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...
Defensive Gun Use
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 23 Cases During December 2024
New Orleans, Louisiana, December 3, 2024 (NOLA.com) Teony Juarez, 18, was arrested near the scene of the fatal shooting earlier this month after he and his accomplice, 16-year-old Cecil Batiz, allegedly robbed the store at gunpoint, prompting the store clerk to shoot...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During November 2024
Saint Petersburg, Florida, November 1, 2024 (WFLA) A deadly shooting at a St. Petersburg construction site on Friday afternoon was self-defense, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. The St. Petersburg Police Department said at 1:30 p.m., officers were...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 23 Cases During October 2024
Nashville, Tennessee, October 1, 2024 (WKRN) Officers were called to Charles E. Davis Boulevard and Green Street around 7:45 p.m. after shots were fired. Officials said a male suspect approached another man and pulled out a gun, requesting the victim remove his...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 18 Cases During September 2024
Cullman, Alabama, September 1, 2024 (AL.com, WRBC) The shooting happened late Sunday afternoon in Cullman County, and the 21-year-old suspect entered the country illegally roughly two years ago, said Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry… The victim – Glenn Gildon, who...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 38 Cases During August 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1, 2024 (KTNV) A man who shot and killed the driver of an SUV who was trying to run people over is in police custody and is cooperating, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Police say around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, a man...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During July 2024
Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 1, 2024 (News On 6) The shooting happened at a QuikTrip near 11th and Sheridan around 7 p.m. Monday night. Someone with the estranged wife's group of friends pulled a gun and asked her husband to step back and put his gun down, investigators...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 35 Cases During June 2024
Ormond Beach, Florida, June 1, 2024 (Clickorlando.com) A man is being hailed a “hero” and “good Samaritan” by Ormond Beach Police for helping an elderly couple who were fighting a woman attempting to steal their car… Police said the attempted carjacking happened at...
A Good Samaritan shot a man attempting to carjack a woman and her child, Carjacker told her child that was in the vehicle, ‘I’m going to rape your mommy.’
A Good Samaritan shot a wanted man attempting to carjack a woman and her child on Friday. . According to Major Harold Heatley with the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Lee’s Kar-Go when the suspect, identified as Cody Dailey, 30, “attempted...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 30 Cases During May 2024
Orange City, Florida, May 1, 2024 (WESH 2 Orlando) Forty-two-year-old John David Wilson of Orange City is charged with attempted murder in an early morning shooting that left his neighbor hurt. The shooting happened at the Luna Sands RV Resort in Orange City… Volusia...
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2023 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4%, the correct number is at least 35%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 51.5%.
Data: For convenience, the Excel file is available here, as well as a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. We also show cases that the FBI missed of both armed and unarmed civilians stopping active shooting attacks. FBI Active Shooting...
UPDATED: Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
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...