Oregon Sheriff Writes, ‘Gun Control Is NOT the Answer,’ and Residents Agree
“I think [gun control is] the worst thing in the world that can happen,” said [Carolyn] Kellim, 86, who runs KC’s Exchange gun shop out of her home . . .
“This is hunting territory,” Kellim said, smiling proudly. Her views about guns — and who should be able to buy them — didn’t change, she said, when a gunman shot and killed nine people and wounded at least nine others at Umpqua Community College not far from her home . . .
An ex-girlfriend of a surviving victim scoffed at the idea of tightening gun laws, and Kendra Godon, an elementary education student who hid from the shooting in a nearby classroom, said she hoped her community’s tragedy wouldn’t get spun into the national debate about firearms.
John Hanlin, Douglas County’s sheriff and the public face of the community since the shooting, is also an outspoken critic of increasing gun control . . .
“Gun control is NOT the answer to preventing heinous crimes like school shootings,” Hanlin wrote in a letter posted on the Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page. (Read more from “Oregon Sheriff Wrote, ‘Gun Control Is NOT the Answer,’ and Residents Agree” HERE)
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