The stories that we collect don't include home invasions or cases on a person's property where they don't a permit to carry. We also don't include cases where business owners or employees use their guns unless it is specifically mentioned that they had a concealed...
Case involving law enforcement officer being protected: Rising Sun, February 20, 2017, CBS Channel 4 in Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana State Police say a Moores Hill man was killed by a person who witnessed the man fighting with an officer. The incident occurred around...
Topeka, Kansas, WIBW Channel 13 TV, February 11, 2017: Topeka Police responded to reports of a stabbing at the Walmart on SE California in Topeka just after 4 p.m. Saturday. TPD says two men were involved in an altercation, when a third party conceal carry holder...
Here are (now) twelve more defensive gun uses by concealed handgun permit holders from across the country. Chicago, Illinois, (8200 block of South Ingleside, Chicago) December 30, 2016, Chicago Sun-Times A man with a concealed-carry license fatally shot a would-be...
The fourth case below provides and example of one of the very few defensive gun use cases that gets picked up by other media around the country. It is also an example of media bias in terms of how these cases are covered as the reason it got extensive media coverage...
Hialeah, Florida, December 6, 2016, WSVN Channel 7 News (Miami) A man who shot a subject at a Hialeah McDonald’s drive-thru will not be facing charges after investigators determined he acted in self defense. According to police, a road rage dispute in the drive-thru...
Lewiston, Maine (WGME, CBS Channel 13), November 21, 2016 . . . . Police were called to 56 Birch Street around 8:30 p.m. Police say two men with a knife tried to rob a 27-year-old man, but the victim defended himself with a .22 caliber handgun. The man thought he did...
The reporters in a couple of stories said that "but is clear is that the situation could have had a different ending." Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 24, 2016 . . . It all started with an elderly couple sitting in their car at the Red Rock Inn. "The...
From WJON, St. Cloud, Minnesota, October 11, 2016 A man who allegedly tried to attack a couple outside the St. Cloud Walmart store last week got more than he bargained for. It turns out the husband has a permit to carry, and used his gun to thwart off the attacker....
Granite City, Illinois, September 9, 2016 (The television news segment mentions that Granite City has one of the highest rate of concealed handgun permit holders in Illinois.) A man pulled a gun and shot a suspect who tried to rob him in Granite City early Friday...
From Fox News 32 in Chicago, July 25, 2016: CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A man was shot by a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department during an attempted robbery Monday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Shortly before 6 a.m.,...
Augusta, Maine, June 26, 2016 (WCSH, NBC Channel 6 in Portland) Augusta Police say two bystanders legally armed with handguns stepped in during a shooting incident at a Walmart in Augusta. Police say four suspects were taken into custody by police Sunday after...