The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns, and were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
Defensive Gun Use
UPDATED: Cases that the FBI missed where legally armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns, and were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
A Woman “had no other choice but to defend herself and that is why people have guns.” She was six months pregnant and had two other children in the house. She survived years of domestic abuse and defended herself against “a terrible domestic assault.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOs6orCFls Wednesday, April 17, 2025 . . . We learned on April 18 that it appeared to be domestic violence-related, and no charges were filed at the time. Wednesday, we spoke with District Attorney General Frederick Agee. He told...
At Least Two Volunteer Church Members Shot An Active Shooter and Stopped the Attack at Sunday Church Service. “You are your own first responder”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avZqV3BhTYE "You are your own first responder," said Jay Trombley who was a member of the volunteer security team at Crosspoint Community Church. A church member saw the attacker carrying an AR-15 rifle and immediately acted—ramming him...
Shooting Attack in Seattle Stopped By Concealed Handgun Permit Holder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ZXrQw3r5c While the police were able to arrive on the scene within two minutes of the attack, the attack had already been stopped by a concealed handgun permit holder. . On May 28, at about 10:00 p.m., patrol officers responded to...
Death Wish 1974 Charles Bronson New York Subway
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GRcScSBHJ84 There are a few movies in this vain of a modern, law-abiding, regular, urban citizens who used guns to stop criminals: "Death Wish" with Bruce Willis or Charles Bronson, "Miss Meadows" with Katie Holmes, "Peppermint" with...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During January 2025
Arlington, Virginia, January 1, 2025 (ARLnow.com) Police were dispatched to the Rixey building at the Marymount University Ballston campus just after 1 a.m. for a report of a person with a gun on an upper floor of the building. That floor is used for short-term...
News Headline: 14-year-old “Child shoots, kills 2 home intruders in self-defense, police say”
Here is another defensive gun use by a child. A 14-year-old Kentucky boy shot and killed two men trying to steal firearms from a safe in a home over the weekend, police said. Clay County 911 got a call at about 4:24 a.m. Sunday about a shooting incident in Manchester....
UPDATED 2: A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters. Did they accidentally shoot bystanders, get in the way of police, get their gun taken away, or create other problems? How does it compare to police who stopped these attacks?
UPDATED March 7th, 2025: We have previously put out our study on the FBI's active shooting reports. If you watch entertainment television police shows, you would think something always seems to go wrong when guns are used defensively (including shooting bystanders to...
Two Armed Robbers Shot by Concealed Handgun Permit Holder in Chicago
An early morning attempted armed robbery in Chicago's Homan Square neighborhood ended with an exchange of gunfire and one suspect dead after the victim, who had a FOID card and Concealed Carry License, fired shots, police said. The incident took place around...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 23 Cases During December 2024
New Orleans, Louisiana, December 3, 2024 (NOLA.com) Teony Juarez, 18, was arrested near the scene of the fatal shooting earlier this month after he and his accomplice, 16-year-old Cecil Batiz, allegedly robbed the store at gunpoint, prompting the store clerk to shoot...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During November 2024
Saint Petersburg, Florida, November 1, 2024 (WFLA) A deadly shooting at a St. Petersburg construction site on Friday afternoon was self-defense, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. The St. Petersburg Police Department said at 1:30 p.m., officers were...











