This incident occurred in Adrian, Michigan. . . . officers found the victim between the automotive and sporting goods section, having been stabbed multiple times in the head and neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Police were able to take the suspect into...
September 11, 2020 After being shot by a fugitive who had shot a Georgia Deputy, Eddie Cloir was able to shoot and serious wound the attacker. From the article at Fox 5 in Atlanta: "I had a pistol and I reached for it and I was facing him and he shot me in the...
Apparently, not only shouldn't you bring a knife to a gun fight, but even a machete doesn't do you much good. A man who entered a Metairie convenience store armed with a machete and threatened an employee fled after he was confronted by a customer who was armed with a...
Here is another example where police have said that if it wasn't for the presence of a legal concealed handgun permit holder many others could have been killed. Fortunately, one of the people wounded in the shooting had a permitted concealed handgun and was able to...
Fortunately, the mother was there to protect her son. The 16-year-old had arranged to meet with three men outside the grocery store on Ga. 278 to buy a cellphone he saw advertised on Snapchat, according to Dallas police. He brought his mother along, and she brought...
We normally don't include cases where a business owner or employee stops an attack, as those are quite numerous, unless the case explicitly notes the person had a concealed handgun permit. Philadelphia, PA, August 26, 2019 Police say an armed man in his 30s...
While one would think that the most important part of this story was that a man who was standing in the road was firing a gun at vehicles, many news articles on this event focused on the shooter just pointing his gun at people or firing his gun into the air. Some...
"The people in Polk County like guns, they have guns, I encourage them to own guns... And if you try to break into their homes to steal, to set fires, I'm highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns."Ken Suarez and Catherine Hawley,...
As rioting rampages through the Twin Cities in Minnesota, black store owners have had to themselves protect their stores. Some have tried with their bare hands, while others have used guns. For those who oppose private gun ownership, these riots show the need From the...
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A concealed handgun permit holder shoots three young male attackers in the their legs. Two of the attackers were 16-years-old and one was 17. Story from CBS Philly on April 16, 2020: A man opened fire inside of a SEPTA bus claiming he was being attacked by three...
Loudoun county, VA, August 10, 2019 (Fox Channel 5, Washington DC) An elderly man is credited with helping to stop a couple from getting robbed in Northern Virginia.According to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman, the man sprung into action and fired warning shots...
We haven't updated these cases for a while (we have been working on other projects, such as Nikki's new book), but will hopefully be returning to this soon. Here are cases of people legally carrying guns and stopping crimes outside of their homes. Cincinnati, OH, June...