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sc94597 on 02 October 2017
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CosmicSex said:
sc94597 said:

What do you propose would have prevented this? I am only guessing based on what I heard, but it sounded like the guy had a fully-automatic weapon. These are illegal/inaccessible for the overwhelming majority of Americans, and require extensive (6 month long) background checks. They also cost tens of thousands of dollars. 

Furthermore, any automatic weapons produced after 1986 are illegal to own by civilians, and can only be manufactured for military purposes. 

Are you trying to defend him or attack me for wanting something to be done.  Nothing that you said changes the fact that people are dead.  I would have real laws to go after and track illegal weapons.  Obviously it wasn't hard for him to find right? What is actually wrong with you?  Gun control isn't about taking everyone's guns. It's about control and we have none right bone.  I am sick of the 'Oh well' mentality. 

All I did was ask a question. What type of gun control you think we are lacking that could have prevented this is a perfectly legitimate question, when called upon to form new laws, is it not? 

Who knows how hard it was for him to find. He could've been planning this for months now, and it took that long to get the illegal gun. 

"Real laws to go after and track illegal weapons" is vague. 

Nothing that you said changes the fact that people are dead either. Which is why I inquired on how that fact could've been prevented. 

It wasn't an "oh well" mentality, it was questioning you on specific policy proposals, because you want action to take place. Well, "what sort of action?" was my question. Reactions like yours are why pro-gun rights people exited the legislative debate long ago. The demand is for "something" to be done, without specifying a specific something that would've changed the conditions on which this were possible.