Buckle Up boys and girls - get ready for the call to outlaw such "dangerous" weapons. It's been entirely too long since the last big gun battle in congress. I would imagine that this case will eventually add lots of cannon fodder to the anti-2nd Amendment crazies.
Tinfoil hat time - could this possibly be a political attack? Someone using a "sniper" weapon to actually force the issue???? I certainly hope not.... But just think about it - if they ever catch the person/persons - they will be perfectly legal, under current law, gun purchasers that went wrong - no previous criminal or mental record -
The reaction to this is so dire that a week later the President is forced to sign an emergency decree outlawing scopes mounted on rifles.
(Imagine a million deer rifles in angry hands aimed at one rather small clique of federal bosses.)