Unsurprisingly, my hometown of Chicargo leads the post this month. Fortunately, the incidents fell in the Good category. Safety and mindset are fundamental in the other incidents.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – June 2024

The Good – Shenanigans from Chicargo

Chicago concealed carry holder scares off armed carjackers in Irving Park

Bonus! The second happened a few blocks from the gas station (probably gone by now) where I worked after school in my Senior year. It wasn’t a great neighborhood then but apparently has gotten much worse now.

Chicago concealed carry holder shoots 3 men who attacked him in Belmont Cragin

The Bad

School District of Palm Beach County employee accidentally [shoots himself] during ‘training exercise.’

This story points out the importance of safe gunhandling at all times. Guns are relentlessly unforgiving of carelessness.

The Ugly

Minnesota dad told landlord he ‘already dug a hole’ before executing daughter’s boyfriend for suspected abuse

The number of people who feel that gunfire is the solution to most every problem astounds me. Many tools are only for a very specific task and guns are one of those tools.

Enjoy!

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The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the June edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.