Reply #69: And that is almost always the case with unlawful shootings [View All]

[slackmaster]

Most people who commit them are breaking the law by even owning a gun.

California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, but without rigorous enforcement they do very little good. We have no "gun show loophole" but buying a gun on the black market is as easy as going downtown and chatting up the first pimp, hooker, or drug dealer you meet. It's no harder than scoring heroin, and less of a hassle (and cheaper) than obtaining one legally.

Anyone willing to commit a murder is not going to be bothered even slightly by a law making it illegal for him to have a gun. Restraining orders often backfire by pissing off the person who is restrained. They're OK for garden-variety stalkers and harassers but useless against killers.

Thanks for the info Fescue4u. It's not at all surprising that he had an RO. I'd wager that there was some domestic violence involved in the recent past.