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A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.

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The city in Central Oregon is home to Silver Rail Elementary School, where a shooting resulted in 5 dead.

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The state has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists. The Silver Rail Elementary School shooting seemed poised to set off conversations about gun control.

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The suspect in the shooting was killed at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., according to the authorities, and the conditions of the injured were not immediately known.