Hollow point ammo is designed to do maximum damage, but it has less penetration power, and as a result if you're firing into a crowd, chances are less bystanders would be hit.
I don't think it really matters whether it is legal or not. I agree with banning the 30 round clip.
I also think that if you own an assault rifle or handgun, you need to apply for a 'transportation license' similar to what we have up here in Canada, and go through training of what the proper methods are for transporting a 'restricted' weapon somewhere.
I'm pretty sure restricted weapons in Canada also need to have a trigger lock as well during transportation. Also something worth looking at.
These are sensible solutions to being more safe with firearms. But it still only covers one side of the problem. At the end of the day the guy only went and shot 26 people because he was mentally screwed up, and not because he had easy access to guns. Sure, if you take away the guns, it doesn't happen, but the guy still has a problem, and he might have taken out his rage in other ways. Of course, when one person is randomly killed, nobody seems to care. Only when an atrocity like this happens, people demand solutions.
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