Criminal
Sep. 25, 2013
What warning is enough?
The question everyone is asking about Aaron Alexis now is whether he should have been able to carry a gun in the first place. By Wendy L. Patrick
Aaron Alexis is the most recent shooter to join the ranks of "really nice guys"-turned mass murderers. Here was a man who was well liked, well-credentialed, armed and sleepless ... a mixture of factors that didn't ring any alarm bells at the time. The question everyone is asking now, however, is whether he should have been able to carry a gun.
If Alexis had tried to buy a gun in California, would he have been successful...
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