Colion Noir Breaks Down Bend School Shooting Stopped by Armed Parent
Colion Noir examines the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, where a 16-year-old fired through locked doors to get inside and three children and a teacher were killed before an armed parent stopped him.
Snapshot
Colion Noir walks through the timeline of the Bend attack, the armed parent with a concealed carry permit who stopped the 16-year-old shooter before officers reached the building, the pump-action shotgun used, classroom door locks and the district's carry ban. Noir argues that any response is reactive and that the ban applied mainly to the person who ended the attack, and he urges people who carry to train.
Key points
- Timeline: The first 911 call came in at 12:59 and Bend police were on scene by 1:02. Noir calls that a fast response but says the attack was already underway.
- The responder: According to the video, a 36-year-old carpenter with a concealed carry permit and two daughters at the school was driving by on his lunch break, heard gunfire and went in, stopping the shooter before officers reached the building. Federal sources described him to Fox News as a "good Samaritan."
- The weapon: Federal sources told Fox News, and an official told the Associated Press, that the gun was a pump-action shotgun. Noir notes it is not the type of firearm targeted by assault weapon or magazine proposals.
- Door locks: Noir revisits a test he filmed about a year earlier, in which rifle fire opened a standard classroom door while a friend's flip-lock design held. He says he does not know what locks the school had.
- Local policy: A 2021 Oregon law let districts bar concealed handgun license holders from school grounds, and the Bend-La Pine district adopted that ban the same December.
Quick take
Noir's view is that any response is reactive because the attacker picks the moment, and that the district's carry ban applied mainly to the person who ended the attack. His advice to people who carry is to train.
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