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ronald reagan
On March30, 1981 ronald reagan, while leaving a speaking engagement got shot in the lung by john hinckley, jr. on june 8th, 1981 a community in IL banned the possession and sale of handguns. -
Stockton California elementary school shooting
On Jan 17, 1986 a man named patrick purdy who was 26 went to cleveland elementary school in stockton california with an AK-47 assult rifle. he killed 5 children and 1 teacher. California banned assult weapons. -
Columbine
On April 20, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went to columbine high school (the school they went to) and killed 12 students and 1 teacher, afterwards they committed suicide. on march 17, 2000 smith and wesson finally signed the lawsuits filed against them. -
Virginia Tech Shooting
On April 16, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 at the Virginia Tech university campus. on jan 8, 2008 George Bush signes the NCIS improvement act of 2007 making sure that guns stay out of the hands of people with a history of mental illness -
Jarad Lee Loughner kills 18 people outside of a supermarket
18 people were killed during a meeting at a supermarket parking lot. 13 were injured. on plril 8th they passed a law allowing people to carry fire arms while walking or driving. -
Eduardo Sencion kills 5 people
Eduardo Secion entered an ihop at carson city and shot at 12 people killing 5. -
kid is shot and killed by neighborhood watch
Trayvon Martin gets shot and killed by neighborhood watch. because of this florida debates the stand your ground law. -
Ian Stawicki kills 5 people
Ian Stawicki killed 5 people at Cafe Racer Espresso in seattle. he killed himself afterwards. -
Midnight Movie Massacre
A 24 year old named James Holmes went to the midnight showing of the new Batman move in colorado. He through gas and then killed 12 people and leaving 59 wounded. after the shooting people wanted to ban assult rifles. -
Sandy Hook elementary school shooting
A 20 year old named Adam Lanza shot 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook elementary school. Because of this people want changes in gun control.
