Several people dead in New Jersey mall shooting

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The biggest problem that you guys have, is that there's no national strategy on firearms. It doesn't matter what an individual State's firearms laws are, if you can go just a State or two over and load up your trunk.

Respectfully Papa , there is a National Strategy,and it is quite clear on who can and cannot buy firearms. A federal Background check is required on every purchase. Additionally the Federal Government limits what can and can not be sold. Also because the ATF is one of the very few federal agencies that can "Rule by Decree" they can cancel or hold the sale of any weapon at will. (most notably they can also intimidate a Licensed Dealer into making what they believe to be an illegal sale as Proven by "Fast and Furious") What is then happens is each state then can pile on their own laws and restrictions in addition to the Federal Laws. As it Happens the States that have the most liberal gun laws have the least amount of gun crime and gun violence. Here in the NorthEast US Those that have Prohibitive laws like Mass New York and New Jersey Have the Highest rates of Gun Crime and Gun Violence. We could "Chicken and Egg" the reasons all day but the facts are here in the US Gun Laws do not prevent crime.