This is a dramatic story that could have turned out quite differently if she wasn't armed. . . . The Levy County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 3 p.m. Easter of a person shot at a duplex in the town of Bronson, authorities said. Officials arrived at the scene...
Defensive Gun Use
Florida father shoots, kills daughter’s abusive ex-boyfriend
An abusive boyfriend assaulted a woman, but, fortunately, the father was there when the boyfriend came back for a second round. The incident occurred at the Polos Apartments in Gainesville, Florida. . . . The incident happened on March 17 at an apartment complex...
Gainesville, Florida: “Gun-toting Florida dad rushes to daughter’s apartment, turns tables on her abusive ex”
Here is an example of a defensive gun use protecting a women from an abusive ex. This information is from the Gainesville police department available here. A Florida dad shot his daughter's abusive ex-boyfriend dead after the man allegedly assaulted her in...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 25 Cases During December 2022
Phoenix, AZ, December 2, 2022 (Fox 10 Phoenix) An argument in a neighborhood near Bell Road and 32nd Street ended with a man being shot and killed on Friday, Phoenix police said. Investigators say the shooter was defending himself when he killed 45-year-old Jorge...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 20 Cases During November 2022
Wyoming, MI, November 1, 2022 (WOOD TV) The attempted robbery happened around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Olympic Market on S. Division Avenue between 35th and Wexford streets. Wyoming Department of Public Safety Lt. Rory Allen said the three people tried a “takeover...
Concealed Handgun permit holder stops mass public shooter at a mall in El Paso, Texas
A permit holder stopped a shooter who had shot four people and threatened others. Interestingly, many initial news reports had credited an off-duty police officer with stopping the attack (also here). The suspect apparently had a stolen gun. Police in El Paso,...
Robber Gets Real Scare when Woman Houston hotel Clerk Pulls a Gun on him Instead
This robber really does get the scare of his life, and he couldn't run away any faster. A robber had the surprise of his life after the woman he attempted to rob at gunpoint pulled a gun on him in west Houston. On Jan. 16, a man entered a hotel lobby in the 14800...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During October 2022
Hartford, CT, October 3, 2022 (CT Insider) The two suspected carjackers in Monday's deadly triple shooting appeared to take their victim by surprise, ambushing him in a brazen attempt to steal his car at gunpoint in broad daylight before he shot them, killing one,...
UPDATED: People legally carrying guns have helped police officers solve crimes
Kansas City, Missouri, April 9, 2025 The armed citizen shot a suspect who allegedly threatened him and a neighbor, stopping the suspect after he had broken into more than 30 vehicles along a neighborhood block. A male, believed to be a teen by witnesses, was shot...
Chicago: Man shoots, wounds suspected robber in shoot out on Green Line train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPusZCQ3Zhw A man with a concealed carry license shot and wounded a man trying to rob him at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train Friday afternoon near the Cicero station, according to officials. About 4:45 p.m., the suspected...
UPDATED: Good Samaritans: People legally carrying guns have protected others
Seattle, Washington, May 28, 2025 Near the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Seattle, a confrontation among several people escalated into gunfire, leaving two victims wounded. A bystander licensed to carry drew his firearm and fatally shot the 16-year-old shooter,...
Carjacker in Philadelphia Shot by Victim
. . . It happened late Saturday night at North Mascher and West Berks streets in Kensington. Police say the suspect approached the victim who was sitting in a vehicle. The victim fired a gun through the windshield, shattering the vehicle's glass and hitting the...











