On October 15, I published a post arguing that true "sensitive places" where guns are banned must have armed protection. The same day, a murderer broke into a "gun-free-zone" school in Oregan and began shooting children and teachers. A dad of two girls at the school just happened to be driving by and grabbed his pistol, rushed into the school, and "neutralized" the killer with several shots. He was a concealed pistol licensee.
Silver Rail Elementary School is a public school in the Bend-La Pine Schools District with roughly 400 students, kindergarten through fifth grade, and approximately 40 staff members. It is located in Bend, Oregon. On October 15, a 16-year-old former special-needs student threw a shotgun over a fence outside the school and then scaled the fence. A passerby verbally confronted the teenager, who fired three shots at his truck. The driver called 911 at 12:59 p.m.
Kaylub Giamanco, a concealed pistol licensee, was also passing by when he saw the intruder shoot at the truck and then shoot the glass panes on two double doors to get inside the school. He reached for his .40-caliber pistol and rushed in through the same door. But the killer had already shot and killed three boys and a teacher and wounded another boy and a teacher. Another teacher threw a phone at the suspect, tackled him, and attempted to disarm him. As they struggled, Giamanco entered the room and shot the teen several times, killing him.
