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Army veteran Howard Unruh, 28, gunned down his neighbors during a 20-minute walk near his home. He was deemed paranoid schizophrenic and was sent to a psychiatric hospital without trial. 13 dead
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Former Marine sniper Charles Whitman, 25, hauled weapons in a rented dolly and shot most vicitms from the observation deck of a campus tower. 16 dead + shooter (killed by police)
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Morton Grove, IL, becomes the first U.S. community to
pass an ordinance banning both the possession and sale of
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Unemployed security guard James Oliver Huberty, 41, walked into the restaurant, began shooting and continued until a police sniper killed him. 21 dead + shooter
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Soon-to-be-fired letter carrier Pat Sherrill, 44, came to work the morning after receiving a reprimand and shot his supervisor, co-workers and himself. 14 dead + shooter
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President Ronald Reagan signs a bill banning the sale of plastic handguns because they can
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President George H. W. Bush suspends importation of semi-automatic assault weapons.
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Following a January shooting spree in which five children were killed in Stockton, California, by
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George Hennard, 35, drove his pickup through a restaurant window, climbed out and began shooting. Police wounded him and he killed himself. 23 dead + shooter
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Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, killed students and faculty inside and outside the school. They shot themselves to death in the library. 13 dead + 2 shooters
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Student Seung Hui Cho, 23, killed two students in a dorm, then made his way through a classroom building, shooting, before killing himself
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President George W. Bush signs the National Instant Check System (NICS) Improvement
Amendments Act of 2007 to keep guns out of the hands of people with a history of dangerous mental illness.
This measure was enacted in reaction to the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre by Cho Seung-Hui. His
name had not been entered into the background-check system after he was determined by a judge to be a
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In a landmark ruling District of Columbia vs Heller, the U.S. Supreme
Court strikes down a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. This marks the first time in
nearly 70 years that the Supreme Court has weighed in on scope of the Second
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The U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Hayes upholds the use of
a federal law barring people convicted of domestic violence crimes from owning
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Sausage plant worker Michael McLendon, 28, killed several family members, then went on a shooting spree through the area. He killed himself as police cornered him at the metal plant where he once worked. 10 dead + shooter
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Jiverly Wong, 41, a student at the center, entered the front of the building and fired as he walked to a classroom. He shot himself as police closed in. 13 dead + shooter
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Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is accused of firing into a group of soldiers preparing to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He awaits trial. 13 dead
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Grad student James Eagan Holmes, 24, dressed in protective gear, is suspected of entering a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," setting off gas canisters and opening fire. He is in custody awaiting charges. 12 dead
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Adam Lanza, 20, kills six adults and 20 children before killing himself.