Phoenix, AZ, December 2, 2022 (Fox 10 Phoenix) An argument in a neighborhood near Bell Road and 32nd Street ended with a man being shot and killed on Friday, Phoenix police said. Investigators say the shooter was defending himself when he killed 45-year-old Jorge...
Defensive Gun Use
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 20 Cases During November 2022
Wyoming, MI, November 1, 2022 (WOOD TV) The attempted robbery happened around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Olympic Market on S. Division Avenue between 35th and Wexford streets. Wyoming Department of Public Safety Lt. Rory Allen said the three people tried a “takeover...
Concealed Handgun permit holder stops mass public shooter at a mall in El Paso, Texas
A permit holder stopped a shooter who had shot four people and threatened others. Interestingly, many initial news reports had credited an off-duty police officer with stopping the attack (also here). The suspect apparently had a stolen gun. Police in El Paso,...
Robber Gets Real Scare when Woman Houston hotel Clerk Pulls a Gun on him Instead
This robber really does get the scare of his life, and he couldn't run away any faster. A robber had the surprise of his life after the woman he attempted to rob at gunpoint pulled a gun on him in west Houston. On Jan. 16, a man entered a hotel lobby in the 14800...
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...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During October 2022
Hartford, CT, October 3, 2022 (CT Insider) The two suspected carjackers in Monday's deadly triple shooting appeared to take their victim by surprise, ambushing him in a brazen attempt to steal his car at gunpoint in broad daylight before he shot them, killing one,...
UPDATED: People legally carrying guns have helped police officers solve crimes
Chicago, IL, December 5, 2022 Two teenagers of an armed robbery crew were shot by a licensed concealed carry holder after they committed a series of holdups in Wicker Park on Monday morning. The robberies began around 5:25 a.m. when three men stepped out of a black...
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...
UPDATED: Good Samaritans: People legally carrying guns have protected others
Dallas, TX, December 30, 2022 An eyewitness said a good Samaritan in a nearby car shot the alleged suspect during an attempted carjacking at a busy shopping center. Meanwhile, another bystander, who has a permit to carry, pulled his gun and prepared to protect other...
Carjacker in Philadelphia Shot by Victim
. . . It happened late Saturday night at North Mascher and West Berks streets in Kensington. Police say the suspect approached the victim who was sitting in a vehicle. The victim fired a gun through the windshield, shattering the vehicle's glass and hitting the...
Armed robber picks the wrong target with multiple armed citizens
This unfortunate robber ran into two people carrying guns for protection. . After obtaining the energy drink, the suspect pulled a pair of women’s panties from around his neck to cover his face. He went behind the counter and pointed a .45 cal. pistol at the head of...
Iowa gun-toting mother stops duo from kidnapping her son
Some news stories point out this mother used a gun to scare off the kidnappers, but others just say she scared away these two attackers without explaining how this mother was able to scare away a man and a woman. Fox station KDSM in Des Moines, Iowa reported that...