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The shooters also possessed a TEC-DC9 semi-automatic handgun, which had a long history. The manufacturer of the TEC-DC9 first sold it to Miami-based Navegar Incorporated. It was then sold to Zander's Sporting Goods in Baldwin, Illinois in 1994. The gun was later sold to Thornton, Colorado firearms dealer Larry Russel. In violation of federal law, Russel failed to keep records of the sale, yet he determined that the purchaser of the gun was twenty-one years of age or older. He was unable to identify the pictures of Klebold, Anderson, or Harris shown to him by police after the shooting. Two men, Mark Manes and Philip Duran, were convicted of supplying weapons to the two. Early descriptions of the TEC- DC9 claimed that it was a fully automatic weapon, one that fired continuously with one pull of the trigger, although this was not the case. Their model was the closed bolt KG99-related variant, which would have proven virtually impossible to convert to fully automatic without access to firearm machining equipment and substantial expertise.[citation needed]
As so these guns were registered yes? I mean they had to have been for a history to exist. All the weapons had a history (despite the length) yet the killings still happened.
Just goes to show how effective gun registration legislation is.
Now, if these weapons were unavailable for purchase (as they all were purchased, from legal dealers), would this unfortunate situation still have happened?
Hmmm.
One day America is going to wake up from the Conservatism-induced coma and ban weapons and accompany the ban with heavy fines and prison time. The only question remaining is how many children will have to die in schools in the process.
