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by prklmn 2996 days ago
>>shooters who don’t abide by guns laws.

Get your facts straight. Hint: the large majority do abide by gun laws in their purchase.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/mass-s...

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Actually no, most shooters do not own their guns legally. Only 18% of guns used in crimes were legally owned. Although your claim may be the case for mass shooters, a tiny minority of all perpetrators of gun homicide. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-e...
Well, they may abide by gun laws in how they get the guns, but they sure aren't in how they use them...

(Though I suppose that's not "gun laws" that they're breaking, but rather laws against murder.)