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Jacksonville shooter bought guns legally before racist attack that killed 3
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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Believe it or not, the gun shops involved followed the law. The sheriff said that the domestic violence incident between the shooter and his brother were on file, but that he didn't see a criminal record or the mental health incident. The gun shop would not have known anything was out of the ordinary.
Oh sure, but that doesn’t change the fact that they supplied the gun to the shooter, a key step in the rampage.
The article gives a step by step breakdown of how the shooting went down, gives the names of the targeted location (Dollar Tree store), nearby university that went into lockdown (Edward Waters University), the streets where a makeshift memorial is being set up, names of the victims and people who interacted with him, etc. Presumably, none of these people and places ever wanted to be associated with the tragedy of a mass shooting, but unfortunately they had no choice in the matter.
The gun shop that sold the shooter the gun is no different. They’re intimately involved in the shooting; they have no choice in the matter, just like all the other victims. Even if they’ve followed every law they’re still linked to this tragedy. Following the law didn’t spare any of the victims from being linked to a mass killing, why should that protect the gun shop?