Armed With reason from GVPedia has updated its April 2024 report—which noted 18 dog shootings versus 15 active shooters stopped by a ‘good guy with a gun’ between 2014-2022—because the pooches have pulled more triggers. The numbers now stand at 21 unintentional dog shootings versus 15 good guys with a gun stopping an active shooter from 2014-2023. From 2014 to the present day, there have been 23 ‘dog shoots person’ incidents, injuring 23 people and killing two (in two of the incidents, a dog shot two people at the same time).
GVPedia says the comparison points to the inherent lie in one of the gun lobby’s favorite claims: that a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun is a common occurrence. It is not.
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