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A Morning Walk Turned Gunfight: How a Chicago Concealed Carrier Interrupted a Carjacking

By Jacob Paulsen / April 11, 2025

A 66-year-old concealed carrier intervened in a Chicago carjacking, exchanging gunfire with masked suspects. He was wounded but likely stopped a more dangerous outcome.

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S9E10: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Naked Dudes and Grizzly Bears

By Riley Bowman / October 4, 2023

Riley and Matthew share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES. Today we break down carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Three instances of people using firearms to defend themselves against grizzly bear attacks. But we also talk about the 13-year-old boy that grabbed his mother’s gun out of her hands to shooting an actively breaking-in intruder when his mother seemed unable or unwilling to do so herself!

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VIDEO—Carjacking of Off-Duty Cop Leads to Shootout

By Matthew Maruster / August 15, 2023

The number of car jackings has been rising steadily for several years. Suspects in carjackings often use firearms and physical force and intimidation to take the vehicle. Another disturbing trend…

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S5E6: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Carjackings and Robberies on the Rise

By Riley Bowman / February 10, 2022

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES (Defensive Gun Uses) including the successes and the failures. Last month’s JUSTIFIED SAVES episode featured a number of carjacking stories, and this one is no different with a sprinkling of armed robberies sprinkled in. What are you doing to prepare yourself should such an event happen to you? Are you preparing yourself mentally and emotionally while also making sure you understand the law, so you don’t make a mistake??

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S3E7: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Louisiana Dad Killed by Daughter’s Boyfriend

By Riley Bowman / August 10, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES (Defensive Gun Uses) including how one dad was shot and killed in a shootout with his daughter’s boyfriend who had snuck into the house! Plus how one woman defended herself successfully as she was leaving her own home from a man with a gun intent on harming her.

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Ohio Woman May Face Charges After Shooting Carjacker

By Matthew Maruster / May 7, 2021

On May 1st, a woman was sitting alone in her car parked in the 1400 block of Oakland Park Avenue in Columbus. It was around 9:30 PM when a man…

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[VIDEO] 5 Carjackings – How to Increase Your Odds Of Winning The Fight

By Matthew Maruster / May 7, 2021

These 5 deadly carjacking incidents are full of lessons learned. We extract 5 of them and provide a video training lesson to help you overcome this ever more common violent incident.

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I Survived a Carjacking, 8 Takeaways

By Matthew Maruster / April 27, 2021

As concealed carriers, we have our firearm on us; knowing the odds are good, we will never have to use it. We practice and train for an incident we pray…

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Episode 462: Good Guy Charged With Felony – Cops Ignore Calls For Help

By Jacob Paulsen / December 8, 2020

Matthew and Jacob review a number of defensive gun uses from the last few weeks. Sheriff deputy’s ignore a man’s calls for help and a good guy trying to protect his neighbor is charged with a felony. These and other stories covered in today’s show!

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Vehicle Firearm Tactics Course Review

By Matthew Maruster / March 28, 2019

The course has been out for some time now, but admittedly I just recently went through Concealed Carry.com’s Vehicle Firearm Tactics Course. As you might guess it is all about…

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Episode 299: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Police Officer Shot and Killed in Apparent Self-Defense

By Riley Bowman / March 5, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew cover the latest stories from around the USA of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in one story where a one man was justified in shooting and killing an Idaho police officer, and we also share the tough lesson learned by one man who tried to confront car thieves.

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Episode 291: Man Clinging to Hood of Car Saved By CCWer

By Riley Bowman / February 6, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew cover the latest stories from around the USA of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in one story where a Good Samaritan in Massachusetts saves another man’s life after he was caught on the hood of a speeding car at speeds of up to 70 mph! Join in and listen!

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Lessons from a Carjacking Caught on Video

By Matthew Maruster / February 23, 2018

Here are some sobering statistics about carjackings in the United States. Each year there are: approximately 38,000 reported carjackings 75% of the time criminals use a firearm These numbers, coupled…

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Can You Shoot a Carjacker?

By Craig Martin / February 16, 2018

You likely hear stories very often of citizens, under life-threatening circumstances, putting their lives on the line to defend themselves or others from criminals who mean them harm. But are there times when defending yourself may cause more harm than good?

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Episode 105: Forced to Buy Gun Liability Insurance by the Government?

By Riley Bowman / March 20, 2017

Our last news episode had a bunch of stories covering proposed pro-gun rights legislation. But this week we highlight a couple of laws that if passed would restrict gun rights more. At least there’s some good news coming out of North Carolina. Also what NOT to do if you don’t want to lose your CCW permit. Tune in now…

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