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...
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Armed Serial Carjacker Shot by Concealed Carry Holder in Chicago
Another concealed handgun permit holder stopped a carjacking in Chicago. A Chicago man who received probation in a carjacking case late last year got shot this month while trying to carjack a rideshare driver at gunpoint, prosecutors say. Darick Benson, 20, was...
Chicago Rideshare Driver with Concealed Handgun Permit Shoots Two Armed Robbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-fhPrtakKU Two armed robbers walked up to a Chicago ride share driver a 1:02 AM and, according to police, "announced a robbery", but it didn't turn out the way the robbers had hoped.. . A Chicago rideshare driver shot two...
Armed civilian rescues mailman from robbery
Here is another defensive gun use by a civilian legally carrying a gun in public. Police said they responded to a neighborhood in the Village of River Grove at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, where they discovered a U.S. Postal Service employee was approached by an armed...
UPDATED: Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings
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...
Chicago: Man shoots, wounds suspected robber in shoot out on Green Line train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPusZCQ3Zhw A man with a concealed carry license shot and wounded a man trying to rob him at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train Friday afternoon near the Cicero station, according to officials. About 4:45 p.m., the suspected...
Woman with concealed handgun permit defends herself against four male carjackers, some armed
Here is a dramatic case where there is no way that this woman could have defended herself without a gun. A 23-year-old woman with a concealed-carry permit defended herself against four armed men who attempted to carjack her last week on the South Side of Chicago....
Chicago Concealed handgun permit holder stops armed carjacker
Carjacking has become a little more dangerous for the carjacker. This is the second time someone with a concealed handgun permit has stopped a carjacker in less than a month. From the Chicago Tribune: . A man with a concealed carry license was sitting in his vehicle...
77-year-old Chicago concealed handgun permit holder shoots robber threatening him
West Chesterfield, Chicago, November 6, 2021 The 77-year-old was in a garage on East 89th near MLK in West Chesterfield around 12:30 p.m. when the robber drove up. The robber pulled out a gun and demanded the elderly man's stuff, police said. Instead of handing his...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 22 Cases During July 2021
Richmond, VA, July 3, 2021 (NBC 12) Police arrived at the 1500 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike, near Fairfield Avenue, for shooting reports at 3:51 p.m. on July 3. Officers found two men suffering from gunshot wounds at a convenience store, and both men died at the...
Black Chicago Woman With Concealed Carry Permit: “Thank God I had my gun, or I’d probably be dead right now”
Chicago, November 29, 2021, CBS Chicago Channel 2 The woman fired at the carjacker when he approached her at gunpoint just as she was getting into her car in the parking lot of the Chase Bank at 10260 S. Michigan Ave. . . . “Thank God I had my gun, or I’d probably be...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During June 2021
Pine Manor, FL, June 2, 2021 (NBC 2 News) Lee County deputies say 16-year old Hayden Celin tried robbing the Domino’s driver in a failed setup… As the driver went to leave, Celin allegedly punched him in the face, and shot a water gun loaded with pepper spray into the...