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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Holmes purchased the guns legally.
His avenues for getting a hold of guns and the parameters for their acquisition could have been very different, which could have changed the outcome of this event.
He probably still would have gone crazy, but if he had a different gun or at a different time, this could have been a very different scenario.
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Apparently he had over 30 IEDs setup in his home. If he couldn't have used firearms to carry out his plan, whose to say that he couldn't have used the 'softball' sized bombs to blow the theatre up? Or blow something else up.
I think a lot of people are forgetting that this guy was planning this act for over 6 months. He spent a lot of time and money in obtaining the equipment and making his bombs. If he couldn't have purchased the weapons legally, there is nothing to say that he wouldn't have bought them from the black market.
Have a tight buying process on firearms would only stop the moron who wants to go buy a gun because he's pissed off and wants to go shoot someone. If you have a 2 week wait, maybe he gets over it. Other than that there isn't much you can do if someone is intent on causing this much harm.