Defensive Gun Use 🟧

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In Texas … again: 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer people.com/boy-eleven-die…

Homeowner arrested after shooting at 3 teens in ding dong ditch prank gone wrong (Frisco, Texas): #GunsDontMakeUsSafer #DGU wfaa.com/article/news/c…

Concealed Handguns Create a Climate of Fear, the Gun Industry’s Own Research Reveals: 💔😡💔#GunsDontMakeUsSafer thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-ri…

School resource officer unintentionally shoots herself at junior high school (Ceres, Calif.): 💔💔💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer abc10.com/article/news/l…

The only victim killed in Catawba County mass shooting was unintentionally shot by another man acting in "self-defense" (Mountain View, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer wbtv.com/2025/06/24/no-…

Church security guard saves the day, shoots and kills church shooter outside *after* a deacon ran him over with an F-150 pickup truck (Wayne, Mich.): #dgu mensjournal.com/news/wayne-mic…

Open-carry enthusiast pulled out an AR-15 at a "No Kings" protest, a "peacekeeper" mistook him for an active shooter and fired, killed an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer newsweek.com/utah-no-kings-…

VIDEO: Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔#dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer youtube.com/watch?v=y2eVZZ…

Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer fox13now.com/news/local-new…

To learn more about concealed carry in Texas, read @txgunsense and the VPC's new joint report "Gun Death in Texas" at vpc.org/studies/TX2025…. #violencepolicycenter #texasgunsense #gunviolenceprevention

Homeowner becomes suspicious of lost DoorDash driver, shoots him in the back #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/n…

On this date (Mar. 30) in 1981, a man shot President Ronald Reagan, 2 security members, and Press Secretary James Brady, who suffered brain damage and died from related complications 33 years later (Washington, D.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer

Less than 1% of people with firearm access engage in defensive use in any given year. Those with firearms rarely use them to defend themselves, and are far more likely to be exposed to gun violence in other ways. #GunsDontMakeUsSafer #dgu rutgers.edu/news/defensive…

Motorist arms himself to drive, becomes enraged at another driver, shoots him (Round Rock, Texas): #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer kvue.com/article/news/l…