South Bend, IN, April 3, 2021 (South Bend Tribune) The April 3 shooting death of David Austin at Donald and Webster streets has been ruled a justifiable homicide by the county prosecutor's office and no charges will be filed in the case.According to a news release,...
Defensive Gun Use
Concealed handgun permit holder stops gunfight in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Mall
This past Sunday, four people were injured after a fight between two teenagers at Lancaster’s Park City Center Mall escalated into a shooting this past weekend. A 16-year-old who was illegally carrying a gun started the shooting. But it could have been much worse were...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 20 Cases During March 2021
Las Vegas, NV, March 1, 2021 (FOX 5 Vegas) According to police, the shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. on March 1 in the 3300 block of South Jones Boulevard, near West Desert Inn Road. A suspect allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle from the Panda Auto shop and was...
At Real Clear Investigations: There Are Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America. Here’s Why You Rarely Hear of Them.
While Americans know that guns take many innocent lives every year, many don’t know that firearms also save them. While Americans know that guns take many innocent lives every year, many don’t know that firearms also save them. On May 15, an attacker at an apartment...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Cases During February 2021
Las Vegas, NV, February 3, 2021 (FOX 5 Vegas) Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Assistant Sheriff Brett Zimmerman said police were called at 11:59 a.m. on Feb. 3 about a man attempting to take a gun from someone's bag at a CCW class inside The Range 702 gun range…The...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Twenty-one Cases During January 2021
Palm Beach, FL, January 2, 2021 (WPBF) Authorities say that a person was shot outside of the RaceTrac gas station at 2995 45th Street just before midnight on Saturday. A vehicle owner confronted and shot a burglar inside of their vehicle, according to police. The...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Twenty-six Cases During December 2020
Akron, OH, December 1, 2020 (Cleveland 19) The robbery happened just before 8 p.m. at the MetroPCS store on Main Street in Akron. According to Akron police, the suspect entered the store, pulled out a handgun, and took money from the cash register. The suspect then...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Nineteen Cases During November 2020
Houston, TX, November 8, 2020 (FOX 26 Houston) Officers responded to a warehouse in the 14000 block of South Post Oak Road around 11:45 p.m. Sunday.According to police, the armed suspect forced his way into the warehouse and demanded money. Police say the suspect...
Twenty-one Defensive Gun Uses By People Under Age 21 During 2021
There is a Second Amendment challenge to California's ban on those 18, 19, and 20 years old buying any firearm (Matthew Jones et al. v. Bonta) and another similar case in Florida. Young people are also victims of violent crime and could also benefit from using guns...
A few examples in June and July of teenagers who have used guns defensively
With the debate over the age that people should be allowed access to guns, we can across a couple of stories in June and July this year of teenagers who used guns defensively to protect themselves or others. 1) Escambia County, Florida, July 12, 2021 Escambia County...
Mass public shooting stopped by concealed handgun permit holder in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, July 4th, 2021 It seems likely that if the concealed handgun permit holder hadn't intervened in this case there would have been at least three deaths instead of just the one woman. There were obviously other people present, so who knows how many...
Armed teacher stops attempted kidnapping in Utah
Any teacher in Utah with a concealed handgun permit is able to carry their permitted concealed handgun at school. In this case, a teacher first protected an 11-year-old that this unrelated stranger tried to grab off a school playground and then protected the class of...












