Aurora mayor: Some victims in "bad shape"

(CBS News) Nine people remain in critical condition after Friday's mass shooting, Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

He also said they are in "bad shape."

"There are people who have had already numerous surgeries, numerous brain surgeries. There are some folks that are in bad shape," he told host Bob Schieffer. "Some of these victims... are going to be paralyzed for life."

He said the mood of the town is not yet angry, but in mourning. "But no one's bitterly angry, at least not yet.

"I think, you know, we're starting now to go through that grieving process, and I think some of that will come out, but not yet," he said.

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Hogan said a process to provide donations is being set up because some of the victims don't have health insurance. "So any financial support would be greatly appreciated," he said.

He added: "We've heard from literally the world, and I'm thankful for that. And we'll get back to everybody and say thank you."

[14FREEK]

WHERE DO THEY GET THESE PEOPLE?

SOME VICTIMS ARE IN BAD SHAPE, I SHOULD SAY D-E-A-D IS PRETTY BAD. In fact I just don't see how a hillbilly could be any much more worser off

[Eugene2012]

Anyone know when Wayne LaPierre is scheduled to visit the surviving victims and their families?

[rheola-2009]

I would feel safer in a society where the criminals have guns and the honest citizens don't.

As the USA proves time and time again, well-armed honest citizens means lots of mass killings by well-armed honest-until-they-went-completely-insane citizens.

It's an attractive fantasy so many have that it acts as a deterrent to crime. Problem is that if you compare the USA's crime rates to other developed countries, that doesn't stack up to reality.

[gregorio57]

There were people around the killer prior to the shooting who ignored the warning signals. This happens time and again.

[rheola-2009]

One of societies most important roles is to protect the innocent. The victims in Aurora Colorado were innocent. Guns did not protect them. Guns killed them. A person with a gun did not protect them. A person with a gun murdered them.

A country dominated and manipulated by fear is not a free country. The American Gun Lobby's slogan is that "Guns don't kill people. People kill people"...is farcical...the truth is that people with guns shoot people. People without guns don't.

[ffoulkes2009]

right...tell that to all the people murdered by ieds...If someone wants to murder people, they will find a way. Just check out the numbers and kinds of bombs the guy had in his house.

[rheola-2009]

ffoulkes2009

Another desperate attempt to defend the idiocy the gun ownership situation here in America.

So many IED'S being used outside of Afghanistan, or is it you are comparing the situation in America with that of Afghanistan, if so maybe you are correct.

[rheola-2009]

These events have been proven that an armed society is far more dangerous than an unarmed society. America has the highest rate of incarceration of any developed country in the world. The truth is clear and unfettered and even the simplest of people should understand...that guns do not deter crime, guns encourage crime. Guns facilitate, aid and abet crime.

[EmtFF10]

How is a gun encouraging crime?? Does the gun jump up & say "Hey Homie, let's go cap someone today? NO it is the morons that choose to use them.

[rheola-2009]

EmtFF10

Is that a description of yourself, or are you not one of the morons that use them.

No matter what spin you attempt to place on it, there is no way a moron can shoot some person without a gun.

So it follows that the gun does the act of killing the person.

This killing in Colorado would not have happened on such a scale if the gun had not been present, further, the reason more were not killed, is because the gun jammed, the person with the gun did not jam, the GUN JAMMED, so if that had not happened, how many more would that gun have killed.

I presume you are up to date with your N.R.A. membership.

[ffoulkes2009]

In Afghanistan and Iraq, they are using iads rather than guns and murdering thousands. If someone wants someone else dead, they will find a way.

[rheola-2009]

ffoulkes2009

You are desperate aren't you, but then you may be correct in comparing the situation the in America with that of Afghanistan and Iraq with the idiocy of gun ownership as it is.

[EmtFF10]

ObamaCare has not one thing to do with this tragic incident at all so why even bring that into the mix.
Shooter to a possible victim: Do you have health insurance at all?
Possible victim: No I do not
Shooter: Ok I wont waste a bullet on you then.

That is honestly what some have tried to make this out as.
Let's face it folks, this guy had the intent to kill people & that he did. Yes he used guns to the job! Now what if he used a bomb instead? Who would you put the blame on then?? Because we Normally don't have bombs to carry around as a person may have a gun right? So then who would you blame? The makers of the chemicals & components that were used to make a bomb?? or even the Internet?

Face it this guy had his mind set that he was going to kill as many as possible plain & simple!!! It's not the NRA's fault, it does not have to do with Obamacare nor anything else BUT this guy was out to kill & kill he did!!!

My prayers to the victims & condolences to the families whom lost a loved one over this tragic incident.

[14FREEK]

NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO BAN GUNS. It is in our constitution for eternity. It is the reason we are a free democracy. Remember Tiananmen Square, democracy failed there because the citizens could not stand up to the governments' army. However, Libya, and the other Arab spring democratic uprising succeeded because the citizens were able to defeat the governments' army and establish democracy. Now we come to Syria. They have yet to establish democracy there because the citizens don't have the firepower to overthrow the tyrannical dictator. Plans are in the works to get weapons to those citizens as we sit here now. So plying your anti-gun philosophy is truly counter productive if you actually look at it. Try coming up with solutions to the specific problems, like mental health issues and those related regulations which prevent the disabling of individuals who should not have weapons due tp mental instability from obtaining weapons.

[rheola-2009]

The ridiculous situation with guns in America is a mental health issue, and you are correct, it desperately needs adressing.

You must be desperate to protect the insanity inflicting America to use the examples you have.

Your post is a perfect example of what I referred to in my previous reply.

God help America, it surely needs protection from the gun whacko's.

Incidentally, when some sanity overcomes the ridiculous situation here in Amreica, those with a brain will come to the forefront, and the stupidity associated with that 2nd Amendment will be altered, it will not be there for eternity.

Have a good evening, playing with your deadly and murderous toys.

[mlkpsu88]

If ever there was justifiction for a lynch mob.....

[jscott418-21618367473133020464]

All I can say is that I would bet our founding Father's of this great nation never envisioned that the Second amendment would cause so much pain and suffering to its own people. Putting more guns into the hands of others even in the cinema shooting would have only caused more bloodshed. Do we really need more amateurs shooting at each other in panic? No. I do not know of any other civilized Country with as much gun violence as we have here in the US.

[Eugene2012]

No where in the U.S. Constitution does it state that civilians have the right to bear high-powered semi-automatic rifles!

[hypnotoad72]

In the developed world, looking at the ratio of citizens to gun-related crime and then balancing the ratio as I'm sure not all countries in the developed world have the same quantity of citizens...

But, yeah, this sort of violence is the sort America tends to get the most recognition from, and before people start talking of the media, our entertainment industry still does a lot of exporting... yet those countries' citizens don't start these shootin' sprees...

[LCCLYDE]

Guns wont be banned anytime soon if ever.Politicans will not touch this because they know its the fastest way to get run out of their jobs.They will not say"Guns are a bad thing"They will all say they support the Constitution and the @nd Amendment.This issue has no winners and the losers are dead.More screening for the sales to the deranged? What about those families ripped apart by suicide with a gun.Something I have just seen happen.I dont know what the answer is,does anybody?A teen shot an intruder to death recently here where I live.He was a convicted rapist who savagely beat one of his victims but somehow managed to get released from prison.Was she supposed to die?and he live to do it again to someone elses child?No easy answers here on this.