CCW In Action

A dramatic and terrifying scene unfolded in Morton, Illinois, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, when a juvenile was violently set upon by two loose dogs. The Morton Police Department confirmed that the minor was saved thanks to the rapid intervention of a Village employee and an armed private citizen—a licensed concealed carry holder who fatally…

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) has cleared an armed citizen who shot a teenage suspect during an attempted armed robbery at Garfield Park on the city’s near south side. Detectives officially ruled the incident a lawful act of self-defense and have subsequently arrested four juvenile suspects, ages 16 and 17, on preliminary felony charges…

Police in Hazel Park, Michigan, have released a 21-year-old man who was initially taken into custody following a fatal shooting at a short-term rental property on May 29, 2026. Investigators determined that the suspect, a licensed concealed carry holder, acted in self-defense after the deceased, a 20-year-old Detroit man, allegedly pointed a gun at someone…

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night during a dynamic confrontation at a Royal Farms convenience store in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. Investigators declined to take the 21-year-old shooter into custody after store surveillance footage explicitly showed him drawing his own firearm in self-defense to neutralize the older man, who had pointed a…

A former Marine and a Massachusetts State Police trooper are being credited with preventing a mass casualty event after they neutralized a gunman who fired upwards of 60 rounds into busy afternoon traffic on Memorial Drive. While other drivers fled for their lives, the armed citizen—utilizing his tactical training and legal firearm—ran toward the suspect…

A Garland father fatally shot an unarmed but violent carjacker on Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2026, after the suspect attempted to steal his vehicle with a family of eight still inside. Garland Police Department officials state that no charges are expected to be filed against the father, as surveillance video confirms he acted in self-defense…

A planned meeting between two social media content creators in northwest Harris County turned into a violent shootout late Tuesday morning, April 28, 2026. Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators report that a driver in a Tesla shot his passenger in the chest after the passenger allegedly pulled a firearm and attempted to rob him during…

District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway has officially cleared 27-year-old Todd Stanton in the December 2025 fatal shooting of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Professor Ashleigh E. McKinzie. The investigation revealed that McKinzie, who was wearing a plastic skull mask and brandishing a cocked handgun, was suffering from methamphetamine-induced paranoia when she ambushed Stanton’s vehicle on…

A 33-year-old South Side resident fatally shot an unidentified home invader who allegedly charged at him inside his residence early Monday morning. Chicago police found the intruder with a gunshot wound to the chest at a home in the 2200-block of East 103rd Street; he was pronounced dead at the scene.