Obama wants tougher gun control laws post Oregon school shooting

Vicari’s brother told her that anyone who responded “yes” was shot in the head.

Harper-Mercer was a student at Umpqua and was enrolled in English and theater classes, said Rita Cavin, interim president of the school. The Oregonian said police scanner traffic indicated that the shooter was “down”. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say… but I am going to take care of everybody.

“I don’t know how we are going to move forward with our lives without Quinn”, the Coopers said.

“It’s time now to undo them”, Obama said in a press conference. It is not clear if police shot Harper-Mercer or if he turned a weapon on himself.

In his letter, Hanlin said he would not enforce any federal regulation enacted by Congress or executive action by President Obama that would “offend” the constitutional rights of US citizens.

And I cordially invite House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to prove me wrong. He’s directing flags to be lowered until sunset Tuesday.

Seven others got injured in the shooting, when the gunman started firing in a classroom at the southern Oregon College.

The Oregon community college where nine people were shot and killed has canceled classes for all of next week. Every single child’s eyes said, “We’re safe here, right, Ms. Danna?”

The hymn wonderful Grace was played over loudspeakers.

Cooper’s family says he was amusing and compassionate and loved dancing and voice acting. But enough was known to trigger outrage and profound frustration that a new place name – Roseburg, Ore. – had been added to a list that includes Newtown, Columbine, Charleston and many more scarred communities. Obama, however, said it did not make sense to argue that the Constitution prevented sensible reforms. For many Americans it was all the sadder as a reminder of how frequent, how depressingly routine, mass shootings have become – in malls, at churches, and so often at schools and colleges. “We need to treat mental illness”.

“We spend over a trillion dollars and pass countless laws to prevent terrorist acts on our soil, and rightfully so”, Obama said.

She said she spoke Friday with her nephew, who said he was in a lot of pain. “I want to know if your perspective is different now that you’re knee deep in one of these situations than just being someone who’s seeing it from overseas”.

“This is not the way the United States should be operating”, he said.

He attended El Camino College in Torrance, California, from 2010 to 2012, according to a college spokesman.

At the end, nine people were dead, plus Mercer, and the college joined the mournful roster of America’s mass shooting sites – the 294th this year with multiple gun violence. Treven was one of the most positive young man always looking for the best in life. He was awarded France’s highest honor and his popularity won him a spot on the dancing competition show. But he has said he doesn’t want his successor to inherit a “dirty barn”.

Mintz survived the shooting – but spent most of the day in surgery. Three female patients were then transported north to another hospital in Springfield.

The women range in age from 18 to 34.

Authorities are not providing a motive for America’s latest mass killing, which left nine people wounded. But, she said, he shot Mintz again and went inside.

According to his family, Chris Mintz didn’t run away from the gunfire. That’s why there are approximately 30,000 gun deaths annually in the US, a number that rivals vehicle crash fatalities in recent years. “This is a conversation we will have, but today is not the day”. “Ending these massacres is going to be about compromise”. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, said that Carnes is the great-granddaughter of his first cousin.

Details remained scant about why a 26-year-old walked into a classroom Thursday at Umpqua Community College and opened fire. “This is the equivalent of: We know the tsunami is coming and we’re trying to get to higher ground”, said Greg Crane.

At a few point, Harper-Mercer appears to have been sympathetic to the Irish Republican Army, a militant group that waged a violent campaign to drive the British from Northern Ireland. Jackson, South Carolina, starting on November. 5, 2008.

On Thursday, two wounded people were treated in the emergency room and released, he said. She said she occasionally heard him having temper tantrums in his apartment. He died after a shootout with police. The guns included a 9mm Glock pistol and.40-caliber Smith & Wesson, both traced to the suspect.

He isn’t believed to have a criminal history. This was not two tormented teens shooting their classmates.

Willis’ report corroborates other accounts that the shooter targeted people based on their religion. On an undated Myspace page, he posted photos of masked IRA gunmen carrying assault rifles. Residents of Roseburg, about 420 km south of Portland, were left to ponder the how and why of the violence.

The three patients who needed additional care were transferred to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

Democrats say they will continue to push.

Although authorities have disclosed scant information about the gunman, they appeared to be learning more about him and why he might have opened fire.