Analysis: A combination of new rules could have an impact in the effort to thwart potential mass killers.
A ban on large-capacity magazines might have prevented these shootings or minimized casualtiesArcan Cetin, 20, who had psychiatric problems and a history of assaults, brought a semiautomatic Ruger .22 rifle he had stolen from his stepfather’s closet into the cosmetics area of a Macy’s in Burlington, Wash., and randomly killed five people. The rifle had a 25-capacity clip and Cetin fled when he ran out of ammunition.
the minimum purchase age for long guns to 21 and also imposed a three-day waiting period on most long-gun purchases.ChevronDownArcan Cetin, 20, who had psychiatric problems and a history of assaults, brought a semiautomatic Ruger .22 rifle he had stolen from his stepfather’s closet into the cosmetics area of a Macy’s in Burlington, Wash., and randomly killed five people. The rifle had a 25-capacity clip and Cetin fled when he ran out of ammunition.
that prevents the sale or transfer of semiautomatic assault rifles to anyone under the age of 21. Efforts in the state to ban the sale of magazine clips with more than ten rounds have not succeeded.Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student and member of the football team at Santa Fe High School in Texas, opened fire in a first-period art class with a Remington shotgun and a .38 revolver that belonged to his father.
. Louis purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a gun store used in the shooting on the day of the attack, police said. A few days earlier, he had bought a semiautomatic pistol from a pawnshop.No proposed federal laws would have prevented the purchase of the pistol, but a permit-to purchase law or a state waiting period would have delayed his impulse buys.