> In both cases, the police response was hindered by the shooter wearing body armor that could not be penetrated by the police officers' pistols. The body armor

> In both cases, the police response was hindered by the shooter wearing body armor that could not be penetrated by the police officers' pistols. The body armor is completely legal to purchase with no checks whatsoever. So, you're making my point for me: it's already too late to curtail the supply of these things in the Market, legal or otherwise, what is needed is to address the overwhelming obvious fact that these people need mental health help. It's easy to point at Laws and say they're not doing enough, and that is a slippery slope, but even when we do attempt to legislate morality it never ends well since Life is messy and things outside the modeling always occur. I'm an advocate for stronger checks in the system, but that doesn't necessarily yield the desired result we are all looking for which is a decrease in gun related crimes by what are clearly mentally disturbed people. The same thing happened in the Boulder King Soopers shooting shortly after I left which is the same thing that happened almost 21 years before in Columbine: they can be procured legally but fall into the wrong hands all the same. Hell, there is a joke in Germany that if you want a gun all you have to do is sneak into Swiss persons home since there are so many guns there, too. My point is you cannot legislate morality, all you an do is educate your populace and ensure that people who need help have access to it as long-term that pays off more than any Law ever could.