Posted on 06/29/2018 9:31:17 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The suspect charged in a deadly shooting at a Maryland newspaper office on Thursday used a pump-action shotgun that was legally purchased, according to the local Arundel County police.
"We've confirmed I think already that it was a shotgun used in the incident," Police Chief Timothy Altomare said at a press conference on Friday.
"I will also confirm that it was a pump action shotgun, it was legally purchased a year or so ago."
Altomare said the attack on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., was a "targeted" attack.
CNN reported early Friday that suspect Jarrod Ramos was charged with first-degree murder.
Five people were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire at the newspaper's office.
Altomare said two other people were injured in the attack.
The shotgun purchase was approved by Joe Biden.
Only felonies and domestic assault will remove gun rights.
We should not encourage any expansion.
He could have killed a lot more with some poison.
.... but was it modified to be an ASSAULT pump-action shotgun? Could he have DIY into an AR15? Liberals need the clarification. This sounds like a job for Ohio’s NBC Team!
They're (virtually) illegal in Australia. Two thoughts:
1. Wait 'till someone uses one of these (Mossberg 590M w/20 round mag):
2. At Democratic Underground yesterday, someone speculated it might be a semi-auto shotgun. The responses? "Do those even exist? That's terrifying! When were they invented? Why are they legal?"
I think it’s a misdemeanor, which doesn’t prevent him from buying a gun.
... and a flash suppressor with a compass in the stock and thing which tells time.
Please post link. I am falling in love with that site. I just get happy watching the dumpster fire of froth and ignorance.
Sorry, it's buried somewhere amidst the hundreds (thousands?) of posts there yesterday calling for more gun control.
From the stuff I read online last night his conviction was a misdemeanor so he would have still been eligible to purchase a firearm.
The fingerprint story is fake news.
Listened to the reporter yesterday saying thank god a shotgun can only hold 5 shells. Mine is a Model 870 Express Synthetic Tactical 7-Round.
There are no background checks in Maryland for the purchase of a rifle or shotgun.
How would the seller know about the conviction?
An evil black rifle with the thing that goes up will put 30 .223 caliber projectiles in the air with 30 pulls of the trigger. A shotgun with an eight-round capacity will put 72 .30 caliber projectiles in the air with eight pulls of the trigger. That’s something that shocks the gun prohibitionists.
No background checks in Maryland for rifle/shotgun purchases.
How would any seller know about any of this?
Surely you aren't suggesting that gun stores perform background checks on their own.
In close quarters, I’ll opt for eight pulls every time.
Longer than 90’ (distance from home plate to first) go with the semi-auto rifle.
”I always wonder what % of gun owners have firearms.”
Another dimocrat killer?
You are incorrect. There is no Maryland state background check for rifles and shotguns but federal law still requires an NCIS check. Gun shops are routinely required to do this.
This shotgun was reportedly sold by a gun shop so a background check should have been conducted.
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