Many people will claim that there is never a “Good Guy With A Gun” to save the day in an Active Shooter Situation. While simply untrue, there is a point to be made here: 94% of Active Shooter Events take place in so-called “Gun Free Zones”. This means that law abiding citizens are rarely able to carry near the incident. We'll look at several cases today where the citizens had to go to their car to get their gun. We took a dive into the 2000-2018 FBI stats on “Active Shooter” cases and we found at least 47 cases that were stopped in part or in whole by citizens, some with guns, and some without. Some of these are off-duty law enforcement, but these people certainly qualify as “Good Guys With Guns” and they were not there because of a 911 call. Again, most people will not carry a firearm in a gun free zone, but off-duty LEOs may feel more free to do so than most because of their ID, training, and position. Many were un-armed and were injured or certainly risked it all to wrestle the attacker down with their bare hands. Some didn't make it, but saved countless others. Let me ask you a question: Which is more evil: The gunman, or disarming the people who now provide the gunman easy targets? We could philosophize on the merits of a good guy or we could just tell you there stories: Story 1: In the early morning of April 23, 2001 before any children had been picked up for school in San Jose, California, CP went to the Bus Barn where she had worked for the better part of a decade, and began murdering her co-workers. She successfully killed a driver-trainer and wounded three other ladies, before Gregory Allan Lee, another driver, caught her attention and ultimately restrained CP until the police could arrive, saving an untold number of lives. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-24-mn-54869-story.html Story 2: Near lunch time on July 28th, 2003, a disgruntled employee, RB, of the Kanawha School Board attempted to set his supervisor ablaze with a bucket of gasoline 10 minutes into the school board's meeting. After his match failed to light, RB resorted to his rifle, but was restrained by onlookers before he could inflict fatal wounds. These onlookers had to restrain RB without the aid of a firearm as they were at a School Board Meeting. One lady suffered gunshot trauma to the gut. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-board-meeting-attacked/ Story 3: After a long and hard night of seething jealousy, a jilted man, AC, arrived at his estranged wife's place of work the morning of July 28th 2003 with a handgun. He killed the owner of Gold-Leaf Nursery and one of his wife's co-workers after he had ended his wife's life. AC had a hard time figuring out which man was his wife's lover, and never had the chance to do so. Before AC could reload, two employees jumped AC and subdued him. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2003-09-24-0309230677-story.html Story 4: After suffering from alleged bullying by Seth Bartell at their school, JM brought a .22 caliber pistol to Rocori High School and fired on Seth twice, one of these missing and striking another boy, Aaron Rollins. After escaping momentarily, Bartell was shot in the forehead by JM, who went on as if to continue the shooting spree. Mark Johnson, a PE Teacher, confronted JM who raised his gun to shoot Johnson. Johnson literally raised his hands and said “No”, and JM surrendered. https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mclaughlin-jason.htm Story 5: At roughly https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/nyregion/student-opens-fire-at-a-high-school-near-albany-hitting-a-teacher.html Story 6: February 13th, 2005, a quiet Sunday morning at the Hudson Valley Mall was interrupted by a black clad 24 year old RB. Despite shooting a 20 year old Army Recruiter in the knee and a 56 year old man in the hand, RB managed to miss everyone else and was eventually tackled by employees. https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2005/02/14/gunman-goes-on-rampage-at/51136353007/ Story 7: On the afternoon of November 8, 2005 KB was called into the administrator's office of Campbell County Comprehensive High School for yet another weapon infraction. This time however, it was a .22 caliber that KB had brought to school. Upon being confronted, KB shot and killed an assistant principal and shot two other faculty. He was restrained by students and teachers until police took him away. He was later released from prison only to be in and out of prison with some charges including domestic abuse and allegedly killing his girlfriend's toddler. He is at large as of 2019 due to multiple miscarriages of justice. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9970713 https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/28/campbell-county-school-shooting-kenneth-bartley-trial/2666499002/ Story 8: Before the bell rang at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Middle_School_shooting Story 9: Angered by the disciplinary actions meted out by Principal Klang at Weston Highschool, EH walked into school at https://nthfmemorial.org/swept-the-gun-away-john-alfred-klang/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15060698 Story 10: On July 27, 2008 at The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, a shooter opened fire on the congregation killing 2 wounding 7, before the congregants could tackle the shooter DA. According to the manifesto DA wrote, he intended to shoot congregants until he was shot by police. God had other plans. 10 Stories of Good Guys with a Gun Story 11: On March 5, 2001, at https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/03/05/Cops-kept-Santana-shooter-cornered/7880983768400/ https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132072&page=1 Story 12: In the afternoon of January 16th, 2002 PO, a 43 year old male, entered the Appalachian School of Law in Gundy, Virginia. PO had just been suspended for poor academic performance so he had come back to shoot Dean L Sutin, the one he blamed for his pain. Faculty member Thomas F. Blackwell was also present and therefore was also shot fatally. Former school employee and now student Angela Denis Dales, 33 was the last fatal victim. While three other students were shot, no one else died that day due to the quick action of other Criminal Law students, two of whom had been already serving in law enforcement. One of the three, Michael Gross, ran out of the building during the firing to dawn his bullet proof vest and his service pistol before coming back to subdue PO. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/17/us/3-slain-at-law-school-student-is-held.html Story 13: On September 23rd, 2017 Caleb Engle gets a divinely appointed chastisement for backsliding concerning church attendance, so on the 24th Caleb Engle attended services at Burnette Chapel in Nashville. ES was attending the chapel that day to “kill at least 10 white people” in revenge for the “Charleston Shooting”. Upon confronting ES, Caleb Engle suffered several injuries, including a dislocated shoulder, broken nose, and a gash to his forehead, ES suffers a gunshot wound from ES's weapon. Caleb Engles then retrieves a firearm from his father's, James Engles, truck. The men then wait for EMS and Police. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2017/09/25/how-nashville-church-shooting-burnette-chapel-church-christ-unfolded-timeline/700049001/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnette_Chapel_shooting Story 14:On May 25, 2008 a nice night at the “Player's Bar and Grill” was interrupted by EV who had some sort of gang related beef with the Torres Brothers. A concealed carrier from Reno shot EV after EV had murdered Jose and Margarito Torres as well as having injured two other patrons. Just another night at the bar, right? https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/three-dead-in-shooting-at-winnemucca-bar/ Story 15: On November 17, 2017 before quitting time at Schlenker Automotive, a mentally deranged man, RB, walks in and without notice kills one of the employees, motorcylce and hunting enthusiast Rodger Smith, and paralyzes, David Cordero with a shot damaging his spine. Don Smith and Nathan Taylor, co-workers of Cordero and Smith, were legal concealed carriers and put two bullets into RB, who they held, alive, for police. RB had never been at that shot and knew none of the employees or customers involved. https://www.wesh.com/article/suspected-shooter-incompetent-to-stand-trial-in-rockledge/28500235# https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/01/black-friday-schlenker-shooting-what-we-know/911335001/ Story 16: One peaceful evening at Louie's Lakeside Eatery was interrupted for Juan Carlos Nazario and Bryan Wilttle who had to retrieve their firearms from the trunks of their cars to defend themselves from AT. AT entered the eatery from the front door wearing eye and ear protection and no other noted motivation. Nazario and Wittle fired on AT, killing him, saving an unknown amount of lives, but forever leaving AT's motivations a mystery. Only 4 people were injured, one of which was a broken arm from finding cover. https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-police-identify-suspected-louies-restaurant-shooter Story 17: On Evening in a Kroger in Kentucky, GB carried out a racially motivated shooting of a black man and a black woman. Both died. The carnage ended when two legally armed citizens engaged GB and GB fled the scene, only to later be captured by police. GB had a history of Domestic Violence and Mental Health History. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kroger-shooter-sentenced-life-prison-hate-crime-murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Jeffersontown_shooting Story 18: Late on April 19, 2015 John Hendricks, an Uber Driver lawfully carrying, saw EC firing into a crowd of people. Our driver put 6 rounds into EC and prevented any further loss of human life. EC lived until 2019 where more of his antics apparently earned him several more holes, albeit fatal this time. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-murder-victim-shot-by-ccl-holder-20190325-story.html https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/uber-driver-with-concealed-carry-permit-shoots-gunman-in-logan-square/ Story 19: In a more recent story a Good Gal with a gun was at a graduation party about to turn lethal on May 25th, 2022 and the results were perfect. After 10PM DB produced an AR-15 and opened fire, but our “Good Gal” drew on DB and neutralized the threat who was DOA when the police arrived. We could find no motive published as of writing this. https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/good-gal-with-a-gun-woman-with-pistol-saves-lives-by-killing-gunman-at-graduation-party-police-say/ Story 20: At https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/stephen-willeford-sutherland-springs-mass-murder/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-willeford-sutherland-springs-nra-convention-today-2018-05-04/ Verses on self defense: 1. Exodus 2. Luke 3. Isaiah 4. Luke 5. Luke 6. Matthew 7. Romans 8. 1 Peter 9. Proverbs 10. Psalm 11. Psalm 6. Psalm 17. Proverbs 18. 1 Timothy 19. Romans 20. Nehemiah Trust in the Lord and not your weapon. 21. Psalm 22. 1 Samuel