Bistro County is located just a few miles east of Austin. From today's Austin Statesman: . . . “Freeze!” Scott Perkins yelled as he pulled out his concealed handgun, pointing at the suspect. “I’m alive today because of him,” the deputy, 23-year-old Dylan Dorris said...
Defensive Gun Use
Concealed Carry Permit holder uses his gun to stop assault from three robbers
This attack occurred at 9 PM in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. From WAVY.com: Police have arrested three men in connection with a robbery that happened in the parking lot of a McDonald’s Tuesday night. Police arrested 29-year-old Donte Tyree...
Woman attacked in parking by knife wielding robber successfully defends herself with concealed handgun
The pictures are from WHAS ABC Channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky. The attack occurred on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016. From WVIH.com: According to Louisville Metro Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Smiley, a woman was sitting in her vehicle in the parking garage...
Five Concealed Carry Permit Holders from Alaska to South Carolina Stop Dangerous Armed Robbers
Columbia, South Carolina, January 23, 2016, From The Herald (the video is from the CCTV at the barber shop): . . . Bookman and one of his customers drew their weapons as the robbers were taking money from customers and employees. They fired shots that left one of the...
“Thank God for concealed carry.” Two different concealed carry permit holders in Chicago area stop armed robbers on same day
In reading these stories note that with the total cost of getting a permit in Illinois is about $500. By contrast, in Indiana it is $49.95. Chicago would be hearing a lot more stories if more people could afford getting a permit. From a T-Mobile cellphone store on...
Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Stop Four Violent Crimes in Five Days
Macon, Georgia, December 26, 2015: A Warner Robins man told police that he shot and killed a man who tried to rob him. According to police, it happened around 8:10 p.m. on Christmas night on the 100 block of Oakridge Drive. . . . Antonio Bagley, 29, told...
Four Concealed Handgun Permit Holders use their guns to stop violent crimes in the last week
Calumet City, Illinois, December 17, 2015 A Calumet City resident prevented a gunmen from robbing him by pulling out his gun and firing it at the would-be robber, Midlothian police reported. The 68-year-old man, who has a concealed-carry gun permit, told police that a...
Woman with Concealed Handgun Permit Saves Life of 90-year-old Man from being Stabbed to Death
From Fox 5 in Atlanta: Armed Gwinnett County residents packing heat, took action after hearing a man's cries for help. They credit their guns with saving the elderly man's life. "Help, he is trying to kill me, help me, help me." Those are the chilling words Karen...
Utility worker in St. Louis County uses his permitted concealed handgun to stop armed robber
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about an incident in North St. Louis County: Police say three contractors for ADB Utility Co. were working on water lines near that intersection when an armed robber approached two of the workers who were standing near a company truck....
13-year-old boy uses mom’s gun to shoot and kill armed man breaking into home
\ From Fox News: A South Carolina teenager left home alone used his mother's gun to shoot and kill a burglar, authorities said Tuesday. Fox Carolina reported that deputies responded to a report of shots fired at a home in Ladson Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. EST...
Two armed men break into home while mother is breastfeeding, she is wounded but shot back and caused robbers to flee
North Carolina woman defends herself from two armed men who started firing as soon as they broke into her home. They shot her twice, but she was able to keep her baby safe. Semantha Bunce, 21, a combat medic in the National Guard, was in her Charlotte home...
21 defensive gun uses by concealed handgun permit holders covered by the news media during October
UPDATED to now include 21 cases in October (there are a couple of other cases where we can't determine if a permit would have been necessary to have a gun, such as a defensive gun use at a business by an employee, that are not included in this list) ORIGINAL POST: We...