Meanwhile real criminals are at work two blocks away. She saved 97 animals. Charges were eventually dropped, but she was warned not to illegally save any animals' lives again. We need to outlaw assault weapons. You can only own one legally with the purchase of a Tax Stamp.
ALL guns are already illegal in places with the highest shooting rates.
Those states that do permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms consistently experience lower crime rates. If the NRA wants to do something really useful, how about a national roster of prosecution results for all gun-related crimes. Nothing fancy, just a public database with the crime, the sentence, and the name of the judge or prosecutor that let the offender off lightly. Over 100,000 felons have been prevented from buying guns by the manditory background check laws. Fewer than 20 of those felons, however, have been prosecuted for the additional felony of attempting to buy a firearm.