Speaking at an Orlando terrorist attack memorial, Barack Obama used the occasion for call for more gun control and in doing so, got key facts wrong about the Newtown shooting.
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On Thursday, Obama said, “Unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easily as possible for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in Aurora and Newtown to buy extraordinarily powerful weapons and they can do so legally.”
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However, the perpetrator of the Newtown shooting, Adam Lanza did not purchase a firearm, instead to took them from his mother. When Lanza attempted to purchase a “long gun” he was unable to do so, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Yahoo News reports that, “The Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle Lanza used in the elementary school, as well as the four other weapons recovered from the crime scenes, belonged to his mother. She purchased them legally, and had a permit for their use.”