Armed citizens more effective in stopping shootings than FBI admits

Published October 6, 2025 11:25am ET



Americans packing heat have stopped active shootings at least 10 times more than the FBI has counted, showing that life-saving actions by armed citizens are much more common than the liberal anti-gun media reports.

In a new review of 10 years of active shooter reports, a top public safety think tank said that good Samaritans stopped 36%-62% of the incidents, far more than the 3.7% the FBI and media commonly claim.

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