>>>> The gun was recovered along with 23 rounds of ammo.
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>>The notion that anyone outside the military or police can buy a weapon that can carry 23 rounds is absurd on its face.
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>Reportedly the gun was stolen as part of a burglary. I haven't seen any reports on the chain of ownership of the rounds.
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>This suspect had been involved in 2 gun incidents a month apart, last year. There was also a claim of witness intimidation, though I can't tell what became of that.
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>I'll stand corrected if I'm wrong, but right now I haven't seen one piece of information about the suspect purchasing the weapons/rounds.
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>There will be all sorts of discussions about gun laws, but my interest is always in existing gun laws that weren't followed.
>My argument to those who want more laws is the # of instances where laws were on the books, but weren't being enforced.

See my other reply.

There is absolutely no justification for manfacturing this kind of weapon for other than military or police use.

I have some personal experience here. The chain of ownership for military or police weapons, while far from perfect, is infinitely better than that of civillian weapons.