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Conservative New Orleans court ruling for people between 18 and 21 comes amid major shifts in firearm legal landscape
Conservative New Orleans court ruling for people between 18 and 21 comes amid major shifts in firearm legal landscape
They didn’t used to happen. And US civilians have been able to purchase the AR-15 since the 60s. Then Columbine happened.
School shootings happened long before Columbine. They have, however, accelerated over the last decade to incredible levels.
https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings
They were able to purchase guns that were extremely functionally similar to the AR-15 since the end of WW2 in the form of the M1 carbine. They were cheaply available as surplus for quite awhile. The difference between the two is mostly in weight and ability to penetrate armor and barriers effectively