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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"What struck me was these kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world. Why?

"They have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost, but these kinds of mass shootings never happen with the kind of frequency they happen in America. Why? Why are we willing to live with this carnage?"[/quote]

From what I have read the shooter had a terrible home life with a drug addicted mother and absent father. He was relentlessly bullied for a stutter in middle school and became very angry and violent by high school. He was currently living with his grandmother whose home he had recently moved into and spore fly yesterday he shot her.

There are multiple layers here but this kid seemed to have so many warning signs. It’s awful. [/quote]

And yet we did nothing to prevent him from buying multiple guns on his 18th birthday. [/quote]

Worse than nothing.  Texas (not "we", it wasn't my choice) *encouraged* him by passing a law enabling 18 year olds to buy guns.  [/quote]

Does anyone know off hand what the VA/DC/MD ages are?[/quote]

Quoting myself.  I searched:

DC: https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/general-requirements-firearms-registration   Be 21 years of age or older. (Applicants between the age of 18 and 21 may qualify to register a long gun[1]

MD: Maryland generally prohibits any person under age 21 from possessing any “regulated firearm” (handgun or assault weapon).1 Maryland also prohibits any person from transferring a regulated firearm to a transferee who the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under 21 years of age.2  https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/minimum-age-to-purchase-possess-in-maryland/

VA:A person must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from a licensed firearms dealer. To purchase a handgun from a licensed firearms dealer, you must be at least 21 years of age, pursuant to federal law. For statutory regulations concerning underage persons possessing firearms, refer to VA Code § 18.2-308.7, possession or transportation of certain firearms by persons under the age of eighteen.  https://vsp.virginia.gov/services/firearms/faq/[/quote]

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