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In reply to the discussion: Gunman William Spengler Used Bushmaster, Left Chilling Note [View all]doc03
(35,442 posts)60. He could could have bought a gun off of me or you, there is no
background check we wouldn't know he was felon unless he told us. If it is a private sale I don't think you have to even know the buyers name. He may be breaking the law buying a gun but he is a x-felon he wouldn't care about the law anyway.
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Gee, how about going after the company that made the hammer that he used on his grandmother?
humblebum
Dec 2012
#107
He got it somewhere outside of the prison that he should never have been released from
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#4
It was a plea deal. He was originally charged with murder, but plead to manslaughter to
LisaL
Dec 2012
#69
Yes, we're looking back after this crime and perhaps making the case worse than it appeared then.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#72
agree - anyone who kills his grandmother with a hammer should not be let out of jail
wordpix
Dec 2012
#134
Our friends who love guns want us to believe Bushmaster is not an assault weapon. LaPierre Disease.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#3
I think anyone who walks into gun store for assault weapon should be tested for LaPierre Disease.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#13
You do realize the guy would have done more damage (and been just as illegal) W/a model 94 right? NT
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#28
What I realize is that today's gun nuts are attracted to manufacturers' marketing campaigns.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#30
Then you'll want to restrict the Winchester .30-30 as well, as it was designed for the military.....
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#131
And eventually those weapons will be removed from private hands also. It will take time.
RC
Dec 2012
#86
Only if they knew, or should have known, that he was a felon or had criminal intent.
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#122
New York requires back ground checks on all sales at guns shows so probably not. NT
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#26
OK, does that somehow make it legal for a convicted felon to purchase a firearm?
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#105
He did 18 years for murdering his grandmother, and he was then able to get hold of a gun?
LeftishBrit
Dec 2012
#15
But you see, he used a hammer on his mother rather than a gun, because shooting her would have...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#16
Gun Militancy Movement's Response To Victims And Their Families: Tough Shit. (nt)
Paladin
Dec 2012
#17
Huff. Post:William Spengler's Note Before Killing Webster Firefighters: 'Do What I Like Doing Best,
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#18
Don't you just know that somewhere there's some fuckwad with an MBA
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#102
The NRA should be charged like a driver who's passengers go to bathroom in gas station
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#27
He might be able to have killed grandma with a hammer. Not so easy to do that with
LisaL
Dec 2012
#37
Prison does nothing to address people with psychological/emotional illnesses/issues.
Live and Learn
Dec 2012
#57
So instead of prisons, we should be now sending criminals to hospitals for treatment?
LisaL
Dec 2012
#76
Or get him in a treatment facility before he murdered his grandmother with a hammer.
HooptieWagon
Dec 2012
#74
that's what i want to know, he was already in his mid 30s when he beat her to death
JI7
Dec 2012
#88
This article is some tribute to a dingbat complete with picture and manifesto.
Paul E Ester
Dec 2012
#117