The shooter was a convicted felon who was in prison who served 18 yrs for beating his 92 year old grandmother to death. Since he was a convicted felon he is not legally allowed to buy or own firearms. The gun argument here would be It's kind of hard to say that gun control laws would stop stuff like this. The law states he cant buy or own guns but he obtains them anyway.
The real question here is how does he get only 18 yrs for cleaving his 92 yr old grandmother in the skull.
I don't know why he wouldn't get life or even the dealth penalty.
http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-killed-...opstories.html