NBC Reports Lanza denied gun purchase
December 15,2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, NBC’s Pete Williams has reported that, according to federal and state officials, there were four handguns found at the scene of the Connecticut school shooting, instead of two as previously thought.
Adam Lanza also had an assault-style rifle that he reportedly left in his car. Williams also told the Today audience that on Tuesday of this week, December 11, Lanza attempted to purchase another rifle from a sporting goods store in Danbury, Connecticut, but was denied.
According to Williams, Lanza was unable to buy the rifle for several reasons, one of which was Connecticut’s stricter gun laws which mandate a waiting period.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/reports-lanza-attempted-to-buy-rifle-days-before-shooting-was-denied/
Oh thank goodness; our gun laws DO work. I feel so much safer now.
Just goes to show that restricting lawful gun owners does nothing to prevent this crap from happening. If he hadn’t gotten access to his mothers guns, he would have stolen them elsewhere, or built a bomb, or killed them with his car, or firebombed the school or anything else his warped mind could come up with. One thing is obvious though, he had documented psychological problems and should have been under some sort of supervision be it medical or police, because it obviously wasn’t parental.