.. Gunman opened fire on police with AK47 and was shot by police during a routine traffic stop

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7. Right wing fear tactics

The right wing extremists have been hearing from the likes of congress, the NRA, and right wing smear machine, Beck, Limbaugh, etc., about how the president Obama and the "liberals" are going to take away their guns and they are reacting. You can't stir up a hornets nest and not expect trouble. The right wing crazy base are the kind of people that are easily swayed, they are gullible enough to believe all the BS they hear and "think" they have to "defend" their rights, even though those rights have not been taken from them, they only "think" they have because of what they hear from the hate mongers who have been spreading this crap since president Obama got elected the first time, now after he won a second term, things are getting worse.

Not having strongly enforced background checks should be a no brainer, but politicians are bought and paid for by the likes of the NRA, and we all see what that has done for "sane" gun laws.