TV Police Show: Licensed Gun Used in a Murder. Woman Says She Would Never Use It in Self-Defense.

Feb 1, 2025 | Media Bias

CBS’s FBI has a woman’s licensed gun used in a murder. Her dad had given her the gun, but she would never use it in self-defense, and now the gun has gotten her and her family in trouble. Of course, licensed, permitted concealed handguns are rarely used in crime. Permit holders commit firearm-related crimes at about one-twelfth the rate of police.

(CBS’s FBI, Season 7, Episode 7, January 9, 2024)

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