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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 2018 An armed suburban man with a concealed-carry license intervened in a 3-on-1 beating and robbery in River North yesterday evening, according to a witness and police. The victim was in the 700 block of North Clark around 8:30 p.m. when...
May 6, 2017: A Houston Homeowner used an AR-15 to defend himself against three people who were trying to kill him. Having a rifle appears to have given the homeowner a real advantage in this gunfight because of its greater accuracy. The video is from KPRC-TV Channel...
Fort Mill, South Carolina, December 21, 2017 (The State newspaper (Columbia, South Carolina), WYFF Channel 4 TV) The attacker wielding a large wrench threatened to kill several people. The attacker had cornered one of the employees at a Chrysler Jeep Dodge...
These cases only involve instances where a civilian who is legally carrying a concealed handgun in public stops a criminal. Beaumont, Texas, November 26, 2017 . . . On Sunday around 9:15 a.m., Vidor Police were notified that the Louisiana State Patrol was chasing a...
Rockledge, Florida, November 24, 2017 (Florida Today, WFTV.com in Orlando) Two concealed handgun permit holders stopped an attack at Schlenker Automotive repair shop at 4:30 PM on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The attacker, Robert Bailey, was armed with a...
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a homeowner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...