Three year old shoots two year old, huh? Is the D.A. going for the death penalty.

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San Jose mass shooting: VTA killer evaded California’s tough gun laws
San Jose shooting sparks debate over gun laws
JOHN WOOLFOLK



The smoke had barely cleared after Wednesday’s deadly rampage by a disgruntled maintenance worker at a San Jose light rail yard when it became the focus of the nation’s fevered debate over gun laws.

The Bay Area’s deadliest mass shooting prompted President Joe Biden to urge Congress to “help end this epidemic of gun violence in America.” Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the scene and recalled another mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019. Advocates for stricter gun laws argued that this latest in a series of mass shootings nationally is proof of the need for more federal laws.

But the massacre of nine workers at Valley Transportation Authority’s maintenance yard also unfolded in a state that has enacted the most extensive restrictions on firearm ownership in the country, prompting gun-rights advocates to declare them not only ineffective but counterproductive.

“California’s ‘no gun’ policies were completely ignored by the killer,” said Aidan Johnston, director of federal affairs for Gun Owners of America. “Did that stop the mass murderer? No. Did it leave law-abiding citizens defenseless? Yes.”

While the investigation continues to unfold, new details Thursday made clear several of the state’s gun laws failed to stop the bloodshed.

Law enforcement authorities said that the gunman, Samuel Cassidy, used three semi-automatic pistols, all legally obtained, but he was equipped with 32 ammunition magazines holding 12 to 15 rounds, which are illegal in California. The state limits magazines for civilian use to 10 rounds. It was not clear how or where he got them or if he bought them before California banned their sale in 2013 or possession in 2016. There was a short window after a successful court challenge last August when the larger magazines were legal to purchase, but the ban is now back in effect, pending a ...

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California’s ‘no gun’ policies were completely ignored by the killer,” said Aidan Johnston, director of federal affairs for Gun Owners of America. “Did that stop the mass murderer? No. Did it leave law-abiding citizens defenseless? Yes.”

Apparently this guy was wrong. The guns were obtained illegally. The magazines might have been illegal. But the point is, if there were tougher gun laws there may not have been so many guns around for the guy to purchase legally or otherwise. Just because the guns were obtained a shooter illegally doesn't mean they didn't start off as legally acquired weapons.

Wow. No mass shootings on June 1st, 3rd, and 9th, 2021... and it wasn't even in the news.

Suspect arrested last month in our local shooting from January. (I know people who heard the shots.)

"Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Edgewater Park Township Police Chief Robert D. Hess announced that a 27-year-old Delran man has been charged with fatally shooting two people at a party in Edgewater Park in January.

Paden was released months early from a New Jersey state prison sentence in November 2020 under a law designed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus among state inmates."

https://patch.com/new-jersey/moorestown ... ark-double