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Originally Posted by davidmash
We can't try and prevent the guy from getting the gun the first place?
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We did...there are reports from NBC that claim he tried to get a rifle at a Dick's Sporting Goods store three days prior to the shooting, but was turned away. He was turned away because he refused to follow the mandatory waiting period or undergo a background check.
Don't you understand?? Gun control laws only work with the lawful, not the outlaws. Enacting more stringent laws would only succeed in creating more lawbreakers out of normally lawful gun owners.
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