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welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper and we'll continue our breaking news coverage. moments ago we got an update from atlanta police for the man hunt for a deadly mass shooting at a medical center. deion patterson should be considered armed and dangerous. he was at the building for an appointment when he became agitated. patterson started shooting in the waiting room and one person has been killed and four others injured and all of the victims women. within the last hour, atlanta police lifted the shelter in place order for the areas around the medical center. police say they belie...

More examples of defensive gun use illustrate how armed citizens promote public safety, even as Hawaii’s high court undermines gun rights.

Defensive gun uses happen every day across the United States, but they rarely are covered by the national news media. Occasionally armed citizens will act to defend themselves or others in a spectacul...

A report from John R. Lott Jr. shows that from 2014 to 2022 armed citizens stopped active shooters 8 times more often than the FBI claims.

Against active shooter situations. there were active shooter situations in 2022, 313 casualties and 100 of those died, but if you look at the outcomes with the shooter, nine killed themselves, seven were killed in confrontations with police. two by armed citizens who intervened before police got there, but 29, and this is the larger number compared to that 18. 29 were apprehended either overpowered by police or after a dialogue with police were able to surrender. so the odds are in the favor of police and the suspect that if they can engage in a dialogue that they should be able to get him to ...