Why the need for legally owned guns? Here are 7 news stories illustrating why.

	Issue No. 14 rif; color: #4c6777; font-size: 13px; padding-top: 0px" href="https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp?CampaignID=nranews"Not a Member? Join NRA Now! Renew or Upgrade Your Membership Find a local NRA Safety Course Learn about NRA's Women's Programs		January, 2013 Clackamas mall shooter faced man with concealed weapon By Mike Benner, KGW-TV (Portland, OR) Nick Meli is emotionally drained. The 22-year-old was at Clackamas Town Center with a friend and her baby when a masked man opened fire... Watch this Woman hiding with kids shoots intruder WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday... Watch this Man Uses Gun to Protect Two-Month Old Son from Armed Robber By Mary Chastain, Breitbart.com A man used his gun to protect himself and his two-month old son from a robber in Columbus, Ohio. Kelby Smith was in the driveway of his brother's house when a man approached him, put a pistol to his head, and demanded money... Read this Car thief killed, another wounded at Stone Oak home By Karen Grace, Jenny Suniga, Kens5.com A man is dead and another is recovering in the hospital after police say they were shot while trying to steal an SUV from outside a home in an affluent neighborhood... Read this East Ridge home intruder stopped by armed residents By Kimberly Barbour, WRCB-TV (TN) An East Ridge family catches an intruder in the act and held him for police. They tell Channel 3 why their guns may have saved their lives... Read this Homeowner halts break-in, chases burglar from her home By Austin L. Miller, Ocala Star Banner (FL) Ocala police said a would-be intruder was no match for a homeowner Wednesday after the burglar was cussed at, chased and roughed up by the woman, who also alerted her neighbors by firing shots in the air... Read this Burglary suspect calls 911 after Springtown homeowner holds him at gunpoint By Matt Peterson, Dallas Morning News In a strange flip of events, a burglary suspect called 911 early Tuesday to report that he was being held at gunpoint by a Springtown homeowner and his son. The homeowner called 911, too, but by then he was in control, holding him at gunpoint and demanding to know what he was doing in his home...