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		<title>Armed Self-Defense: Pennsylvania Home Invasion Stopped Thanks to the Application of Hot Lead</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/pennsylvania-home-invasion-stopped-with-the-us-of-hot-lead/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defensive Gun Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></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."
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		<title>Pro-Tip: Don&#8217;t Rob People Who Are Leaving Gun Ranges</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/defensive-gun-use/pro-tip-dont-rob-people-who-are-leaving-gun-ranges/</link>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[defensive gun use]]></category>
		<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>It Should&#8217;ve Been A Defensive Gun Use: Illegals Beat, Sodomized, Ripped Fingernails Off Victim in NC Home Invasion</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/it-shouldve-been-a-defensive-gun-use-illegals-beat-sodomized-ripped-fingernails-off-victim-in-nc-home-invasion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defensive gun use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal aliens north carolina home invasion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Without a firearm, he had no fighting chance. With a gun, he could have protected himself and had a shot at preventing this almost unimaginable horror.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/it-shouldve-been-a-defensive-gun-use-illegals-beat-sodomized-ripped-fingernails-off-victim-in-nc-home-invasion/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pro Tip: Don&#8217;t Vacation in Mexico&#8230;Puerto Vallarta, Other Cities are War Zones After Cartel Leader Killed</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/pro-tip-dont-vacation-in-mexico-puerto-vallarta-other-cities-are-war-zones-after-cartel-leader-killed/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CJNG cartel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalisco New Generation Cartel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico cartel violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mexico has replaced low-level cartel violence with full-on cartel warfare against police and the military. It&#8217;s very much like Apocolypse [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/pro-tip-dont-vacation-in-mexico-puerto-vallarta-other-cities-are-war-zones-after-cartel-leader-killed/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">35002</post-id>	</item>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Training and Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church security]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=34959</guid>

					<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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			<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">34959</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Jasmine Crockett&#8217;s FEC Disclosures Reveal Some Texas-Sized Anti-Gun Hypocrisy</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/jasmine-crocketts-fec-disclosures-reveal-some-texas-sized-anti-gun-hypocrisy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gun Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Police Procedure]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crockett wants to have it both ways: curtailing the ability of trained law enforcement partners to keep Texans safe, while also limiting the rights for law-abiding Texans to protect themselves.
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/jasmine-crocketts-fec-disclosures-reveal-some-texas-sized-anti-gun-hypocrisy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Some Urban Liberals Seem to Buy Guns as Magic Talismans to Ward Off Mythical Marauding Deplorables</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/some-urban-liberals-seem-to-buy-guns-as-a-magic-talismans-to-ward-off-mythical-marauding-deplorables/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shooting News Weekly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gun Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Handguns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armed self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal gun owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberals buying guns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=34567</guid>

					<description><![CDATA["I choked out some nervous laughter and assured them that the case was locked, the gun inside had another padlock, both keys were hidden, and I had no ammunition in the house."
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/some-urban-liberals-seem-to-buy-guns-as-a-magic-talismans-to-ward-off-mythical-marauding-deplorables/" 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>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=34458</guid>

					<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>Why is California Protecting 33,179 Criminal Illegal Aliens in its Prisons and Jails?</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/why-is-california-protecting-33179-criminal-illegal-aliens-in-its-prisons-and-jails/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Concealed Carry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Law and the Courts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[criminal illegal aliens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Bonta]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=34400</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Pro-illegal politicians care more about their woke reputations than protecting innocent families. They've demonstrated that time and time again. 
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/why-is-california-protecting-33179-criminal-illegal-aliens-in-its-prisons-and-jails/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Justified&#8217;: New York&#8217;s Rep. Jerry Nadler Suggests It&#8217;s OK to Shoot Masked ICE Agents</title>
		<link>https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/self-defense/justified-new-yorks-rep-jerry-nadler-suggests-its-ok-to-shoot-masked-ice-agents/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Pretti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICE agents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Nadler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masked ICE agents]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Folks, Nadler couldn't care less if you wind up being the next Alex Pretti. Don't die for Jerry. 
<p><a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/self-defense/justified-new-yorks-rep-jerry-nadler-suggests-its-ok-to-shoot-masked-ice-agents/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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