Orlando Massacre. Whether the perpetrator had religious, homophobic, political or even self-hatred reasons to slaughter 50 people is completely irrelevant.
Omar Mateen legally purchased a 0.223 caliber semi-automatic AR-type rifle, even though he had been investigated by FBI. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, written by then-Senator Joe Biden, was signed into law in 1994 in the early days of Bill Clinton’s Administration. This law forbid individuals to buy automatic and semi-automatic guns like the ones uses by the perpetrator. The US Congress let the law expire in 2004 under President George W. Bush’s administration. Contrary to first level thinking, Democratic tenures are good for gun manufacturers; the main reason being gun owners rush to the gun shops scared upon a Democratic president spearheading an anti-gun bill during his mandate. Obama has been unsuccessful in this matter, yet gun-related companies like Smith & Wesson have benefited from this hysteria: Earnings per share of the company have increases 20% per year since 2011. In only five years the shares are up an accumulative +676% compared to overall market +63%. Some interesting charts below about gun sales and political & mass shooting events. Saddest thing is that nobody is talking about gun control anymore and all the debates are focused on the murderer's rationale.
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