Personal Defense

Law enforcement officials suspect a home invasion in Leon County is connected to a serial rapist who has been terrorizing elderly women in rural areas of Texas for months. On Saturday, police say a man broke into the home of an 81-year-old woman. The woman had a handgun and managed to fire several shots, scaring the man away.

A woman who was armed and eight months pregnant took aim at a man suspected of trying to break into her car.

Mobile police say a possible burglar was shot and killed while he was trying to break into a home.

This new defensive handgun ammunition, adopted by the FBI, is available for handgunners everywhere.

Don't let anyone tell you a compact 1911 won't compare to a full-sized government model. This gun review of the Nighthawk Global Response Pistol II proves as much.