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Residents use AR-15 to Fight-off Seven Armed Intruders

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(h/t Miguel)

Here’s another entry for the AR-15 Defensive Gun Use page.

Six armed men broke into a Jacksonville, Florida mobile home on Sunday, April 15th.  One man yelled out, “Sheriff’s Office!” before the door burst in and at least one masked gunman entered the home and fired a shot. Of the four residents, two reportedly armed themselves with a 9mm handgun and an AR-15, returning fire. The attackers soon fled, with several of the wounded being captured by police in a vehicle speeding away from the scene.

The results:

  • 7 Attackers – 3 of them brothers (Ages 15, 18, and 24) as well as 4 others (Ages 16, 19, 20, 24)
  • 5 Arrested, so far (Ages 15, 19, 20, 24, and 24)
  • 2 Wounded attackers (Age 16 and 24)
  • 1 Dead attacker (age 18)
  • 0 injuries for the home defenders.

One of the brothers, 24, was wounded and treated at the hospital, but released into police custody. Charges for the 16-year-old may be pending his release from the hospital.

Names of the attackers have been withheld intentionally.

Sources:
The Florida-Times Union – Baker sheriff: 5 arrested in fatal home invasion Sunday
Action News Jax – Deputies: 1 killed, 5 arrested after triple shooting in Baker County
News 4 Jax – 5 charged in Baker County home invasion turned deadly shootout
News 4 Jax – Baker County Deputies investigate triple shooting

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MAG-40, Take Two

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Erin, psyching up and hydrating before her final shooting qualification

I spent the week up in Live Oak, FL at a MAG-40 class. This time, I was helping out as an instructor! The old adage really is true, if you want to master something, teach it. Walking new shooters through the techniques and watching them really helped me understand things that I hadn’t thought about before. It was also quite a lesson in how to teach, as the other instructors were eager to assist me in assisting others.

The most memorable moment for me was the Exemplar Drill. The student aims at the target downrange while the instructor uses pressure with their finger on to of the student’s trigger finger to “pull” the trigger. It’s to help give the student a feeling of a smooth rolling press. It also helps them see any issues in accuracy relating to trigger pull. First run through is dryfire, 100% instructor pull; Second run is live-fire, 100% instructor pull; Third run is 50/50 instructor pull – student pull; Final run is 95% student pull, 5% instructor pull.

I had one student, a gun owner of 6 months, that was shooting all over the target. Everything was on paper, but it was a 12 inch group at 7 yards. The first live run through the exemplar drill had him shooting 2 inch groups. “Hot Damn. This stuff really works!”