Jayson Magrum hadn't counted on one thing: a modern descendant of Samuel Colt's legendary equalizer.

Had this woman not acted, police could very well have been dispatched to the scene of a double homicide or worse.

A Mississippi man convicted last year will have his conviction overturned under the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

From multiple viewings, it appears the teen actually made an effort to walk away from a fight before one man ended up dead.

Perkins said she worries about rampant crime, saying “I think our law has just folded up.” Despite all this, she still fed the intruder.

A man tried to get away with robbing a 7-Eleven, but the store owners were not about to let it happen on their watch.

"I believe that this is a message also for the criminals, that people in Oakland, we're tired of the lawlessness."

Amid a nationwide rise in violent crime, gun laws in places such as Mississippi are turning people into their own first responders.

A woman in Philadelphia chose to prepare herself for the prospect she could become a victim, and when the day came, she was ready.

The pro-Black Lives Matter mayor of a Georgia community is facing charges after an incident on another person's property.