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...
Defensive Gun Use
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...
Concealed handgun permit holder in Chicago stops armed robber
From the Chicago Tribune (November 1, 2015): A robbery was thwarted at a Southwest Side corner store Saturday night when a patron with a concealed carry license shot and killed an armed robber . . . The dead man has been identified as Reginald Gildersleeve, 55, of the...
New Concealed Handgun Permit Holder defends himself from three robbers, one of whom was armed
Fox TV Channel 2 in Detroit: . . . Tremain, who doesn't want to be identified because his family fears retaliation, says his brother had just finished work and was waiting for the bus at Schaefer and West Outer Drive on the west side when three teens confronted him....
Seven cases in the past 9 days where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped crime and/or attacks
Brick wielding assailant killed by pastor Man shoots and kills dog during attack Reno: Downtown shooting appears to be self-defense Would be robber shot and killed by victim 1 Shot dead at Waterbury Cafe Victim pulls gun on would be robbers in Nashville Man shot...
Two crimes within 24 hours foiled in the Detroit area by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders
Armed bank robbery stopped (Monday night, September 21, 2015): . . . The 43-year-old assailant entered the bank with a gun and had procured “a large amount” of cash from the bank when, on the way out, he appears to have threatened a 63-year-old customer with his gun,...
Permit holder “ultimately saved his life” with permitted concealed handgun, carries his “best friend” with him “all the time”
From Lehigh Acres, Florida (September 14, 2015): . . . Owner Pierre Phurcien said it was his first time being robbed, and when he realized what was happening he made a split-second decision that ultimately saved his life. . . . "He came right here, and he pulled a gun...
Concealed handgun permit holder saves life of 66-year-old woman who was about to be run over by robbers
David Roberts, a concealed handgun permit holder, prevented a fleeing robber from running over 66-year-old Betty Jones. Both the woman who was about to be run over and an Evansville police captain. From the Tristate newspaper in Evansville, Illinois: . . . Brittany...
Violent ex-boyfriend threatens to kill ex, instead he is shot dead by 18-yr-old son. Woman’s restraining order useless.
From Fox News: Authorities say a ski-mask-wearing man who broke into his former girlfriend's house and threatened her with a gun was shot dead by their teenage son. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that early Tuesday morning, 46-year-old...
50-year-old concealed handgun permit holder defends himself against two armed robbers
From Detroit's WXYZ-TV Channel 7 ABC: . . . Police say a 50-year-old resident of the neighborhood was going to the ATM at a Citizens' Bank branch when he was approached by two young men that police describe as being around 18 years old. Those young men were...
11-year-old fatally shoots one of two intruders who broke into home, saves his 4-year-old sister
A 16-year-old who broke into the home on his third attempt was shot and killed by an 11-year-old inside the home. Fox News has this: An 11-year-old Missouri boy shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during an attempted home invasion Thursday afternoon, St. Louis County...
Concealed handgun permit holder wounds armed teenager who was trying to rob him, permit holder feared that he would be shot
ABC TV WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit (video available here): Angela Lanier tells 7 Action News her 24-year-old son Joe fired his gun when the teenager tried robbing him while he was sitting in his car. She says he was on the job as an exterminator when the teenager pulled...