another shooting
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- JonnyReckless0
what a shame.
i think since 9/11, columbine and any other school shooting that has taken place since, it's more and more difficult for a person to get a gun. in california there is a waiting period to get a license, during that period you are subjected to a background check. after you aquire a license you then have to wait 10 days to buy any gun, meaning you apply to purchase a gun, you're checked again, then 10 days later if approved you get the gun.
unfortunately there is no nics cross check.
the problem is anyone owning a gun before the laws became stricter when it was much easier to get a gun and there wasn't a national/state-wide gun background check.
i wonder how many of these shootings in the u.s. were by a person who had recently bought a bunch of guns and ammo?
it would be wonderful if a system was set up that tracks the number of guns/ammo purchased over a given period of time and if you buy more than the whatever # of guns you're flagged.
currenlty like tkmeister said there is just no way to control anyone who has bought a gun from 5 years ago on. it would be impossible.
and for anyone saying it's easy to get a gun off the streets i dare you to try.
go ahead and drive to a shady area of town and start asking around to buy a gun. one of three things are going to happen.
1. you get shot
2. you get beaten
3. you get arrested by an undercover coplets be real here, none of us would know the first thing about going to a bad part of town and buying a gun off the street.
this is a horrible tragedy but quite frankly, this could happen anywhere at anytime, not just in the u.s.