Why don't you ever hear about gunslinging heroes?

[mrstickball]

A quick googling of "homeowner shoots intruder" reveals thousands of unique results of home owners defending their house against burglaries:

http://newsok.com/homeowner-shoots-kills-intruder-in-lincoln-county/article/3422809

http://www.kc3.com/self_defense/lasvegas.htm

http://www.northescambia.com/?p=13991

http://www.kmbc.com/news/18530438/detail.html

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101707dnmetintruder.347b80b.html

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/132122

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn/houston/stories/khou091012_jj_lima-shooting-homeowner-speaks.20e01a937.html

http://www.wptv.com/content/news/centralpbc/wellington/story/Wellington-homeowner-shoots-intruder/d_T1H9bIB0Kfgmgfa8LIyQ.cspx

http://www.news4jax.com/news/13661941/detail.html

http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=21834

http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/elderly_homeowner_shoots_intruder_in_holly_hill/39631/

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These were all unique incedents of homeowners shooting intruders from various news oulets over the past 3-4 years.

Those are just a very small sample of news reports about this kind of stuff. The first example is probably the most interesting, as its the 911 call of a man breaking into a womans house, and she waits 10 minutes for police to arrive. With no police in sight, she shoots the man, killing him.

The fact of the matter is this:

News reports love to report about the murder of innocent men and women, especially in large quantities. It makes for better ratings. How often do you think news outlets are going to care about 'homeowner shoots scumbag'?

Even with my local news, they report (what I would seem dozens of times) homeowners defending their houses  by killing, or scaring of intruders with firearms. However, they never mention it more than a quick 30-second blurb.

Oh, and these are just instances of homeowners shooting robbers. Not concealed & carry owners, or store clerks defending their property. If you google "store clerk shoots robber", you will find 3 times as many incedences of clerks killing robbers (about 50,000 homeowner reports on google vs. 143,000 store clerks)