CCW In Action

Photo courtesy WCYB KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE — A man went into a dentist office with the intentions of killing his wife, who works at the location. Whatever led up to his wanting to commit murder of his own wife, he probably wasn’t thinking about the possibility of someone being armed at the location. It just so…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Thank God that Illinois passed a concealed carry law a few years ago, or the woman involved in this attempted robbery could be another victim. Details are extremely slim, but from what we gather, it’s a pretty ‘basic’ case of self-defense. A woman was near 56th and Dorchester when a man in…

DETROIT, MICHIGAN — A 22-year-old concealed carrier was the target of an armed robbery while in his vehicle outside his brother’s house, but he wasn’t about to go down without a fight. Three robbers thought they’d picked an easy target to rob, but boy were they wrong. A preliminary investigation found the 22-year-old man was sitting in…

A road rage incident on the Massachusetts turnpike turned potentially deadly when one of the men involved in the incident, ended up on the hood of the other car while it traveled down the highway. Authorities say the man on the SUV’s hood, 65-year-old Richard Kamrowski, had gotten into a minor side-swipe crash with the…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — When meeting up with a stranger via a buying and selling app such as Letgo, it’s important to do the meet-up in a safe location, and it’s also important to not go alone. With so many of these exchanges taking place every single day, there’s only a small percentage that end in…

CLEVELAND, OHIO — When you’re having a bad day, you’re having a bad day. When the life of crime is chosen, there’s no telling what you’re going to walk into when you decide to go on an armed robbery. For two armed robbers in Cleveland, they picked a grocery store as their easy target. Except,…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A 19-year-old with a weapon walked up to a 25-year-old woman who was waiting at a bus stop in Chicago, and his goal was to rob her and take off with the loot. His plan didn’t work. In fact, the woman was legally armed with a handgun, and that’s the last thing…

LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA — An armed citizen stopped a potential life-threatening event from happening when he sprung into action as a security guard was being overpowered by a couple he had stopped for alleged shoplifting. Brandon Smith, 25, and Elizabeth Almand, 23, were leaving a grocery store with some stolen merch when the guard approached them.…

WICHITA, KANSAS — A customer was standing in line inside a gas station when four armed men came in and began a robbery, but that customer in line was armed with a gun of his own. When one of the armed robbers tried to personally rob that customer, he drew his gun and shot the…