Teenager in a home with two other kids and mom protects family with a shotgun in Harris County, Texas. Here are other recent similar examples. . A homicide release record showed that at approximately 10:40 p.m. local time, deputies responded to a call in the 16000...
Defensive Gun Use
Chicago Concealed handgun permit holder stops armed carjacker
Carjacking has become a little more dangerous for the carjacker. This is the second time someone with a concealed handgun permit has stopped a carjacker in less than a month. From the Chicago Tribune: . A man with a concealed carry license was sitting in his vehicle...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During June 2022
Pittston Township, PA, June 1, 2022 (WNEP, Times Leader) Christopher Carmona from New York City is charged with shooting a woman outside her car in the Walmart parking lot in Pittston Township on June 1.Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said Monday the...
UPDATE: Mass Public Shooting at Indianapolis Mall Stopped by 22-year-old man legally carrying a gun
UPDATE: From WXIN.com: "While police are crediting an Indiana man with shooting and killing a suspect in the Greenwood Park Mall shooting Sunday, mall policy prohibited him from carrying at all. . . . 'The real hero of the day was the citizen that was lawfully...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 32 Cases During May 2022
Tacoma, WA, May 3, 2022 (FOX 13 Seattle) The incident happened at the Quality Inn and Suites in the 8800 block of South Hosmer Street at 11:49 p.m. Tuesday.According to police, the man walked into the hotel and threatened three employees with a knife.Police say one of...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 24 Cases During April 2022
Mobile, AL, April 4, 2022 (Fox 10 TV) Daniel Ruffin is charged with attempted murder, domestic violence, and other crimes following the April 4 incident.According to police, Ruffin fired at the car on Illinois Street. No one was hit by the bullets, but a child inside...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 22 Cases During March 2022
Atlanta, GA, March 1, 2022 (FOX 5 Atlanta) Officers have arrested five teenagers after a police chase through multiple metro Atlanta cities and counties early Tuesday morning.Officials tell FOX 5 the incident started around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in DeKalb County with a...
Mass Public Shooting averted: Woman fatally shoots a man armed with an AR-15 type gun who began shooting at a crowd of people in Charleston, West Virginia
Cases like this just don't get national news. Here a man with "an extensive criminal history" started firing an "AR-15 style firearm" into a crowd. Fortunately, a woman who was legally carrying a gun was there to stop the attack. Police said a woman who was lawfully...
People legally carrying guns have saved police officers
Farrell, PA, May 24, 2024 A Farrell patrolman approached a driver sitting in the parking lot. The suspect suddenly pulled the gun out and aimed at the officer, who fired while retreating, but fell to the ground. The suspect then got out of his car and was walking...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 24 Cases During February 2022
Philadelphia, PA, February 1, 2022 (Fox News) The shootout unfolded just before 4 a.m. in a convenience store on the 5500 block of Torresdale Avenue in the city’s Wissinoming neighborhood, the Philadelphia Police Department said.The 32-year-old woman, whose name has...
Active shooter stopped by legally armed Citizens
More examples of mass public shootings that were stopped by citizens legally carrying concealed handguns are available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUW9LvPSPjA South Fulton, Georgia: . . . Meadows said the men involved in the shootout with Hambrick have been...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During January 2022
Philadelphia, PA, January 3, 2022 (NBC Philadelphia) A legally armed Lyft driver shot and critically injured two suspects who carjacked him in Philadelphia, police said.The ordeal began Monday shortly before 2:45 p.m. A 38-year-old Lyft driver was driving his 2011...












