The FBI has vastly undercounted cases of armed civilians thwarting mass shootings in the U.S. in its public crime data, according to new research.
Civilians with guns stopped at least 36% of active shooters from 2014 to 2024 despite the FBI recording the figure as 3.7%, the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) said in a report released Friday. Legacy media and fact-checkers previously used the FBI’s data to drive the narrative that such cases are rare, minimizing the public benefits of legal gun access.
https://tennesseestar.com/policy/fbi-data-downplays-how-often-armed-civilians-stop-mass-shooters-report-shows/dcnf/2025/08/25/
