CCW Stories

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The manager of a dollar store foiled an attempted robbery when he shot the suspect multiple times. The incident occurred Sunday, November 20th at around 4:15 pm. The incident occurred at the Grace Dollar Store in the 6900 block of Bustleton Avenue, in Northeast Philadelphia. The 26-year-old suspect went into the location [...]

Everyone has a gun in Arizona. Or so it seems. On Friday evening, at 5:30pm, Jorge Aguila Rodriguez, aged 45 — old enough to know better — got into an argument with another man who was working in his neighborhood. Instead of packing up and going home for the weekend, he pulled a pistol. On [...]

The 56-year-old man was inside his vehicle just before 6 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Arthington Street when a car with three teens inside pulled up, according to Chicago police. One of teens got out of the car and pointed a gun at the victim while demanding his belongings, police said. Read more...

As the United States is moving into a post-pandemic era, the number of concealed handgun permits has continued increasing. The figure now stands at 22.01 million – a 2.3% increase since last year. Unlike gun ownership surveys that may be affected by people’s unwillingness to answer personal questions, concealed handgun permit data is the only [...]

Police believe a deadly shooting in North Philadelphia was a case of self-defense. It happened right around 6 p.m. in the 2800 block of North Taney Street… According to Inspector D.F. Pace, the 27-year-old man was circling the block while engaging in some sort of verbal contact with the shooter. At some point during the [...]

Armed Army veteran William Joyner confronted a stolen car suspect in a College Park, Georgia, food bank parking lot Monday, holding the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived. FOX 5 reported that Joyner was inside the food bank when someone said that a man with gun had run through the parking lot. Read more...

The number of Americans who leave their homes with a pistol or revolver on their person jumped from approximately three million in 2015 to six million in 2019, according to a study conducted by University of Washington researchers. The Guardian reported the study on November 25, 2022, noting that it appeared in the American Journal [...]

CHICAGO — A woman shot a man in the head, who was attempting to get in her car, early Wednesday morning on the South Side — according to Chicago police. Just before 2:10 a.m., police said four male suspects exited a black sedan in the 1300 block of East 89th Street and one of them [...]

Carrying around a loaded gun has become wildly popular among Americans, with twice as many doing so in 2019 as did in 2015 Why? Seventy percent of gun owners say it's for protection against other people, with fewer saying it was for work or to protect against an animal. Read more...

CHICAGO – A woman shot a man who forced his way into her residence Wednesday night, Chicago police said. Just after 6:15 p.m., police were dispatched to the 8300 block of South Kerfoot on the report of a shooting. Read more...