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Mass shootings prevented by armed citizens (view source)
Revision as of 04:22, March 5, 2021
, 04:22, March 5, 2021→United States: February 22, 2021
According to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], in 2016–17, In 10 incidents, citizens confronted the shooter. In eight of those incidents, one or more citizens safely and successfully acted to end the shooting.<ref name="fbi_report" />
According to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], in 2016–17, In 10 incidents, citizens confronted the shooter. In eight of those incidents, one or more citizens safely and successfully acted to end the shooting.<ref name="fbi_report" />
The following is a partial list describing citizens engaging active shooters:
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|February 22, 2021
|Joshua Williams
|New Orleans
|Attempted purchase of ammo at a gun store, shooter was agitated and pulled out his gun but armed citizens nearby opened fire before he could get too many shots off.<ref>[https://crimeresearch.org/2021/02/what-clearly-would-have-been-a-mass-public-shooting-in-louisiana-was-stopped-by-multiple-armed-civilians/ What clearly would have been a mass public shooting in Louisiana was stopped by multiple armed civilians]</ref><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-gun-store-refused-to-unload-0e19e08f8072afba4d9aee44928bc583 Sheriff on Louisiana gun store shooting: ‘I don’t know why’]</ref>
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|December 29, 2019
|December 29, 2019
|April 25, 2018
|April 25, 2018
|Jonathan Morales (armed citizen)<br>John Earnest (shooter)
|Jonathan Morales (armed citizen)<br>John Earnest (shooter)
|Dan Diego, CA
|San Diego, CA
|Off-duty border patrol agent, who the rabbi of a synagogue had asked to come armed just in case, prevented a white supremacist shooter from succeeding in causing a mass shooting.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/rabbi-asked-border-patrol-agent-come-armed-just-case/ Rabbi Had Asked Border Patrol Agent to Come Armed Just in Case]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref><ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/27/suspect-opens-fire-in-synogogue-good-guy-with-gun-shoots-back/ Suspect Opens Fire in Synogogue, Good Guy With Gun Shoots Back]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>
|Off-duty border patrol agent, who the rabbi of a synagogue had asked to come armed just in case, prevented a white supremacist shooter from succeeding in causing a mass shooting.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/rabbi-asked-border-patrol-agent-come-armed-just-case/ Rabbi Had Asked Border Patrol Agent to Come Armed Just in Case]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref><ref>Hawkins, Awr (April 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/27/suspect-opens-fire-in-synogogue-good-guy-with-gun-shoots-back/ Suspect Opens Fire in Synogogue, Good Guy With Gun Shoots Back]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>
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