Reply #28: And accurate [View All]

"That can happen anywhere"
Yeah? You mean if you wander around the neighborhood long enough you find somebody peddling guns?

"I think the key word here is illegal. "
Funny, I think the key word is gun...

"Harris and Klebold also used two shotguns and a rifle legally purchased by Klebold's friend Robyn Anderson. Under Colorado law, an 18-year-old without a felony record can furnish minors with rifles and shotguns. "

http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/colo/colo179.htm

By the way, a couple years ago there was an effort to amend Colorado law so that it would become illegal to give a gun to a minor without parental notification. The NRA opposed it bitterly.


"Jefferson County Judge Henry Nieto said Mark Manes "had a history of ignoring rules of law" and should serve a tough sentence because "the harm caused by this is almost too hard to comprehend."
"I fear that the habit of ignoring rules of law came into play here," Nieto said.
Manes received six years in prison for selling a weapon to a minor and three years for possessing a sawed-off shotgun. The sentences will run concurrently.
Manes pleaded guilty in August to felony counts of providing a juvenile with a handgun and possession of an illegal weapon -- a sawed-off shotgun. "

http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/13/columbine.manes.01/

And this sounds just like the gun nuts here pleading for the innocence of the gun industry...

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/12/videos/