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Originally Posted by jreg81
Wow. Lanza's MOTHER owned the gun. He did not. He illegally took it and used it. THAT'S ILLEGAL. He was a disturbed individual who threw out warning signs for YEARS. The problem is with a society and/or system that allows such a person to go untreated and be roaming free. What if he used a bomb instead? Or a knife? The issue isn't about the weapon of choice, it's about the individual and what led him to do it; what conditions existed that allowed it?
But one thing is very clear; Lanza was NOT a legal gun-owner. No way, no how.
Holmes was a head-case too. Plenty of documentation on it. So is there some systemic change that should have been in place to disallow such a person from owning a gun? Yes, I can agree with that. (still wish there was at least one CCW-holder in that theater)
Columbine? "kids had others purchase the guns" - ILLEGAL. You said it, not me. End of story on that one.
Criminals break the law. Criminals will not give a rats ass if obtaining a gun through someone else is illegal. Criminals will not give a rats ass if stealing their mother's gun is illegal. And Criminals will not give a rats ass if someone mentally unstable having a gun is illegal. Criminals will get their gun---or any other weapon they can---to do their crimes. That's why they are criminals. They don't follow laws like the rest of us.
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i know lanza's mother owned the gun and he used it illegally but until he did, that was a legal gun. had there been laws that forced her to lock up this gun with her access being the only access or if there were laws against having guns in a home where there are people with mental disorders, it may not of happened. like i said, i am not for 'banning' guns, just tighter access to them. you want to throw everything i said out because they were used illegally yet they were still purchased legally. it shouldn't of been that easy. and what made these guys 'criminals'? use of the gun? these people had no rap sheet, nothing. fact is every person in society is one step away from legal or illegal activity. people aren't born criminals and people who become criminals don't have to die criminals. the world is not as black and white as you would like it to be.