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#guns #BendOregon #AGoodGuyWithAGun "Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad shot suspect 'multiple times' (. . .) Officials did not confirm the name of the father who intervened and fatally shot the suspect. But Kaylub Giamanco's family has identified him to US media as the person who sprang into action. The 36-year-old carpenter had just finished lunch and was on his way home when he passed the school, his brother told NBC News. He saw the suspect open fire on a vehicle outside the school then shoot through a window and go inside. Police said he had a legally concealed .40 calibre in his vehicle and his brother said he grabbed the pistol 'and decided to go in after' the suspect. Police say he fired at the suspect 'multiple times', killing him. Giamanco's mother, Kenda Freeman, who lives in Sacramento, California, told a local CBS station her son had called her moments after the shooting, and he was 'traumatised'. 'He said a man went into my daughter's school,' Freeman said, pausing as she started to tear up. 'And, um, shot kids. And he said, and I looked at him point blank, and I shot and killed him, mom.' She added: 'I told him he saved a lot of lives, and he said, mom, I couldn't save them all.'"
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#guns #BendOregon #AGoodGuyWithAGun "Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school: with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman. (. . .) 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. (. . .) Cases like the Oregon intervention remain rare, according to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University. The ALERRT center tracked what it calls 'active attack' incidents where the perpetrator used firearms, blades or vehicles from 2000 to 2025. Out of 634 cases studied, 374 ended before police arrived. Among those, 29 ended when armed civilians shot the attacker. In another 31 incidents, civilians subdued the attacker by some other method, such as wrestling them to the ground or removing the weapon. 'They recognize they may be the only way to stop it before law enforcement arrives,' said James Keith, a spokesperson for the center. (. . .) Some prominent examples of armed citizens who confronted gunmen to help stop mass shootings:"
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"More than 20 people have been shot by federal immigration agents since Trump took office in January 2025. Six people, including three U.S. citizens, have been killed in those shootings, nearly all of which involved officers firing at people in vehicles." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/ice-shooting-austin-texas.html #DonaldTrump #Trump #ICE #Shooting #Crime #Murder #Guns #DHS #GOP #Politics #Immigration #News #Texas #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America
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🇨🇦 Ahem. ( taps on glass) US ! 👀 ‘Police seize 23 guns, 👉 more than half came from U.S.🇺🇸 Police determined that 15 of those firearms came from south of the border, several of which are currently prohibited in Canada. Forensic analysis also linked 14 of the guns to shootings across the GTA. #USA #Canada #Guns#Legal
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If finalized, the rule would be among the most consequential changes to the #US #gun #policy in two decades, potentially driving huge growth in online gun sales, according to ten industry officials, store owners, & ‌gun-control advocates interviewed by Reuters. #law #Trump #DonaldTrumpJr #corruption #guns #ATF
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Yet another fediverse #introduction Hello! I'm from #Chicago and do nerdy stuff. I primarily identify as #genderfluid, #nonbinary, and #trans. Most people use they/them pronouns for me, but I'm also cool with she or he contextually. My work right now is primarily #DevOps stuff relating to #Kubernetes and various cloudy things. I've been doing this long enough to remember when our servers were named after Greek gods and you used a label maker to show that off. I practice #polyamory and try to avoid hierarchy or prescribed models in my relationships in general. I'm unapologetically #bisexual with some admittedly #sapphic bias. In the summer you might find me on my #motorcycle enjoying the precious few months we can actually enjoy it. I love cross-country road trips and #camping. I also run the Chicago Pink Pistols chapter. We're a charity that helps #lgbtq and #transgender people specifically learn about #firearms safety. You may see me post about #guns on a fairly regular basis.
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"Days after a gunman charged security at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in what investigators say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump with legally-owned firearms, his Justice Department is further rolling back gun control measures." https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/justice-department-rolls-back-gun-control-laws-after-trump-assassination-attempt #PublicHealth #GunViolence #guns #firearms #GunSense #DOJ #ATF
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Apropos that mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana referenced above. Eight more innocent victims laid at the altar of the bloodlustful false ghod that is celebrated by adherents of the #2A#USpol #Guns #GunViolence #NRA #Trump#GOP #MAGA #GunControl #USC
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