18-Year-Olds Can't Buy Cigarettes nor Alcohol, But Can Buy Military-Style Weapons for Mass Killings!

Republicans are retarded!

More acts of retardation from gun nut Republicans who oppose ALL sane gun regulation:

"Days before the shooting (BOULDER, COLORADO: MARCH 22, 2021. 10 DEAD), a judge struck down city ordinances banning assault rifles and high-capacity magazines in Boulder, citing a state law prohibiting local gun bans. The NRA backed the lawsuit challenging the ordinances. A judge ruled last month that Alissa is mentally incompetent to stand trial."

"Seth Aaron Ator purchased an AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check (MIDLAND, TEXAS, AUG. 31, 2019. 7 DEAD)."

"His mother raised concerns about the purchase in a call to police on June 27. Police said she asked if Crusius, who was 21 at the time, was old enough to buy a gun. Police said she was assured he was and that he’d qualify if he passed a background check. (EL PASO, TEXAS, AUG. 3, 2019. 23 DEAD)"

"California tried to outlaw high-capacity magazines, but a federal judge reversed that after a pro-gun group sued. Months before the shooting, sheriff’s deputies called to Long’s home found him acting irrationally, but a mental health specialist didn’t feel he needed to be involuntarily committed. (THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA: NOV. 7, 2018. 12 DEAD)"

"17-year-old student, used a shotgun and a .38-caliber handgun that his father purchased legally and stored in a closet at their home. Prior to the attack, Pagourtzis posted a photo on social media of a T-shirt with the phrase “Born to Kill” and had writings indicating he planned to attack his high school. A judge sent him to a mental health facility after ruling he was incompetent to stand trial. (SANTA FE, TEXAS: MAY. 18, 2018. 10 DEAD)

"He’d been treated at a mental health clinic but hadn’t been there in more than a year. Federal law prohibits gun purchases if a court declares a person a “mental defective” or commits that person to an institution, but not if the person seeks treatment voluntarily." (PARKLAND, FLORIDA: FEB. 14, 2018. 17 DEAD)

"Kelley’s history of domestic abuse barred him from buying guns. He was able to because information about his crimes was never entered into a federal database used for background checks. The Air Force failed to follow rules requiring that it inform the FBI about his conduct." (SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS: NOV. 5, 2017. 25 DEAD)

"Paddock purchased 33 of the 49 weapons. His gradual accumulation of guns went undetected because federal law doesn’t require licensed gun dealers to alert the government about rifle purchases. (LAS VEGAS: OCT. 1, 2017. 58 DEAD)

"Even if he’d been placed on a terrorism watch list, Congress in 2015 rejected attempts to prevent people on the list from purchasing guns. (ORLANDO, FLORIDA: JUNE 12, 2016. 49 DEAD)

"A drug arrest should’ve prevented Dylann Roof from purchasing the pistol he used at Emanuel AME Church, but a record-keeping error and background check delay enabled the transaction to go through. (CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: JUNE 17, 2015. 9 DEAD)

"Alexis, a former reservist turned civilian contractor, passed background checks and legally purchased the shotgun used in the Washington Navy Yard shooting despite recent mental health treatment and a history of violent outbursts. He previously fired a gun in anger twice but wasn’t prosecuted in either case. (WASHINGTON: SEPT. 16, 2013. 12 DEAD)

"Holmes was receiving psychiatric treatment when he passed required federal background checks and legally purchased the weapons he used in his movie theater assault.(AURORA, COLORADO: JULY 20, 2012. 12 DEAD)

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