{"id":90323,"date":"2019-08-31T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=90323"},"modified":"2019-08-30T21:47:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T01:47:18","slug":"friday-feel-good-stories-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=90323","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nighthawk-Custom-Korth-Arms-Revolvers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-90325\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Person Who Fatally Shot Man, Wounded Teen in Long Beach Was Acting in Self-Defense: Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>by Nouran Salahieh<br \/>\nA person previously arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a man and the \u201cunintended\u201d wounding of a 17-year-old who was passing by during an altercation will not face charges, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, identified only as Bryant U., was detained Aug. 13, 2019, on suspicion of fatally shooting 25-year-old Ruben Lopez and wounding a teenager, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>He was later released from custody after investigators determined he was acting in self-defense when he fired his weapon during an altercation with Lopez on July 1, 2019, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant U. was with two other men when they were confronted by Lopez and his relative at around 8:40 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLopez initiated a physical altercation with a member of the group, then turned toward Bryant. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>1 \/ 0 \/ 0<br \/>\nRead the rest of the article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/2019\/08\/28\/person-who-fatally-shot-man-wounded-teen-in-long-beach-was-acting-in-self-defense-police\/\">KTLA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>84-Year-Old Man Shoots Would-Be Home Invader in Dallas<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Repeat victim says he would not let it happen again<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By Eline de Bruijn and Ken Kalthoff<br \/>\nAn 84-year-old repeat robbery victim shot an attempted home invasion suspect who tried to break into his home early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to a residential street near Loop 12 and Interstate 35E around 1:30 a.m, Dallas police said.<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood crimewatch leader DeRouens Mitchell praised the victim for taking a stand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If more people would shoot at the robbers or invaders, they would think twice about breaking into their homes. &#8216;Hey this person may be armed,'&#8221; Mitchell said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The victim said police seized the gun he used to compare it with wounds to a man who police found later at a hospital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>0 \/ 1 \/ 0<br \/>\nThe rest of the article may be viewed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/Attempted-Home-Invader-Shot-in-Dallas-558542651.html\">NBCDFW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oklahoma Police Open Fire On Homeowner<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Police fire several shots into Oklahoma City home, narrowly missing homeowner, after power outage triggers burglar alarm.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>by: Cassandra Sweetman<br \/>\n(KFOR)  In the chaos of late-night storms Monday, Oklahoma City police were called to a house on an alarm check\u2026and shot at a man who turned out to be the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen officers arrived, they went up to the front door, knocked on the door, somebody from inside approached the front door with a gun in his hand,\u201d said Oklahoma City Police Capt. Bo Mathews. \u201cThe officer stepped back and started shooting at this individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not exactly how the homeowner, Mike Williams, said he remembers it.<\/p>\n<p>Williams said he was sitting in his darkened living room with his gun at hand, ready to protect his home from unwanted intruders.<\/p>\n<p>While he was sitting there, he said a flash of lightning suddenly lit up an officer from behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt went from nobody on my porch to somebody on my porch and within the silhouette, I could completely see a gun,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI didn\u2019t hear him declare who he was. If he did, I didn\u2019t hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams says he gave a warning and saw a flashlight cross the room. That\u2019s when the shooting started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oops. Read the rest of the article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhighplains.com\/news\/oklahoma\/oklahoma-police-open-fire-on-homeowner\/\">My High Plains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slim pickin&#8217;s today, Delta Whiskies ans Whiskettes, but a couple examples of poor weapons handling. Also, don&#8217;t threaten an old man. He didn&#8217;t get there by being stupid, and will just kill you. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute. He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the high powers&#8221; delegated directly to the citizen, and `is excepted out of the general powers of government.&#8217; A law cannot be passed to infringe upon or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the lawmaking power.&#8221; [Cockrum v. 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