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Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement about yesterday's tragic shooting in Omaha, Nebraska:
"Our sympathies and prayers go to the families of the eight who died and the five who were wounded in yesterday's mall shooting in Omaha.
"Having an SKS rifle and high-capacity ammunition clips enabled a troubled young man to kill and injure a large number of people quickly and efficiently. Allowing the easy acquisition and possession of military-style weapons like this is foolhardy and the results are tragic.
"We need to find out how and where the killer got this gun and this ammunition. We need to stop selling military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips to civilians. The killer knew what he was going to do, and he knew what tools he needed. Our weak gun laws make these killing machines readily available. We can take steps to prevent tragedies like this in the future."
Examples of assault weapon violence since the expiration of the Federal assault weapons ban can be found at http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/pdf/assault/awb_violence.pdf.
Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement about yesterday's tragic shooting in Omaha, Nebraska:
"Our sympathies and prayers go to the families of the eight who died and the five who were wounded in yesterday's mall shooting in Omaha.
"Having an SKS rifle and high-capacity ammunition clips enabled a troubled young man to kill and injure a large number of people quickly and efficiently. Allowing the easy acquisition and possession of military-style weapons like this is foolhardy and the results are tragic.
"We need to find out how and where the killer got this gun and this ammunition. We need to stop selling military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips to civilians. The killer knew what he was going to do, and he knew what tools he needed. Our weak gun laws make these killing machines readily available. We can take steps to prevent tragedies like this in the future."
Examples of assault weapon violence since the expiration of the Federal assault weapons ban can be found at http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/pdf/assault/awb_violence.pdf.
It seems that every time there is a mass public shooting, the automatic response is....assault weapon, assault weapon. This is blatantly dishonest and stupid. But what else would I expect from these idiot reporters.
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