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daleo

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27. From the Reuters article, regarding thr gun

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #22)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 05:07 PM

Jul 2016

"Police will also have to find out how the 18-year-old obtained the firearm in a country whose gun control system is described by the U.S. Library of Congress as being "among the most stringent in Europe".

"The investigation is still trying to determine where it came from," Heimberger said, adding that the assailant was not the registered owner of the gun."

Canadian gun ownership is not all that unusual either, but most are hunting rifles. Hand guns are tough to get, for the average person, at least legally. I don't know what the situation is in Germany.

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Well, no, it's not all *that* hard to get a gun in Germany. And they have school shootings like us Recursion Jul 2016 #9

One of those articles says the shooter got guns from an on-line auction daleo Jul 2016 #13

And how many domestic, 'lone wolf' shooters has the USA produced? sinkingfeeling Jul 2016 #10

That all depends on definitions daleo Jul 2016 #11

It was just 9mm glock. Doesn't take much to become a mass killer with one of those and jtuck004 Jul 2016 #12

18 year old immigrants don't usually have a lot of money or connections to aquire weapons daleo Jul 2016 #14

Yep, you can't even own a handgun here legally until you're 21 ansible Jul 2016 #15

Yup. ''Course, cannabis and most drugs are illegal, yet I have had no trouble getting anything I jtuck004 Jul 2016 #17

Immigrant? "Police said he was a dual German-Iranian national, born in Munich." jtuck004 Jul 2016 #16

He wasn't an immigrant. uppityperson Jul 2016 #18

At the time I made the post, those facts hadn't been revealed yet daleo Jul 2016 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Cal Carpenter Jul 2016 #21

Although Germany does have strict gun control, it's not a gun-free zone LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #22

From the Reuters article, regarding thr gun daleo Jul 2016 #27

Why isn't his name being released? itsrobert Jul 2016 #19

His name was Ali David Sonboly LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #20

It has been TubbersUK Jul 2016 #23

A lone gunman killing multiple people.. mountain grammy Jul 2016 #24

If you adjust for population size, Germany's lone wolf shooting rate is close to ours Recursion Jul 2016 #25

Not sure if you're talking about mass shootings or others mountain grammy Jul 2016 #29

Well with whom did he have ties? nt glennward Jul 2016 #26