If either one of the victims had a criminal prosecution, they would not have been allowed to have a gun.
And, as the Feds & states criminalize more & more behavior, it wont be long before most folks cannot own a firearm. When hate-speech laws become the norm, most of us here at FR will be criminals, unable to protect ourselves.
There is more than one way to disarm America.
I wonder what kids on Ritalin and such will have on their record and whether it will disqualify them from owning a firearm.
A decent crossbow has more range than the average gun.
Just get two or three crossbows, put in a good huting arrow tip, and you are in business. They are also relatively quiet.
But as long as we are criminals anyway, I intend to be a well armed criminal.