The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns, and were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns that were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015. We have most seriously updated this list starting at the beginning of 2020. UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: "Have civilians with...
Kansas City, Missouri, April 9, 2025 The armed citizen shot a suspect who allegedly threatened him and a neighbor, stopping the suspect after he had broken into more than 30 vehicles along a neighborhood block. A male, believed to be a teen by witnesses, was shot...
Seattle, Washington, May 28, 2025 Near the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Seattle, a confrontation among several people escalated into gunfire, leaving two victims wounded. A bystander licensed to carry drew his firearm and fatally shot the 16-year-old shooter,...
Farrell, PA, May 24, 2024 A Farrell patrolman approached a driver sitting in the parking lot. The suspect suddenly pulled the gun out and aimed at the officer, who fired while retreating, but fell to the ground. The suspect then got out of his car and was walking...