by Second Call Defense | Jan 8, 2026 | Featured Stories, Home Protection, Self Defense, True Stories
Self-Defense Stories: Fort Smith Man Defends Family From Intruder December 23, 2025 A Fort Smith man shot and killed an intruder Sunday night while trying to protect his girlfriend and three children during a frightening attempted break-in. Police say the intruder...
by Second Call Defense | Oct 22, 2025 | True Stories, 911 Calls, Courts & Legal, Facts & Fiction, Featured Stories, Lethal Force, Self Defense
On a crowded New York City subway car one spring afternoon in 2023, two lives crossed in a moment that would ignite a national debate. One man, Jordan Neely, was a once-talented Michael Jackson impersonator whose life had unraveled into homelessness and mental...
by Second Call Defense | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured Stories, CCW Tips, Concealed Carry, Courts & Legal, Facts & Fiction, Self Defense, True Stories
CLICK HERE For the Latest Daniel Penny Updates (10/22025) The term “Daniel Penny Effect” emerged as following the 2023 incident involving Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine, and Jordan Neely, a homeless man suffering from untreated mental illness, on a New...
by Second Call Defense | Dec 9, 2024 | CCW Tips, Courts & Legal, Featured Stories, General, True Stories
This is a developing story and we will provide updates as they become available. UPDATE 12/09/2024. A Manhattan jury has found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally Negligent Homicide and has been acquitted of criminal charges stemming from the death of Jordan Neely...
by Second Call Defense | Jul 1, 2024 | True Stories, 911 Calls, Facts & Fiction, Featured Stories, Self Defense
KRQE reported on a harrowing home intrusion in Albuquerque, New Mexico in April 2024. Anissa Tinnin and her 4-year-old granddaughter were enjoying the evening when they came face to face with a criminal trying to escape from the police. Her fast thinking got him out...
by Second Call Defense | Apr 5, 2024 | True Stories, Facts & Fiction, Featured Stories, Home Protection, Self Defense
By Rob Morse, March, 2024 I’ve studied thousands of ordinary citizens who defended themselves. Some of those events are common. Some are extraordinary. In this news story from Española, New Mexico, it is hard to tell if the defenders were lucky or if they were good....
