Posted October 4, 2015 8:55 pm by Comments

By Patriot Outdoor News

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On Saturday, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said investigators found an additional gun at Harper-Mercer’s place of residence, bringing the grand total of his arsenal to 14. Harper-Mercer opened fire Thursday afternoon at Umpqua Community College and killed nine people before he killed himself.

“You don’t see these kinds of mass shootings all over the world on a consistent basis like you do in the United States. So somebody has to ask the question, ‘how is it so easy to get all these guns?’ Mercer continued. “I’ve never held a gun in my life, and I never want to. But I know there are people that do.”

Mercer added that he’s a “great believer” in that people should not buy guns and gun laws have to change.

“Even people that believe in the right to bear arms, what right do you have to take people’s lives? That’s what guns are — the killers,” Mercer said. “It’s as simple as that.”

He added that he wasn’t able to comment on his son’s mental state besides his belief that the 26-year-old must have had “some mental issue” in order to kill nine people.

Of his relationship with his son, Mercer said, “he was my …Read the Rest

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