Man who slept with pistol under his pillow since Korean War puts it to good use

By Bob Owens | 1:25 PM | October 16, 2013

A Green Bay man credits his handgun for keeping him safe in an attempted burglary overnight.

The homeowner in the 600 block of Laura Street told Local 5 that around 3:30am Wednesday, he woke up to loud noises coming from his kitchen. The man quickly grabbed his handgun from underneath his pillow and approached the burglars.

He said as soon as the burglars saw the gun, “they kind of hustled out”.

He must have much thicker pillows than I do.

Keep in mind that this is how the majority of defensive gun uses end. Typically, the mere display of a firearm sends criminals running.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.