Thank you for your response. I wish it noted for the record that Lanza's weapons were a semiautomatic Bushmaster M4 clone and a semiautomatic Glock handgun; he

Thank you for your response. I wish it noted for the record that Lanza's weapons were a semiautomatic Bushmaster M4 clone and a semiautomatic Glock handgun; he had no access to fully automatic weapons, so did not use them in the perpetration of his infamy. I acknowledge this makes no difference to your argument, but for the sake of the audience, who might not know better, I point it out nonetheless. Readers interested in learning more about the nature of regulations around fully automatic weapons in the United States are directed to the Wikipedia page describing the National Firearms Act. Perhaps you did learn something from me. If so, I'm glad of it. In any case, thank you for your felicitations on the season, and I wish you and your family a most merry Christmas as well.