Ironically, the weapons used in the Oregon shooting were bought legally from a licensed dealer by the killer and another relative. This means that the killer passed background checks. He did not have any criminal or psychiatric record, which usually is the case with mass shooters. Background checks many times cannot prevent shootings due to the fact that they cannot predict whether or not the person wants to accomplish a mass shooting. In addition, there are many ways a killer can get their hands on a gun without it being legal. After all, criminals often times do not worry about everything being legal.
Seeing as how Hillary is going for more gun control, I hope she gives a detailed response on how to stop people from selling the guns, or else I doubt she will get far in the campaign.
ReplyDeleteI agree that she needs to elaborate. Adding more background checks is definitely not the answer people are looking for at this point in time.
ReplyDeleteI think one significant variable people and politicians alike may not be considering is the media. There is so much coverage of these events, investigation into the shooter's past/motivations, talk show discussions, replayed footage on the news, etc., that I find it a bit disturbing. Most of these shooters are people that revel in the attention and the legacy that follows a tragic event like this, whether they kill themselves or not, and the media is giving it to them again and again.
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