[vigraxtru]

Apparently he stormed in through one of the exit doors clad in a helmet and a bullet-proof vest, so it would appear that he wanted to survive the encounter. In that respect he sort of reminds me of Andre Breivick. I'm sure we'll get some sort of statement of his motives very soon.

[otheloComRole]

[Wluwsdtn]

Very sad.

[ExelePlavisseu]

So is it legal to own an "AK-like" assault rifle in Colorado?

[redDoodia]

This is simply bizarre.

[voodoosdv]

So is it legal to own an "AK-like" assault rifle in Colorado?

Yeah, of course. It's just a semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine.

[zoppiklonikaa]

Those are legal in Canada, too, Asher.

In fact I'm pretty sure all of these guns are legal in Canada. Does Canada allow handguns?

[fedelwfget]

How to get a handgun license in Canada:
http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/200...restricted.pdf
1. Pass the Canada Firearms Safety Exam
2. Pass the Canada Restricted Firearms Safety Exam
3. Obtain an Application for a Restricted Possessio
n and Acquisition License from the Canada
Firearms Centre.
4. Provide a verified photograph
5. Provide two personal references that have known
the applicant at least two years. These references

are checked and extensively questioned regarding th
e Applicants history and any possible pre-
disposition to violence or criminal activity.
6. Disclose all mental health information.
7. Disclose the names and contact information of al
l conjugal partners in the last two years. These
former and current partners are contacted to see if
they have any concerns regarding the
individual’s acquisition of a firearm.
8. Disclose whether the Applicant has suffered a ma
rital breakdown or a breakdown of a significant
relationship, job loss or bankruptcy or other traum
atic event in the last two years.
9. Disclose whether you have threatened or attempte
d suicide, any consultation or treatment for
alcohol, substance abuse, and behavioural or emotio
nal problems in the last 5 years.
10. Disclose whether you do you know if you have be
en reported to the police or social services for
violence, threatened or attempted violence, or othe
r conflict in your home or elsewhere in the last 5
years?
11. Have a criminal records background check throug
h your local police service, the O.P.P., the
R.C.M.P., C.S.I.S. and Interpol. This background c
heck includes all charges, convictions and
inquiries, juvenile and adult, federal, provincial
and international.
12. Be approved by the Ontario Chief Firearms Offic
e (O.P.P.) and submitted back to the Canada
Firearms Centre (R.C.M.P.)
13. Wait a mandatory 28 days (closer to three to si
x months)
14. Receive the new license by mail.
15. At the firearms retailer, the retailer and the
Canada Firearms Centre check the license validity
again. The ownership of the firearm is transferred
to the purchaser.
16. The purchaser must then wait 2 to 6 weeks for t
he Chief Firearms Office to issue an
Authorization
to Transport
the firearm from the retailer to the purchaser’s h
ome.
17. To shoot the firearm the individual MUST: Join
a licensed gun club, pass the minimum number of
probationary shoots, pass the club’s range safety c
ourse, apply through the club for an
Authorization to Transport for the Purposes of Targ
et Shooting
and wait one to three months
for that document to be issued.
18. To acquire ammunition, the individual must pres
ent to the retailer a valid Firearms License and
have their name, address, license number and items
purchased recorded in a logbook.
19. Issuance of a Firearms License automatically en
ters the individual into the
Continuous Eligibility
System
, which cross-references every police computer and
database in Canada at all times.

[picinaRefadia]

Assault rifles are selective fire (semi or fully automatic), and are generally unavailable in the US. What this guy probably used was an assault style rifle, which looks similar on the outside, but only fires in semi-automatic. Since it fires in semi-automatic there are virtually no restrictions in most states. California, Illinois, and the north east are the only areas that would seriously restrict this type of gun.

[BundEnhamma]

I'm sure we could've stopped this if only we'd asked this guy whether anyone he'd had sex with would have an issue with him owning a gun.

[ëàìèíàò]

I'm sure we could've stopped this if only we'd asked this guy whether anyone he'd had sex with would have an issue with him owning a gun.

You may joke, but this is probably more effective than you'd ever know.

[Alexunda]

Felch (July 20, 2012)

[slimfifa]

Colo. shooting suspect's Calif. family cooperating


SAN DIEGO. (AP) -- The California family of the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater says their hearts go out to those involved.

Police in San Diego read a statement Friday morning from family members of 24-year-old James Holmes, who graduated from high school in the San Diego area.

The family asked the media to respect their privacy. They say they're cooperating with authorities in San Diego and Aurora, Colo., and are trying to process everything.

San Diego police spokeswoman Andra Brown says there's nothing to suggest the family had any involvement.

A spokeswoman for the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver says Holmes was a student there until last month but didn't know why he withdrew.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-20-11-13-45

[LookSe]

The pot growers don't bring the pot through checkpoints.

[primaveraloler]

Oh, also, semi-automatic rifles are totally legal in Canada and lots of people do have those. You just can't have magazines with more than 5 rounds. Those are even more easily acquired and smuggled than guns, and you could even make it by hand yourself out of sheet metal and a legal magazine with little effort. To make it concealable, just add a folding stock and saw down the barrel.

Yes, because everyone is a gunsmith in Canada or has access to machine tools to do the job.

[Ankeseiband]

I miss those threads we used to have 10 years or so back where people would declare, in all seriousness, that the UK's ban on handguns caused homicide rates to rise.

They were fun. For me, anyway.

[anxpuna]

I like that attitude. "It might be tricky and take a long time, so let's not bother starting". Slacker culture FTW.

[RenyBontes]

I like that attitude. "It might be tricky and take a long time, so let's not bother starting". Slacker culture FTW.

THIS

[Espacamlisa]

And there's not a lot of evidence that gun control even does any good
There's plenty. The problem is Americans choose not to believe it, instead throwing out rhetoric like "well, if you had as many darkies as we have, you'd have higher murder rates with guns too!"

[Lotyqnag]

Also, hasn't anyone here seen Red Dawn? Private guns are crucial to repelling communist invasions.