An Air Force veteran who had a licensed concealed carry gun was prevented by staff from intervening in the shooting yesterday at the Umpqua Community College during which ten people were killed.

John Parker was situated in a building about 200 yards away from where the shooting began.

"There were a few people in the vet center and then when we heard the shooting happened, we got up and we were gonna go out and see what we could do," Parker told Fox News' Sean Hannity.

"Immediately the school staff stopped us and told us to get inside of the building….essentially the staff wouldn't let us go to assist," he added.

One courageous man who also tried to apprehend the shooter, Army veteran Chris Mintz, ended up being shot five times. Mintz was unarmed.

In asserting his right to concealed carry, Parker was knowingly violating a rule which declared the college to be a gun free zone.

As we reported yesterday, a post on the college website made it clear that even water pistols were banned on campus.