“He’s my hero,” he said. “Because I can only imagine how it would’ve went if he wasn’t armed. We might not be here having this interview.” . . . He said he heard more than 15 shots fired. . . . -- Markus Washington to WAFF Channel 48 News From WBRC Channel 6 in...
Defensive Gun Use
Racist Mass Public Shooting at Louisville (KY) Kroger stopped by concealed handgun permit holder
The national media has picked up on this story because the killer, Gregory Bush, is racist. But they are ignoring the fact that a white civilian with a concealed handgun permit stopped the attack. Both the people murdered at the Koger -- Maurice Stallard, 69,...
Sixty-seven defensive gun uses by people legally carrying guns in public over the past three months
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 26, 2018 (FOX6 News) An attempted robbery at a Milwaukee gas station was thwarted when a citizen shot the robber, according to police. It happened Thursday evening, July 26 near 35th and Silver Spring. Milwaukee police say a person outside...
Concealed handgun permit holder hailed as hero for coming to aid of Cicero, Illinois police officer
UPDATE: It is now clear that the good Samaritan is the one who wounded the criminal who had shot the one police officer four times and was shooting at the other officer. The video that provides that information is from CBS Channel 2 in Chicago. Original: From the...
Concealed handgun permit holder stops gunman who was firing his gun at Titusville, Florida back to school event
Update: From Fox 32 WOFL in Orlando, Florida. Titusville Police still have not released the name of the man who stopped the shooter at a park on Saturday, but they are calling him a hero. The gunshots still echo across social media, after the emcee at Titusville’s...
Houston Husband saves wife from two armed robbers who attacked when she got out of her car
Houston Husband saves wife from two armed robbers who attacked when she got out of her car. This happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at a home in southeast Houston near Scott St and Airport Blvd. From KHOU 11 in Houston, Texas.
Eight Defensive gun uses by People Legally Carrying Guns Over 12 Days
Atlanta, Georgia, June 16, 2018 (WSB-TV Channel 2) Three would-be robbers are in the hospital after the couple they targeted pulled a gun and fought back. . . . Investigators said three people followed a couple out of the grocery store along Wesley Chapel Road and...
Two Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Stop What Could have been a Mass Public Shooting in Tumwater, Washington
"He is a hero," Adams said. "He took action. I really think more people could have been shot... he saved us all." A wild rampage at a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington was stopped when three concealed handgun permit holders confronted and killed the attacker. The...
“Suspected Walmart robber tries to carjack two different cars, both drivers pull out guns”
The robber tries to carjack a vehicle, but the driver pulls a concealed handgun on him. He then tries to carjack a second driver, only to find that she is also armed. At that point, the robber gives up and hid in the restroom of a nearby store. The video here says it...
Ten defensive gun uses by people legally carrying guns during the last two weeks of May
Memphis, Tennessee, May 15, 2018 (NBC Action News Channel 5) A robber got shot trying to steal from a Memphis man at McDonald's, according to Memphis Police Department. MPD said four men tried to rob a man leaving the McDonald's near the intersection of S. Trezevant...
Civilians used concealed handguns to stop dozens of crimes in the last few weeks
Raleigh, North Carolina, April 26, 2018 . . . Jonathan Tyrone Peace, 28, has been charged with common law robbery in connection with the incident Thursday in the 300 block of South Blount Street around 3 p.m., police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and...
Some cases in the last month of concealed carry permit holders stopping attacks
The cases we collected here are only of defensive gun uses in public places by people who were legally carrying. News stories of homeowners or business owners using guns to defend themselves in their own buildings are very common, but they are not included here. The...












