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Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
Read full article: Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnageThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
Read full article: 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came fromThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
Ceremony marks anniversary of fatal California terror attack
Read full article: Ceremony marks anniversary of fatal California terror attack(County of San Bernardino via AP)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Survivors of a terrorist attack that killed 14 people at a holiday party east of Los Angeles observed the fifth anniversary of the assault on Wednesday, and officials unveiled plans for a memorial to honor the dead. A private memorial ceremony that also included families of the slain was held outside the San Bernardino County Government Center, where the memorial will be built, a county statement said. Family members laid white roses at the site, the San Bernardino Sun reported. One survivor, Kevin Ortiz, joined other people in laying flowers at the shooting scene, the Inland Regional Center, not far away from the Government Center. Minutes later, a post on a Facebook page associated with Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State terror group.
Man gets 20 years for buying guns used in 2015 terror attack
Read full article: Man gets 20 years for buying guns used in 2015 terror attack(Bill Robles via AP, File)RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The man who bought two rifles that husband-and-wife assailants used to kill 14 people in a Southern California terror attack nearly five years ago was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Minutes later, a post on a Facebook page associated with Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State terror group. He had stopped speaking to Farook years before the attack and didn’t know it was going to happen, Aquilina said. Soon after they were killed, Marquez called 911 to say the shooter was his neighbor and had used his gun. He later tried to withdraw his plea to one of the counts, but the request was denied by the court.