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In reply to the discussion: Gunman William Spengler Used Bushmaster, Left Chilling Note [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)111. The laws inside gun shows are the same as the laws outside gun shows.
There are no exceptions for location.
Since this ocured in NY, a state with some of the strictest gun laws, perhaps we should find out where he got the gun, and under what circumstances, before rushing to judge the person he obtained it from.
Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_New_York
Gun Shows: New York State requires that anyone buying a gun at a gun show must have a background check done.
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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