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The University of Texas faculty are watching Oregon uneasily

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imageA line is drawn in Roseburg, Oregon, Oct. 2, 2015. Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS

I fear our senses will become dulled to horrific news like Thursday’s, when a gunman opened fire on an Oregon community college, killing nine and wounding 10. I fear we will forget, again and again.

Oregon is one of the seven states that now have provisions allowing the...

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