"I don't want your prayers, I don't want thoughts. I want gun control," the mother of Thousand Oaks shooting victim - Telemachus Orfanos, told local media.
Telemachus Orfanos was identified among the 12 killed in a mass shooting, at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks
Telemachus attended the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas last year, having survived the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
But when interviewed by ABC 7, the mother of the victim - Susan Orfanos said he did not come home Wednesday night from the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks after a gunman opened fire right inside the bar filled with college students who where there for a country music night.
“I hope to God nobody send me anymore prayers. I want gun control. No more guns!” - mother of shooting victim -
Susan Orfanos stated.
She says he survived the LasVegasShooting last year but didnt survive the ThousandOaksMassacre.
"I don't want prayers. I don't want thoughts. I want gun control," an exasperated Susan Orfanos said.
Her sentiment echoed that of survivors and family members of the victims killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who had earlier demanded stricter gun control laws having launched a nationwide campaign after a gunman killed 17 people at the Parkland, Florida, school.
The victim - Telemachus was a 2009 graduate of Thousand Oaks High earning the rank of Eagle Scout that year, and went on to attend Moorpark College.
And then joined the Navy, according to his Facebook page.
Telemachus later returned to civilian life in Thousand Oaks. and in 2017, his mother said he traveled to Las Vegas for the music festival, where 59 people were killed with hundreds more injured.
"I hope to God nobody else sends me a prayers," I want gun control, mother of victim states. Susan Orfanos.
