Confirmed: Breivik Bought Guns Legally

Chris Brown reports

Reports about the manifesto of accused Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik indicate that he legally obtained the Ruger Mini-14 assault rifle believed to be the primary weapon used in the Utoya youth camp mass shooting. Breivik applied for the gun under the pretense of deer hunting.

Breivik can be seen with the Ruger Mini-14 in the end pages of the manifesto. Breivik reportedly said of the semi-automatic gun, "this is the most military-like gun that is allowed in Norway."

In the picture above Breivik holds the Ruger Mini-14, which can accept high-capacity magazines of up to 30 rounds. Breivik also legally obtained a Glock 17, which comes standard with a high-capacity magazine.  

Under Federal Assault Weapons Ban in place in the United States between 1994 and 2004, magazines of greater than ten rounds were banned. But as in Norway, they are currently legal in the United States.

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Two Shot in Philly

When I saw this story, especially this long shot of the street, it had me wondering if this was an old western movie-style 'high noon' shootout. Were these two people shooting at each other, like some historic duel? Or was there a separate shooter, who shot both victims, with the surviving shooting victim trying to run away?

I'm betting instead that the gun and the shooter were neither of them legal.  Raising again the crucial question of how do these guns go from being legal at the time they leave the manufacturer, to being in the hands of people who use them illegally, and what can we do about this that we are not doing.

From NBC Philadelphia.com:

One man is dead and another injured after a shooting in West Philadelphia Sunday night.

It happened around 6 p.m. in the 5300 block of Chestnut Street. Investigators say a 20-year-old man was shot twice in the chest. He was rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he died a short time later.

The other victim, also 20-years-old, was shot twice in the back and once in the arm.

He is listed in stable condition.

No arrest have been made in the shooting.

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Indiana Children Dropping like Flies

TheINDYchannel.com reports on the disgraceful situation in the Hoosier State. Four dead kids in the last month. And what's the problem?  Well, here it is.

Guy Relford, president of Tactical Firearms Training, LLC, said Indianapolis recently privatized the firing range on weekends and asked TFT to help with the program.

"If (parents) are going to have firearms in their home, those kids need to be talked to. They need to be educated, and most importantly, the guns need to be inaccessible to anyone who's not trained with a firearm," Relford said.

The "most importantly" part always comes after the "kids need to be educated" part. What is wrong with these people? Two to five-year-old kids CANNOT BE EDUCATED. They cannot be "trained" in order to make them safe around guns.

There's only one single answer. Guns need to be inaccessible to kids, period. Mr. Relford needs to drop all the gun-rights and NRA bullshit about training the kids and get his priorities straight. Gun availability to kids, is killing kids.

Another shooter quoted in the video said you need to find "the balance between having your gun ready to use when you need it and having it safe when you have children around." Wrong. There is no balance here. Guns need to be absolutely totally, inaccessible to children. End of story.

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