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Novara

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4. We can't even raise the purchase age to 21, let alone ban them

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2022, 08:35 PM

May 2022

Now 18 children and 3 adults are dead.

Supposedly he wasn't going to graduate from high school so he went on a rage, killed his grandmother, then drove to the elementary school. This isn't mental illness. It's easy access to killing machines used to express anger.

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The murderer reportedly bought 2 assault rifes on his 18th birthday. [View all] RandySF May 2022 OP

here's the pics of the guns he posted on social media. Cattledog May 2022 #1

Gun trolls are quick to respond in the comments. jmbar2 May 2022 #2

how long has he been 18? demtenjeep May 2022 #3

We can't even raise the purchase age to 21, let alone ban them Novara May 2022 #4

Well, it's both isn't it? harumph May 2022 #5

In this case it's pure anger with a deadly tool with which to express it. Novara May 2022 #6

Not mental illness. Emotional immaturity. haele May 2022 #7