The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns that 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
Chicago Rideshare Driver with Concealed Handgun Permit Shoots Two Armed Robbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-fhPrtakKU Two armed robbers walked up to a Chicago ride share driver a 1:02 AM and, according to police, "announced a robbery", but it didn't turn out the way the robbers had hoped.. . A Chicago rideshare driver shot two...
Armed civilian rescues mailman from robbery
Here is another defensive gun use by a civilian legally carrying a gun in public. Police said they responded to a neighborhood in the Village of River Grove at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, where they discovered a U.S. Postal Service employee was approached by an armed...
And gun control advocates wonder why you need a magazine with more than 10 rounds?: Woman shots two of the four burglars who broke in to her apartment, likely carrying a concealed handgun.
A woman was found to have shot the burglars who broke into her house in self-defense. With four burglars in her apartment when she came home, it looks like the woman was already carrying a concealed handgun . The woman arrived at her apartment along the 4900 block of...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 32 Cases During May 2023
Beaumont, Texas, May 1, 2023 (12NewsNow) On Monday, May 1, 2023, Beaumont Police officers were sent to the Regent Apartments in reference to a victim of a shooting… Beaumont Police received multiple calls about the incident… The caller said four people wearing masks...
Oklahoma 18-Year-Old Woman Protects Herself and Her Newborn from a Stalker
Here is a dramatic example of an 18-year-old mother who protected herself and her young 3-month old from her stalker. For gun control advocates who want to ban anyone under 21 from having guns, this might be something to remember. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 31,...
UPDATED: Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings
This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015. We have most seriously updated this list starting at the beginning of 2020. UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: "Have civilians with...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 30 Cases During April 2023
Chicago, Illinois, April 1, 2023 (CBS News Chicago) A suspected robber is dead after a store manager shot him in a Chicago auto parts store Saturday afternoon. According to the Chicago Police Department, an armed 30- to 40-year-old man entered the O'Reilly Auto...
Would be Mass Public Shooter Stopped by an Employee with a Concealed Handgun Permit
On Friday, June 23rd, 2023, an employee at Turnberry Towers near Karen and Paradise shot a gunman who walked in and fired shots at the front desk. Fortunately, the employee had a concealed handgun permit and was able to quickly stop the attack before anyone else was...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During March 2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2, 2023 (6 ABC) The confrontation happened as Joel was walking home from a Chinese takeout around 11:15 p.m. Thursday. He was approached by two men on the 2400 block of N. 10th Street. The pair tried to rob him, but Joel fought back....
Tennessee DA: “I also want to commend Ms. Mears for her bravery as she acted under extreme pressure yet decided to protect herself and children from the imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death that she was imminently facing.”
A Tennessee DA publicly praises a brave woman who saved her children and herself. . A woman was commended for her bravery after shooting and killing a man that posed an imminent threat to her and her kids in McMinnville on Monday, according to District Attorney...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During February 2023
Hartford, Connecticut, February 2, 2023 (NBC Connecticut) One suspect in an attempted armed robbery in East Hartford is dead after a store owner who was shot during the ordeal shot back, according to police. Police said two people wearing black ski masks...












