Oregon School Shooting

Few mass shootings in the U.S. end with an armed civilian confronting the gunman, as happened during the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school. Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, intervened by firing his own weapon after the shooting began at his daughters’ school in the town of Bend. President Donald Trump and others praised Giamanco, but such interventions remain rare. Gun rights advocates argue the “good guy with a gun” is needed for public safety. Gun control advocates have argued that a civilian with a gun could confuse responding police or cause more harm in a chaotic situation.