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...
Hiawassee, Georgia, July 18, 2024 The inmate was reportedly caught by a resident after escaping his work detail in Towns County. The resident ordered him to the ground and held him at gunpoint till the duputies arrived. A Town’s County resident helped catch a trustee...
Houston, Texas, July 28, 2024 A middle school teacher rushed out of his apartment with his pistol and sprang into action after he heard a young girl yelling for help. By confronting and scaring off the attacker, the good Samaritan saved the 15-year-old girl from being...
Las Cruces, NM, February 11, 2024 A Las Cruces Police Officer was stabbed with a "large kitchen knife" by the assailant while responding to a trespassing call. A witness intervened, using the personal handgun that was in his vehicle and running toward the altercation....