S13E22: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Whose Fight Is It?
We review a monthly set of justified save cases to discuss decision-making in defensive gun use incidents, including questions about who was the initial aggressor and when a threat had ended.
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Federal Overwatch: DOJ Probes Philadelphia PD Over “Subjective” Gun Permit Revocations
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a sweeping federal civil rights investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department’s (PPD) Gun Permit Unit. The probe, orchestrated by the Civil Rights Division's newly formed Second Amendment Section, will evaluate whether the city is utiliz...
Licensed Carrier Kills Attacker in Self-Defense; Bystander Then Kicks Gun Under Trash Cans
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A licensed concealed carrier defended himself at a Frankford convenience store last month and police say the shooting was justified. Investigators reviewed surveillance video from the Royal Farms store. They say a 22-year-old man pulled a gun on a 21-year-old man during an al...
Frankford Royal Farms Shootout: Licensed Concealed Carrier Kills Armed 22-Year-Old in Self-Defense
A 22-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night during a dynamic confrontation at a Royal Farms convenience store in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. Investigators declined to take the 21-year-old shooter into custody after store surveillance footage explicitly showed him drawing his o...
POTD: Gallager Saddle Ring Carbine – Cavalry’s Forgotten Breechloader
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Richardson & Overman Gallager breech-loading percussion saddle ring carbine from the early 1860s. Union cavalry was desperate for breechloading carbines during the Civil War. Loading a muzzleloader from horseback in a fight is a miserabl...
USS Saratoga: WWII Carrier Sunk by an Atom Bomb
The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was one of just three United States Navy aircraft carriers—along with USS Ranger (CV-4) and USS Enterprise (CV-6)—to survive the entirety of the Second World War. Although outdated by 1943, as the newer and more capable Essex-cla...
Armed Philadelphia Neighbor Kills Stick-Wielding Intruder Attacking Mother in 14-Year-Old Daughter’s Room
PHILADELPHIA, PA — An armed Philadelphia man shot and killed an intruder early Monday morning after hearing his upstairs neighbor screaming for help during a forced-entry home invasion in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood, according to 6ABC. Police told 6ABC that a man believed to be in his 40s force...
Why the US Supreme Court Skipped AR-15s This Term — And Why It’s Coming
A packed Supreme Court docket may explain why AR-15 and magazine ban cases did not make the cut this term. But the next term could be a different story.
North Philly Home Defense: Woman Fatally Shot While Breaking Through Back Window
A woman was fatally shot Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2026, while allegedly attempting to break into an occupied residence in North Philadelphia. Philadelphia Police officials indicate that the homeowner, who is believed to be a licensed firearm carrier, acted in self-defense after the intruder ignor...
LAPD: Homeowner and Hooded Suspects Exchange Fire During 2 A.M. Camaro Theft Attempt
WOODLAND HILLS, CA — An attempted car theft turned into a shootout early Friday morning when a homeowner exchanged gunfire with two suspects trying to steal his Chevrolet Camaro, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to the 5500 block of Fallbrook Avenue around 2 a....