The killer had used a semi-automatic rifle. There could be laws at least to keep those highly restricted or even banned, no? Yeah, it'll still be available illegally given the number of guns already in circulation, but reinstating the ban might be a start. I find it hard to foresee that the 2nd Amendment might have had these weapons in mind...Plus, self defense aside, I can quite accurately picture what kind of threat the founding fathers wanted to protect themselves against with an armed militia (the threat of which, after centuries of democratic governance, is nonexistent now).
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