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Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 32 Cases During May 2023

John Lott - Crime Prevention Research Center | Published on 1/18/2024
On Monday, May 1, 2023, Beaumont Police officers were sent to the Regent Apartments in reference to a victim of a shooting…

Beaumont Police received multiple calls about the incident…

The caller said four people wearing masks were in a vehicle, and they heard shots fired in the area…

The victim says a man wearing a shirt around his face tried robbing him at gunpoint saying “give me what you got.”

The suspect used an AR15 style rifle to shoot the victim, according to the affidavit.

Police say the victim used a personal firearm and fired back in self-defense…