[quote name='dohdough']Then your opinion is dumb because that's conservative bullshit. Anyone over 18 with a NY drivers license can walk into any gun shop and buy a dozen long guns with a stockpile of ammo, no questions asked except for NYC and maybe a couple other towns, which I think require a permit. As for handguns, all you need is to get a permit as well.[/quote]
Buying a long gun and carrying a long gun is two different things, with different laws revolving around them. It may be easy to buy a long gun, but it is not easy to carry it around in the state of NY.
It doesn't really matter either way. Because we live in the USA, and it is not illegal to carry firearms of any kind. NY just makes it a lot harder to be able to do this. NYC being a lot worse with their laws regarding gun ownership and carry. California is very strict with their gun laws as well.
Of course they are both problems. But we won't solve the problem of what tool is being used for crimes, without solving why people commit these crimes first.
You take guns away, then you will see people getting murdered by knifes. You take knives away, then criminals will find something else to terrorize the people with. I have heard criminals using dogs to car jack people in the UK, so anything is possible.
This man did something very horrible and should be accountable for it. But at what cost? At the cost of other law abiding citizens?