John B. Quigley,
professor of law at Ohio State University, talked with Press TV’s U.S. Desk on
Saturday about the recent Denver shooting and its aspects, including the problem
of easy gun purchase in the United States.
He said that one
issue in the tragic incident is “the availability of weapons. Weapons of some
seriousness like weapons that this fellow bought are generally available for
legal purchase. There are requirements, but those requirements are not very
stringent.”
He said it is
most likely that a person that plans to carry out a mass killing could legally
have accesses to powerful firearms.
Reports say
Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes purchased 6,000 rounds of ammunition
online, along with four guns at local stores, in the weeks leading up to the
tragic event that claimed numerous lives and left dozens injured at a movie
theater outside Denver.
At a news
conference on Friday night, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said, "My
understanding is all weapons he possessed, he possessed legally. All ammunition
he possessed, he possessed legally."
71 people were
shot in a suburban Denver movie theater early Friday during midnight shows of
the new Batman movie. Twelve people were killed, ten of them at the theater.
Another 59 adults and children were wounded.
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