Tag: Concealed Carry

On June 5, a man allegedly climbed into a woman’s car at an Exxon station, pulled a knife, and got shot.

On June 5 a man and woman walked out of Shells restaurant in Tampa, Florida, and were allegedly confronted by two teens–one of whom was armed–demanding the couple hand over money and cell phones. The man pulled his concealed carry handgun and shot the teen who was holding the gun.

On June 2 a Detroit woman emptied her pistol on would-be carjackers after she saw them coming at her with a gun. Afterward she said it’s time “to take back this city from the thugs.”

On June 2, three armed men allegedly targeted a business in which the clerk was armed as well. The clerk saw the three would-be robbers coming, had his gun at the ready, and shot the first of the suspects as soon as he entered the store.

On May 31, an armed citizen pulled his own gun and opened fire on an alleged attacker inside a Georgia liquor store, thereby ending a would-be mass shooting.

On Monday, the Maine House joined with the Senate and passed LD 652, legislation which abolishes the concealed carry permit requirement in the state.

On May 28, Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. denied the District of Columbia’s request for an administrative state in the ruling against the “good reason” provision in DC’s concealed carry permitting process.

Concealed carry permit applications are surging in states like North Carolina, as they have been surging nationally under Obama, “amid safety fears.”

A law allowing the concealed carry of handguns on college and university campuses in Kansas takes effect on July 1, 2017.

When Hashim Fannin pulled into an Atlanta, Georgia Family Dollar an alleged carjacker climbed into his passenger seat and said, “You know what this is?” Fannin responded by pulling his gun, ordering the man out of the car and onto the ground, then asking, “So you woke up stupid this morning?”

In July, Breitbart News reported that federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., ruled that DC’s ban on carrying firearms in public for self-defense was unconstitutional. Scullin then gave the city a 90-day stay in which to figure out how to respond to the ruling.

On May 15, concealed carry permit holder Henry Oppenheim saw his female neighbor being beaten and intervened by drawing his gun and holding the attacker at bay until police arrived.

On May 14, a three-judge panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division of Superior Court ruled that police may not add to or otherwise change the concealed carry permit application questions, as handed down by the state.

On May 15, an alleged burglar was shot after hitting a 72-year-old man over the head with a gasoline can.

The Florida State Attorney’s Office has released its findings on a January 5 shooting in which Waffle House patron Jehrardd Williams shot and killed a man who allegedly attacked him in the restaurant.

Ohio representative Ron Maag (R-Lebanon) has introduced legislation–House Bill 48–to do away with gun-free “victim zones” in churches and government buildings and on college campuses.

On Sunday, Michigan state senator Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) was taken into custody for allegedly firing a shotgun at his girlfriend’s car following an argument earlier that morning.

On Sunday morning Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny Dupree (D) suggested Mississippi’s allowance of open carry without a permit contributed to the deaths of Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate on May 10.

On May 5, two firefighters with concealed carry permits stopped a man allegedly attempting to shoot kids and firemen at the fire station.

On Saturday, an unnamed concealed carry permit holder witnessed an alleged carjacking and shot and killed the suspect to the save a woman whom the suspect had pulled from the car.