10/16/2026
Hey Connecticut legislators: change our law
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A 16-year-old forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon Thursday afternoon, firing through the locked doors just after 1 p.m. Dispatch had already fielded dozens of 911 calls within minutes, and officers ordered the school into lockdown before most of them even arrived. By the time it ended, three children โages 5, 8 and 11 โand a teacher were dead. A second child, 7, and a 54-year-old teacher were left in critical condition.
One person didnโt wait for police. Police Chief Mike Krantz says a community member who saw the sโooter enter the building ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ before officers ever reached the scene. โ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ,โ Krantz told reporters.
Federal law enforcement sources tell Fox News the bystander was carrying under a concealed handgun permit โnot a badge, not a paycheck, just a legal fi***rm and the will to use it. This wasnโt a trained tactical team. It was a neighbor.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, who has spent her career pushing gun restrictions, publicly thanked the armed citizen anyway. Krantz confirmed officers ultimately located ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ โthe four victims, and the sโooter himself.
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