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10/01/2011 21:00:14
 
 
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>>>>In his case, he was kicked out of college and told not to come back until he had a psychiatrist's evaluation. There were other warning signs too.
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>>>Such as, owning a 33-round magazine for a Glock pistol? :-/
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>>>The Canadian handgun magazine capacity limit is 10 rounds: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/faq/index-eng.htm#a6
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>>It may have cut down on the number of victims, but I doubt if it would have prevented any. It hasn't stopped Canada from having victims of gun crimes:
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>>http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/10/14/nunavut-cape-dorset-shootings-reax.html
>>http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2011/01/01/16727131.html
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>>The problem still lies in recognizing mental illness, alcohol abuse, other drug addictions, and when there are warning signs, doing something about it.
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>>And now we know he was registered as an independent and didn't even vote in November:
>>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/house/jared-lee-loughner-was-a-regis.html
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>I believe reducing the number of victims is a valuable thing. What do you mean that you "doubt if it would have prevented any"? Do you have proof that magazine capacity restrictions don't work?

That was worded poorly and not what I was thinking at the time. I meant to write that it would not have resulted in no victims, but it definitely could have reduced the number of victims. That is possibly not the case though as you can quickly swap or flip magazines.

Wow, can I make typos tonight or what? :o)
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