After an armed parent killed the attacker in the Bend, Oregon elementary school shooting, are armed citizens an effective way to stop school shootings?
During a shooting at a Bend, Oregon elementary school on October 16, 2026, a teacher fought the attacker and an armed father then shot and killed the gunman, police said.
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I'm glad it worked out the way it did but it isn't the answer to mass murder.
I buy the argument that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, but stopping a shooter isn't the same thing as stopping a shooting.