The latest murderer

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240. The shooter had only two speeding tickets. He had no criminal record.

He would have likely passed any background check. I have thought about this some. We aren't going to stop people from shooting up a public place. If such a person does not use an assault weapon, they would use standard automatic pistols. A person walking into a public place with three standard automatic pistols would have 18 rounds, with any aiming ability at all by the shooter, a dozen plus people could end up seriously injured or dead.

Our focus should be on getting a robust system of gun registration and background checks. The majority of americans, including most legal gun owners don't appear to have a problem with background checks and registration. The right will use their standard scare tactics like registration will allow people to be tracked for other reasons and gun id numbers can be filed off. What the right won't focus on is that gun owners that own registered guns will protect them from being stolen, and if they are stolen, will be likely to immediately report the theft to police.

Background checks and gun registration will make it more difficult for people that are most likely to use them for crime and killing to get guns. Criminals will have to steal them or buy them on the black market. Background checks and registration will immediately shrink the size of the black market. If the government turns resources from chasing people smoking weed to tracking down and closing black market gun sites, the supply of illegal guns could be shut down completely.