Two people critical in hospital as officials in Bend say 16-year-old suspect shot dead by bystander

A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot dead by a community member, authorities said at an evening news conference.

The dead children at Silver Rail elementary school were aged five, eight and 11, officials said.

A seven-year-old and a 54-year-old were also hospitalized with critical injuries, according to police.

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    It takes a minute or two just to fill the form out on the laptop…

    Under half an hour walking in and out is realistic for the entire process, but even if your hitting a stop watch the second the employee hits “submit” and staring at a screen hooked up to a fiber Internet connection…

    It’s not a “minute or two”

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      In Texas, you can peer to peer a gun sale without any checks of any kind…

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        In the vast majority of states that’s true…

        Which leads to people intentionally not looking at license plates or even asking for a driver’s license.

        The only way to get in trouble as a seller is if you know the buyer can’t buy a gun, so sellers avoid all possible information, including age or if they live in that state.

        I purchased a rifle at like 12 at a flea market because I was already 6 foot tall and my dad wanted to see if I could. Dude didn’t ask for Idea and I handed him less than a hundred dollars

        As long as that loophole exists, anyone can get a gun. Even if they have to drive a state over.

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      I’m confident I was in the store for less than 40 minutes, and yeah, when I say “a minute or two” that’s obviously a every rough estimate.

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        it wasn’t significantly more difficult than buying a candybar

        Kind of curious what you call that then…

        But really doubt I’m ever go to see it