https://heavy.com/news/anderson-lee-aldrich/

  • Discopanda [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Anderson Lee Aldrich Was Previously Involved in a Standoff Following a Bomb Threat" It always boggles my mind how the fuck in the US someone like this could legally own a firearm. I get it, he was a grandson of a GOP politician, but still goddammn. Are there any laws for the wealthy and powerfull? At least in communist China he would get a trial and probably a death sentence. This motherfucker wasn't event prosecuted for the bomb threat.

    • an_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      gun show loophole, unscrupulous gun shop owners not conducting a background check, the background check database itself being woefully underfilled

      You dont need a permit in most states. You dont need to take a test. And you can buy as many as you want in one go.

      it is comically easy to get a gun, a criminal record is simply not much of a deterrent