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‘Gun Control Is Not the Answer’: Sheriff, Residents Speak Out About Deadly Oregon Shooting

Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin once wrote to Vice President Joe Biden: "Gun control is NOT the answer to preventing heinous crimes like school shootings." (Credit: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Carolyn Kellim’s upper lip snarled to the left at the mention of gun control.

“I think that’s the worst thing in the world that can happen,” said Kellim, 86, who runs KC’s Exchange gun shop out of her home.

The words “2nd Amendment” are pasted in a decal onto her front door and there’s a Rifle Range Street nearby. In Roseburg, deer antlers line people’s driveways and locals hardly notice the pop-pop-pop of gunfire from nearby shooting ranges.

“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.

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