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...
Defensive Gun Use
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...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Cases From September to October 2020
Roseville, MI, September 2, 2020 (WDIV Local 4) Police said a 30-year-old man was vacuuming his SUV when he was ambushed by two people. The driver -- who had a pistol on his hip for protection -- had a gun stuck in his face.“He is a conceal pistol license holder for...
A driver armed with a gun intervenes to defend a Jewish family in Miami
A concealed handgun permit holder came to the rescue of a Jewish family that were being attacked by a group of thugs. Police in Florida are investigating an anti-Semitic incident involving a Jewish family in the Miami area who received help from a gun owner, according...












