• KayWhitlock

    Thanks for posting this – and huge thanks to Charles Blow for an essential commentary.
     
    I’m a Second Amendment Democrat – and I support a ban on assault weapons. 

    •  @KayWhitlock me too Kay
       
      this — from today”s NY Times — is just craziness
       
      ”
      In the last 60 days he bought four weapons legally at two Colorado gun shops, the authorities said. The weapons included an AR-15 assault rifle, a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, and a .40 caliber Glock handgun, said Chief Oates, and all three were believed to have been used inside the theater.
       
      Through the Internet, he also bought more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition: more than 3,000 rounds for the assault rifle, 3,000 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition for the two Glocks, and 300 rounds for the 12-gauge shotgun.”
       
      http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/us/colorado-police-seek-to-enter-home-of-shooting-suspect-James-Holmes.html?hp&pagewanted=all