A good person with a firearm can save lives. Pick up Scott Kirshner’s book, Active Killer Incidents: A Guide for the Armed Civilian.
Washington, D.C. – According to a new report released by the FBI, citizens successfully intervened in eight active shooter incidents in 2016 and 2017.
The FBI report says that the citizens “safely and successfully” ended the shooting by confronting the shooter.
“Their selfless actions likely saved many lives,” the report stated.
In four of the eight incidents, unarmed citizens confronted the shooter.
In the other four incidents, citizens legally carrying firearms stopped the shooter. In two of those incidents the citizens exchanged gunfire with the shooter. In the other two incidents, the armed citizens held the shooter at gunpoint until the police arrived.
The most high profile citizen intervention of a shooting happened Nov. 5, 2017. That’s when Devin Kelley killed 26 people and wounded 20 more when he entered the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas with a rifle and started shooting.
When Kelley exited the church, he was met by a citizen who shot him twice.
Kelley then dropped his rifle and fled the scene in his vehicle. That armed citizen and an owner of a pickup truck pursued Kelley. The chase ended when Kelley’s vehicle struck a road sign and overturned.
by Andrew Blake
