PA Bill Number: HB274
Title: In compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence.
Description: In compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence. ...
Last Action: Laid on the table
Last Action Date: Jan 29, 2025
Defense Stories
Illinois Self-Defense: Concealed carry permit holder scares off home invasion suspect in Riverside :: 06/18/2018
Authorities are investigating a home invasion Sunday morning in west suburban Riverside.
Tennessee Self-Defense: Good Samaritan saves couple being held at gunpoint :: 06/18/2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man and his pregnant wife are safe thanks to the heroic actions of a good Samaritan who stepped in as they were being robbed.
Washington Self-Defense: Carjacking suspect dead outside Walmart store after armed citizens take action, police say :: 06/18/2018
Two armed citizens were credited for taking action Sunday when a carjacking suspect when on a rampage in Washington state, about 30 miles southwest of Tacoma.
Georgia Self-Defense: Couple fends off trio of armed suspects inside DeKalb County Kroger :: 06/16/2018
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police say three suspects who allegedly followed a couple shopping at a DeKalb County grocery store Friday afternoon were hospitalized after the couple opened fire on them.
New York Self-Defense: 3 teens charged in connection with attempted robbery, shooting :: 06/15/2018
Three teens are facing charges after a man shot a suspect who tried to steal his car Thursday night on Grand Avenue, off Culver Road in Rochester.
Texas Self-Defense: Child Gives Mom Gun During Violent Confrontation With Father :: 06/15/2018
When I was a kid, nothing riled me up more than the idea of someone messing with my mother. While my father got “messed with” plenty, he was a police officer, and that went with the job. Besides, those people ended up in jail for their efforts. In other words, Dad could take care of himself. Mom, on the other hand, was tough enough, but she wasn’t someone who could hold her own in a confrontation. So I felt I had an obligation to protect her.
Florida Self-Defense: Robber trying to escape thwarted by customers with guns :: 06/14/2018
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A robbery at River City Marketplace forced shoppers to defend themselves Friday afternoon when the robber tried to carjack them to escape, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Texas Self-Defense: SAPD: Fatal East Side shooting may have been done in self defense :: 06/13/2018
A San Antonio man fatally shot outside an East Side home Tuesday evening was assaulting someone before he was killed, according to San Antonio police.
Utah Self-Defense: Citizen shoots man who broke into apartment in South Salt Lake, police say :: 06/12/2018
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah - Waking up to the sound of gunfire, people living at Brick Stone Apartments in South Salt Lake put in an early morning call to 911.
Texas Self-Defense: Convenience store clerk fatally shoots suspect wielding toy gun during robbery in Orange :: 06/11/2018
The suspect was fatally shot by the clerk after he entered the store brandishing what appeared to be a weapon and demanding money.
Michigan Self-Defense: Man armed with rifle killed by home's occupant :: 06/10/2018
Detroit -- A shooting early Saturday left a 40-year-old man dead after he went armed with a rifle to the home of another man, police said.
Georgia Self-Defense: Man says girlfriend shot alleged home invaders in self-defense :: 06/09/2018
SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, GA. — A man told Channel 2 Action News that his girlfriend was defending herself when she shot two women inside their south Fulton County home.
Michigan Self-Defense: Woman Says Boyfriend Was Defending Her, Her Mother At Motel :: 06/08/2018
We’re learning more about a shooting incident at the Cosmo Extended Stay motel in Sodus Township Friday morning. Tiffany Main tells WSJM News one of the people involved was her boyfriend, and he was trying to protect her and her mother from a man that had held her mom hostage for about a half-hour before she showed up to surprise her and take her to breakfast. Main tells us when she got there, her mother wasn’t speaking and was acting strange while the suspect was with her. She says she was able to make out her mother saying the word “gun” before they tried to get the guy to leave.
Tennessee Self-Defense: Tennessee mother pulls a gun on teen who was attempting to rape her, police say :: 06/07/2018
An 18-year-old, reportedly just out of high school, has been charged with trying to rape his friend’s mother during a sleepover in Tennessee.
Illinois Self-Defense: Concealed carry license holder shoots attempted armed robber in South Chicago :: 06/05/2018
A 63-year-old man with a concealed carry license shot an attempted armed robber Monday evening in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Washington Self-Defense: His neighbor tried to break down his door, so he shot him, police say :: 06/04/2018
A Lakewood man shot a neighbor who was trying to break down the door to his apartment Sunday morning during a dispute, police said.
Tennessee Self-Defense: Tennessee man shoots, kills would-be burglars at his home, police say :: 06/03/2018
A Tennessee man grabbed his gun and opened fire on two burglary suspects who broke into his home Friday night, killing both of them, police said.
Florida Self-Defense: Cape Coral citizen shoots convicted felon in self-defense, police say :: 06/02/2018
One person was shot Friday afternoon on Southeast 15th Avenue, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: PIT BULL ATTACK: Pit bull shot dead after attacking girl, police say :: 05/31/2018
PITTSBURGH - A pit bull attacked a teenage girl Thursday in Lincoln-Lemington, forcing a neighbor to shoot and kill it.
Florida Self-Defense: Woman shoots ex-boyfriend in self-defense :: 05/29/2018
LAKELAND — A woman shot her ex-boyfriend after police say he broke into her apartment and hit her early Monday morning.
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