Some defensive gun uses, a couple involving concealed carry

Nashua, NH (CBS Boston), December 18, 2013

Paul Jensen was sitting in the driver’s seat of his Ford Taurus in a hospital parking lot in Nashua when police say James Paul suddenly opened up the passenger door. 

“As he started to get in, I didn’t have time to think about it, I just reacted, by the time he got in my car, I had my weapon out and pointed at his head,” said Jensen from his home in Nashua today. . . . 

As for Jensen, police say he is licensed to carry the weapon and they do not fault him for pulling the gun. 

“Based on the fear that Mr. Jensen had and based on his actions it does appear that it was appropriate,” said Nashua Police Lieutenant Denis Linehan.  . . .

Cleveland, Ohio (Fox News), December 18, 2013

Police in Cleveland say a victim of a home invasion fatally shot one of the would-be robbers and wounded the other. 

Twenty-four-year-old Everton Mosby told officers that two men approached him outside his house on the city's east side early Tuesday and ordered him back inside where they pistol-whipped him. 

Mosby -- who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon -- said he was able to get hold of his gun and shot the two men. The Northeast Ohio Media Group (http://bit.ly/1bdbJgE ) reports that one of the men, believed to be in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. . . . 

Las Vegas, NV

A 72-year-old man, who was the victim of a recent burglary, immediately went for his handgun when he heard a commotion in his Las Vegas home early Monday morning.“Several intruders, had gotten into the home, entered his bedroom and he fired at least one shot, and they fled,” Metro Police Officer Bill Cassellsaid, according to KLAS-TV. 

When the police arrived at Dr. Joseph Piracci’s residence, they found one of the intruders was attempting to flee in a car. The suspect hit a patrol car and then attempted to escape on foot before police took him down. 

A second suspect, described as a “Latin male,” was last seen on foot running into a residential neighborhood. 

Officers found a third male dead from an apparent gunshot wound in Dr. Piracci’s backyard where a handgun was also found, KLAS reports. . . .  

Thanks to Tony Troglio for these links.