Not going to include this one in our formal count of defensive gun uses since we usually don’t count animal encounters, but it is certainly an example of using a firearm to possibly save lives.

In this case, an Alaska man had to use his .45ACP handgun to shoot and kill a 9ft tall grizzly bear that repeatedly tried to break into his home.

The homeowner had fired several warning shots to scare the bear off, but just a couple of hours later, he was back and acting even more aggressively.

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