Seattle armed carjackers meet their match as a licensed concealed handgun permit holder stops their attack, the attempted carjackers are now in critical condition. Seattle police are investigating an attempted armed carjacking in the Belltown-Queen Anne area that...
Defensive Gun Use
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 25 Cases During February 2025
Juneau, Alaska, February 3, 2025 (Juneau Empire) A driver fatally shot another motorist he said was threatening him with what appeared to be a rifle shortly after midnight Monday in the roundabout at Mendenhall Loop Road and Stephen Richards Memorial Drive, according...
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2024 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 3.7%, the correct number is at least 36%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 52.5%. In 2024, it was 62.5%.
Data: For convenience, the Excel file is available here, as well as a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories (see also here). We also show cases that the FBI missed of both armed and unarmed civilians stopping active shooting attacks. FBI...
A Woman “had no other choice but to defend herself and that is why people have guns.” She was six months pregnant and had two other children in the house. She survived years of domestic abuse and defended herself against “a terrible domestic assault.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOs6orCFls Wednesday, April 17, 2025 . . . We learned on April 18 that it appeared to be domestic violence-related, and no charges were filed at the time. Wednesday, we spoke with District Attorney General Frederick Agee. He told...
Mass Public Shooting near Chicago Stopped by a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder (Graphic video of aftermath)
Two men opened fire at a party, wounding five people, but a concealed handgun permit holder quickly intervened. He shot both attackers, killing one and injuring the other. Police have taken the surviving suspect into custody. A video of the aftermath is available...
At Real Clear Politics: Another Armed Civilian Saves the Day
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published at New York Sun, The Blaze, Zero Hedge, World Net Daily, AOL, Nemos News Network, The Highland County Press (Ohio), and The Ohio Press Network. . Over the last few days, Americans have...
At Least Two Volunteer Church Members Shot An Active Shooter and Stopped the Attack at Sunday Church Service. “You are your own first responder”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avZqV3BhTYE "You are your own first responder," said Jay Trombley who was a member of the volunteer security team at Crosspoint Community Church. A church member saw the attacker carrying an AR-15 rifle and immediately acted—ramming him...
Shooting Attack in Seattle Stopped By Concealed Handgun Permit Holder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ZXrQw3r5c While the police were able to arrive on the scene within two minutes of the attack, the attack had already been stopped by a concealed handgun permit holder. . On May 28, at about 10:00 p.m., patrol officers responded to...
Death Wish 1974 Charles Bronson New York Subway
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GRcScSBHJ84 There are a few movies in this vain of a modern, law-abiding, regular, urban citizens who used guns to stop criminals: "Death Wish" with Bruce Willis or Charles Bronson, "Miss Meadows" with Katie Holmes, "Peppermint" with...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During January 2025
Arlington, Virginia, January 1, 2025 (ARLnow.com) Police were dispatched to the Rixey building at the Marymount University Ballston campus just after 1 a.m. for a report of a person with a gun on an upper floor of the building. That floor is used for short-term...
News Headline: 14-year-old “Child shoots, kills 2 home intruders in self-defense, police say”
Here is another defensive gun use by a child. A 14-year-old Kentucky boy shot and killed two men trying to steal firearms from a safe in a home over the weekend, police said. Clay County 911 got a call at about 4:24 a.m. Sunday about a shooting incident in Manchester....
Two Armed Robbers Shot by Concealed Handgun Permit Holder in Chicago
An early morning attempted armed robbery in Chicago's Homan Square neighborhood ended with an exchange of gunfire and one suspect dead after the victim, who had a FOID card and Concealed Carry License, fired shots, police said. The incident took place around...












