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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Thursday, October 8, 2015 Mother-son bond over guns links Oregon and Connecticut slayings Ranchers re-sentenced in arson case 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Western Washington: Times of sun and clouds today. Rain at the coast tonight. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. REGIONAL CITIES Forecast PORTLAND (AP) — Portland has joined the list of cities marking the second Monday in October as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” A resolution unanimously approved by council Wednesday honors the contributions of Native Americans in the Portland area and says the city has a responsibility to oppose “systemic racism” toward indigenous people and promote their well-being. It’s no coincidence that it falls on the same date as the federal Columbus Day holiday, established in 1937 to commemorate Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492. Many Native Americans say the holiday is a painful reminder of oppression. Minneapolis and Seattle approved similar resolutions last year, and some smaller cities followed. 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The three who were sentenced Tuesday acknowl- edged in court that they also VHWDWUDVKELQRQ¿UHWKH day after the stadium blaze. In addition to supervised probation, the boys must also FRPSOHWHD¿UHVDIHW\FRXUVH Judge Clara Rigmaiden noted that the boys are younger than most offenders in the juvenile system. (8*(1($3²7ZR members of a prominent Eastern Oregon ranching family have been sentenced WR¿YH\HDUVLQSULVRQ for committing arson on federal lands along Steens Mountain. A Pendleton jury three years ago convicted 73-year-old Dwight Hammond and 46-year-old Steven Hammond. By law, WKHFULPHFDUULHGD¿YH\HDU minimum sentence. A judge, however, gave the father and son much less prison time. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later ordered the Hammonds to be resentenced, saying the judge did not have the authority to be so lenient. Judge Ann Aiken on :HGQHVGD\LPSRVHG¿YH year sentences with credit for time already served. The government alleged the Hammonds set the UDQJH¿UHVWRUHGXFHWKH growth of juniper trees and sagebrush and to accelerate the production of rangeland grasses for cattle feed. recalled him as uncommu- nicative, having child-like WDQWUXPV DQG ORXG ¿JKWV PORTLAND — The with his mother, who was deadly shooting last week overprotective of him. at an Oregon community Adam Lanza’s mother college has an eerie parallel Nancy Lanza also struggled with the massacre at Sandy with her son, who had Hook Elementary School developmental issues from that killed 20 pupils and six early childhood, according adult staff members in 2012. to a report released Like Adam Lanza, the last November by the gunman in the Connecticut &RQQHFWLFXW 2I¿FH RI WKH massacre, Christopher Child Advocate. Harper-Mercer was living The report said Lanza’s a mostly solitary life with a mother, like Harper-Mer- mom who shared his fasci- cer’s, was doting. She AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File QDWLRQZLWK¿UHDUPV Both stories illustrate the Douglas County Deputy Sheriff Greg Kennerly, left, attempted to eliminate struggles parents face caring and Oregon State Trooper Tom Willis stand Oct. 2 disruptions to Adam Lanza’s for a deeply troubled child, guard outside the apartment building where alleged life “entirely through hyper- Community College gunman Chris Harper vigilance and management struggles that can inad- Umpqua Mercer lived with his mother in Roseburg. of his symptoms.” In emails vertently lead to a volatile outcome made easier by mothers amassed weapons school where he killed eight to her son, she wrote she ready access to weaponry. and took their sons to students and a professor loved him and wanted him “When you begin to shooting ranges, according before killing himself last to be happy, according to the report. bring guns into the home to the investigation into the week. But Nancy Lanza isolated environment where you Sandy Hook shooting and She wrote enthusiasti- have that dangerous cocktail the Daily Breeze newspaper FDOO\DERXWDVVDXOWULÀHVDQG her son from the world. And of behavior, that’s pretty in Torrance, California, pistols and derided gun-con- while she sought some treat- unbelievable,” said Mary where Harper lived for years trol efforts in “lame states” ment for him, she rejected Ellen O’Toole, a former FBI with her son. on Yahoo! Answers using other help and was in denial SUR¿OHU ZKR GLUHFWV *HRUJH It’s easy to judge them an account that is linked to about her son’s illness. The Mason University’s forensic in hindsight, but deeply an email address associated teen became increasingly preoccupied with mass science program. strained and complicated with her. Harper-Mercer bears relationships often lead to “I keep two full mags in murder and engaged in a similarities to other school bad or desperate parental P\ *ORFN FDVH´ VKH ZURWH cyber-community of mass shooters: a young male decisions with tragic conse- in a three-year-old posting. murder enthusiasts. Before focused on mass lethality quences, said psychologist “No one will be ‘dropping’ the shooting, he lived in virtual social isolation, spent and carrying out the killings Peter Langman, author of by my house uninvited.” in a military-like mission two books on school Harper could not be months in his bedroom with destined to end in the killer’s shooters. Many troubled located for comment and the windows blacked out, own death, O’Toole said. young people are so has not returned messages and communicated with his He was a loner in his 20s impaired they’re incapable left by The Associated Press mother only through email. The report says access like James Holmes, who of living on their own. at her home. killed 12 people in a cinema “In some cases, (parents) The nurse, who moved to assault weapons with in Aurora, Colorado, in don’t recognize there’s a to rural Oregon with her high capacity magazines 2012; Jared Loughner, who problem,” Langman said. son from the Los Angeles “did play a major role” in seriously wounded Rep. “In other cases, they’re area two years ago, speaks the Sandy Hook massacre, *DEE\ *LIIRUGV DQG NLOOHG aware of their child’s mental frankly in the postings alongside inadequate and six in Tucson, Arizona, in health issues, but they about her son’s Asperger’s uncoordinated mental health 2011; and Elliot Rodger, don’t see any evidence of syndrome, a mild form of services and Adam Lanza’s preoccupation who killed six people near violence, so they don’t see autism. Experts say that extreme the University of California, any reason not to take their people diagnosed with with violence. His mother, Santa Barbara, campus last kid target shooting.” Asperger’s are not more it notes, “seemed unaware year. Parents may also use prone to violence than of any potential detrimental impact of providing unfet- Like Rodger, he guns to bond with a mentally anyone else. left behind a note that troubled, isolated child who Investigators said the WHUHGDFFHVVWR¿UHDUPV´ While most young men complained about not is obsessed with weapons mother has told them he had having a girlfriend. and violence, he said. mental health issues, but who commit mass shootings show evidence of mental But the comparison to Laurel Harper’s online have not released details. Lanza extends to the rela- postings don’t indicate she 6RFLDO SUR¿OHV OLQNHG WR problems, the vast majority tionships both shooters had knew her son had violent her son suggested he tracked of mentally ill people aren’t with their mothers and guns. tendencies, but it is clear she other mass shootings and violent. Liza Long, an instructor Both women were relished her weapons. was fascinated by the Irish long-time gun enthusiasts, Investigators found Republican Army. Neigh- at the College of Western not uncommon in many eight guns in the apartment bors in the Los Angeles-area Idaho, understands what parts of America where she shared with her son suburb of Torrance, where Harper was up against. Her gun ownership is prevalent near the North Umpqua the mother and son lived then-13-year-old son, who and encouraged. The two River and another six at the before moving to Oregon, suffered from mental illness, Associated Press Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 BRIEFLY 2 1 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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