While one would think that the most important part of this story was that a man who was standing in the road was firing a gun at vehicles, many news articles on this event focused on the shooter just pointing his gun at people or firing his gun into the air. Some...
Concealed Handguns Stopped Mass Public Shooting
Possible Mass Public Shooting stopped by permit holder in Tulsa shopping center
A dramatic shooting was stopped on Friday night, March 27th, 2020 at a shopping center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This attack fits definition of what could have been a mass public shooting: a shooting in pubic that did not involve some other type of crime. Without the permit...
Updated: Texas Church Shooting stopped by two armed parishioners legally carrying guns
“We lost two great men today, but it could have been a lot worse,” the church’s Senior Minister Britt Farmer claimed on Sunday. “I’m thankful our government has allowed us the opportunity to protect ourselves.” “The citizens who were inside that church undoubtedly...
Person legally carrying gun stops Walmart shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma
Finally, when one of these attacks are stopped by someone legally carrying a gun, the media is giving it some notice. From USA Today (though it is buried in the story): “Aaron Helton, an Army veteran, said he was at the Walmart around 9:45 a.m. when he heard nine...
Man stops what deputies said would otherwise have likely been a mass public shooting
Newnan, Georgia, August 13, 2018 This is an amazing story that was caught on video. An employee who wasn't even scheduled to work that day, but was simply hanging around the bar outside in the parking lot, stopped an attack that the police say would have likely...
Civilian apparently cut short attack at Second Christchurch Mosque, only 7 died at that Mosque versus 41 at other one
UPDATE: The original news reports suggested that a Muslim at the Mosque had run home (presumably very nearby) to get his gun to stop the attack. Well, new reports suggest something quite different happened. There are basic inconsistencies between the two reports. The...
Concealed handgun permit holder stops man who enters an Alabama McDonalds firing his gun
“He’s my hero,” he said. “Because I can only imagine how it would’ve went if he wasn’t armed. We might not be here having this interview.” . . . He said he heard more than 15 shots fired. . . . -- Markus Washington to WAFF Channel 48 News From WBRC Channel 6 in...
Racist Mass Public Shooting at Louisville (KY) Kroger stopped by concealed handgun permit holder
The national media has picked up on this story because the killer, Gregory Bush, is racist. But they are ignoring the fact that a white civilian with a concealed handgun permit stopped the attack. Both the people murdered at the Koger -- Maurice Stallard, 69,...
New FBI report claims that 8% of active shooter attacks during 2014-17 were stopped or mitigated by concealed handgun permit holders, but misses at least half the cases.
Originally posted on May 31, 2018. With the media giving news coverage to a study based on this politically biased data, it seemed useful to again point out the flaws in the FBI's data. Original Post: The FBI has now released its third report on active shooters. The...
Concealed handgun permit holder stops gunman who was firing his gun at Titusville, Florida back to school event
Update: From Fox 32 WOFL in Orlando, Florida. Titusville Police still have not released the name of the man who stopped the shooter at a park on Saturday, but they are calling him a hero. The gunshots still echo across social media, after the emcee at Titusville’s...
Two concealed handgun permit holders stop mass public shooting at auto shop in Rockledge, Florida
Rockledge, Florida, November 24, 2017 (Florida Today, WFTV.com in Orlando) Two concealed handgun permit holders stopped an attack at Schlenker Automotive repair shop at 4:30 PM on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The attacker, Robert Bailey, was armed with a...
At The Hill: “It’s time for more parishioners to lock and load when they go to church”
With all the discussions of whether people should carry their permitted concealed handguns with them to church, Dr. John Lott has this new piece in The Hill newspaper. The article starts this way: There are simply too many targets for police to be able to guard...