-homeowner-thwarts-a-not-so-neighborly-home-invasion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defensive gun use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrodsburg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrodsburg home invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home invader shot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowner shoots home invader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self defense]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the quiet pre-dawn hours last Friday in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Danny Hyatt decided to pull off what he probably figured [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/kentucky-homeowner-thwarts-a-not-so-neighborly-home-invasion/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arizona AG Suggests State&#8217;s Self-Defense Laws Will Protect #Resistance Types Who Fire on ICE Agents</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/arizona-ag-suggests-states-self-defense-laws-will-protect-resistance-types-who-fire-on-ice-agents/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Mayes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If a few people like Renee Good and Alex Pretti take things too far and wind up dead, that's a shame, but in the cynical calculation of ant-ICE politicians, it helps them politically.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/arizona-ag-suggests-states-self-defense-laws-will-protect-resistance-types-who-fire-on-ice-agents/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">33773</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Personal Defense Tip: The Castle Doctrine Isn&#8217;t Absolute</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/law/personal-defense-tip-the-castle-doctrine-isnt-absolute/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kat Ainsworth Stevens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law and the Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armed self-defense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joel Adrian Florez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas home invasion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of January&#8217;s general grab-bag of weirdness, a Texas man is being charged with murder after he shot an [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/law/personal-defense-tip-the-castle-doctrine-isnt-absolute/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Defensive Gun Use: Memphis Armed Robber Dissuaded By Would Be Victim&#8217;s Gunfire</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/defensive-gun-use-memphis-armed-robber-dissuaded-by-would-be-victims-gunfire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armed robbery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memphis c-store robbery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[store clerk shoots robber]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, the store clerk had a gun, too. He was no doubt alerted when he saw the mask-clad, hoodie-up yoot walk into the store.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/defensive-gun-use-memphis-armed-robber-dissuaded-by-would-be-victims-gunfire/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Tale of Two Home Invasions: Unarmed and Beaten to Death vs. Armed and Safe</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/self-defense/a-tale-of-two-home-invasions-unarmed-and-beaten-to-death-vs-armed-and-safe/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armed self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowner shoots intruder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keilyn Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoe Welsh]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=32780</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[When bad guys attack, help can be minutes away at the donut shop across town...or it can be in your hand almost instantly.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/self-defense/a-tale-of-two-home-invasions-unarmed-and-beaten-to-death-vs-armed-and-safe/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Parents of Student Shot and Killed During Kentucky State U. Melee Arrested for Online Threats Against Man Who Defended His Son</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/parents-of-student-shot-and-killed-during-ksu-melee-arrested-for-online-threats-against-man-who-defended-his-son/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Zimmerman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[armed self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defensive gun use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeJon Fox shooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Bard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky State University shooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSU student shot killed]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If what the attorneys described in their press release is even close to what actually took place that day, there are serious problems at Kentucky State University.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/parents-of-student-shot-and-killed-during-ksu-melee-arrested-for-online-threats-against-man-who-defended-his-son/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When the Mainstream Media Encourages Violence Against Their Competition</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/politics/when-the-mainstream-media-encourages-violence-against-their-competition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Gerstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minneapolis Somali fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Shirley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somali daycare fraud]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The media really doesn't like it when someone shows how easy it is to do their job. A job they refuse to do when it reflects poorly on people who share their political views and values.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/politics/when-the-mainstream-media-encourages-violence-against-their-competition/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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