Range Minded Podcast 330 – Episode 330, To Act or To Be Acted Upon: Have You Made the Decision?

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows) · Oct 20, 2026

Armed Civilians Who Stopped Mass Shooters + Practical Situational Awareness You Can Use Today. In this episode, we examine real cases from the last decade in which armed civilians interrupted or stopped active shooters, then break down the situational-awareness habits that made those interventions possible. We start with the October 15, 2026 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, where a 16-year-old former student killed three children and a teacher before being stopped inside the building by a father of two students at the school. Police arrived roughly three minutes after the…