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
Arkansas Self-Defense: Marion woman shoots, kills 19-year-old who broke into home :: 10/31/2017
MARION, Ark. — A woman shot a home intruder Sunday morning, killing the 19-year-old man, authorities said.
California Self-Defense: Panorama City resident opens fire on intruders during violent home invasion :: 10/27/2017
PANORAMA CITY, Cailf. (KABC) -- A homeowner opened fire on armed intruders during a home invasion early Thursday morning in Panorama City.
South Carolina Self-Defense: Trail of blood led police to burglary suspect shot by woman, police say :: 10/27/2017
Trail of blood led police to burglary suspect shot by woman, police say
Texas Self-Defense: Witness shoots Fort Worth carjacking suspect :: 10/27/2017
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Good Samaritan who witnessed a carjacking in Fort Worth took matters into his own hands by shooting the suspect.
Iowa Self-Defense: Police: Intruder shot twice while breaking into Iowa apartment :: 10/26/2017
SAC CITY | A man allegedly breaking into a Sac City apartment was shot twice by a resident inside Wednesday.
Arkansas Self-Defense: Homeowner finds escaped suspect hiding in trash, holds at gunpoint :: 10/25/2017
According to Jonesboro Police, Johnathan Ware, 31, was arrested around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday just off Caraway Road and Pine Valley Lane.
Utah Self-Defense: Ogden police treating fatal shooting as self-defense :: 10/25/2017
OGDEN — Ogden police say the fatal shooting of a man over the weekend is being treated as a case of self-defense.
Montana Self-Defense: Man shoots grizzly near West Yellowstone; state says case of self-defense :: 10/24/2017
A man shot a grizzly bear on his front porch near West Yellowstone last weekend after it broke into his garage to get a hanging elk carcass.
Texas Self-Defense: Conroe woman shoots, kills woman breaking into her home :: 10/24/2017
Detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a deadly home invasion after they said a River Plantation woman shot and killed her neighbor.
Michigan Self-Defense: CPL holder kills masked shooter at Highland Park gas station :: 10/23/2017
A man in his early 20s is dead after another man in his 20s with a concealed pistol license shot him suspected of pulling is said to have pulled the trigger in an act of self-defense at a Highland Park gas station just after midnight Saturday, a city official said.(Photo: File)
Florida Self-Defense: Woman Fatally Shoots Carjacker During SUV Purchase :: 10/20/2017
Police say a deal to buy a SUV became deadly when a Florida woman shot a man who carjacked the vehicle she and her son arrived in.
Nevada Self-Defense: Good guy with a gun stops kidnapping :: 10/20/2017
It was habit, not heroism, that caused Justin Pearson to grab his gun.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Police: 14-year-old defends his family against two burglary suspects :: 10/20/2017
Police say a 14-year-old boy defended his family from two burglary suspects. According to police, the teen stabbed one of the suspects who fled the house with the knife still in his back. The suspect later died.
North Carolina Self-Defense: Man facing kidnapping and robbery charges in Windsor :: 10/19/2017
WINDSOR, N.C. (WAVY) — A man is facing charges in Windsor after police say he robbed a woman at gunpoint — then forced her into her car and started driving.
Ohio Self-Defense: Middletown woman fires gun into air as home break-in suspects flee :: 10/19/2017
After seeing two people trying to break into her home Saturday morning, a Middletown woman fired her gun into the air as the suspects ran away.
Washington Self-Defense: Vancouver homeowner, former mayoral candidate, shoots prowler :: 10/19/2017
The Vancouver Major Crime Unit is investigating after police said a homeowner shot a suspected prowler in his backyard Wednesday morning, killing the suspect.
Indiana Self-Defense: Man shoots, kills attempted robber on east side :: 10/16/2017
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Officials are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning as a self-defense case.
Oregon Self-Defense: McMinnville homeowner shoots, wounds intruder :: 10/15/2017
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — A McMinnville homeowner called police early Sunday morning and said they shot an intruder who was attempting to break in. The person shot was airlifted to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries, according to the McMinnville Police Department.
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: 'I got a gun:' A 78-year-old woman's 911 call lands Pitt student homicide suspect Matthew Darby in jail :: 10/14/2017
Pittsburgh, PA — A 78-year-old woman looking out her window called police to report a suspicious man. Police said that man turned out to be Matthew Darby -- a suspect in the death of Pitt student Alina Sheykhet.
Illinois Self-Defense: Attacker with knife flees after woman reveals her concealed carry gun, police say :: 10/13/2017
A woman in Illinois was reportedly able to protect herself with her concealed carry firearm after a stranger with a knife jumped into her car.
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