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In Oregon visit, Obama will find grief but also resentment
Region known for gun support
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In this 1968 photo provided by the Douglas County Museum, Robert F. Kennedy speaks to a crowd outside the Douglas County Courthouse during a campaign stop in Roseburg, Ore. Kennedy was booed when he used the speech to call for tighter gun restrictions. When President Barack Obama arrives in Roseburg Friday, he will find a timber town still in mourning over the shooting that killed eight community college students and a teacher. But he will also find another deeply held emotion--seething anger over his calls for new gun restrictions. - photo by Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. — When President Barack Obama arrives here Friday, he will find a timber town still in mourning over the shooting that killed eight community college students and a teacher. But he will also find another deeply held emotion — seething anger over his calls for new gun restrictions. Only a week after a gunman strode into a writing class and opened fire on classmates, many people in the region known as Oregon's Bible Belt are quick to reaffirm their opposition to stricter gun laws.
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