"I was hated ever since I arrived in the world," OregonshooterChris Harper-Mercer reportedly said in a manifesto discovered on his computer. "I was always under attack. I've always been the most hated person in the world." The manifesto, recently excerpted to People via "sources familiar with the investigation," reveals that Mercer felt there was nothing that could have been done to prevent his tragic actions at Umpqua Community College, as society had forced him to align himself with his demons:
Mercer ultimately committed suicide after taking the lives of nine people and injuring others, a harrowing event that quickly triggered another debate in America regarding the future of potential gun law reform. Consequently, a Republican-led avoidance of the gun control topic entirely inspired a separate debate regarding the current status of mental health services in this country.
Prompted by President Barack Obama's request during a statement on the Oregon shooting, various publications compiled comparison charts of deaths from terrorism and deaths from gun violence. The results, as one might expect, paint a very detailed picture of the issue's most pressing realities.
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