Mall shooting in Nebraska

Well as we know yesterday there was a shooting at the Omaha Mall in Nebraska, done by a 19 year old who killed eight people, wounded several others, and then killed himself.

Before the calls for more gun control "to prevent future tragedies like this from ever happening again" let's stop and remember a few things here:

1. The gun was stolen from the boy's father-in-law; the same one that supposedly kicked him out of the house before. Even if there were laws mandating that all guns be registered, that wouldn't have done any good. Even if the sale of new guns could be banned, he still would've had access to it. Even if there were laws mandating that all guns MUST be secured and inaccessible my a minor, the dude was 19 years old and could've easily gotten past just about anything; even a gun safe.

2. The Westroads Mall, just like every other mall in America, is a gun-free zone, otherwise known as a "victim disarmerment zone", where nobody, not even security guards or off duty police officers may be armed for any reason at all. Malls are privately owned property and the owners are free to bar any weapons from their property, and that's exactly what they did. Keep in mind this is the same case for the Utah Mall schooting back in February, carried out by an 18 year old with a shotgun. Only difference was there was an off-duty officer there to confront the shooter; even though he was breaking the law and violating mall policy. Link.

3. CNN can't get their story straight at all. First they were calling the weapon used an "SKS assault rifle", now they're calling it an "AK-47 assault weapon". Lemme tell you something, if you can't tell the obvious difference between an AK-47 and an SKS then you shouldn't be reporting on the story at all. They're both completely different in design and look almost absolutely nothing alike.

Keep those facts in mind when the news people start relaying this story to you.