Ore. Shooter’s Dad: If He Hadn’t Had Access To The Guns, It Wouldn’t Have Happened

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Ian Mercer, the father of the man who shot and killed nine people and injured nine others at a community college in Oregon last week told CNN Saturday that, had gun laws prevented his son from accessing the guns, the incident wouldn’t have happened.

Authorities said that the shooter, Chris Harper Mercer, had 13 guns linked to him that were all acquired legally.

His father questioned how he was able to access those weapons.

“How on Earth could he compile 13 guns? How can that happen?” Ian Mercer said on CNN. “They talk about gun laws, they talk about gun control. Every time something like this happens, they talk about it, and nothing is done.”

“I’m not trying to say that that’s what to blame for what happened,” he added. “But if Chris had not been able to get a hold of 13 guns, it wouldn’t have happened.”

Watch his comments from CNN:

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  1. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Yes Mr.Mercer that is correct.

  2. I´m surprised that we don´t have some NRA flunkies here saying that blunt objects are used in more murders than guns, therefore, we should feel lucky the shooter didn´t come to school with a 2 x 4, or the death toll would have been much higher.

    Of course, it´s early.

  3. My heart goes out to Ian Mercer. It really does. Knowing nothing else about their relationship or what kind of father he was, I couldn’t help but think that he could be any one of us, particularly those with adult children who live away. This is so sad. I understand the worst heartbreak in the world is to lose a child, especially losing a child who you love desperately, and one who took the lives of so many others. I do hope those in his community will be kind to him.

  4. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    …but the shooter DID have access to guns…13 of them.

    and obviously a way to give money to the sellers.

  5. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Well said Plucky,

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