But there was a boy at his school that didn't like him. During the summer this boy found where Scott was working and got a job there. He lured Scott into the woods and shot him six times with an AK-47 assault rifle that was taken from an unlocked gun storage shed. The first shot was in the back and the last was an execution-style shot to the head. Scott Phillips didn't have a chance.
Loopholes lead to bulletholes.
Last week the United States Senate behaved bravely and honorably when it finally acted to close the loopholes that make the bulletholes in our children. The Senate voted to close the gun-show loophole so that every gun sold to every purchaser involves a background check. The Senate voted to prohibit the possession of assault weapons by minors. The Senate voted to prohibit the further import of large ammunition clips of the sort that are illegal for hunting animals but which all too often have been used to hunt human beings. And the Senate voted to provide child safety locks with every new handgun.