Santa Monica Shooting Inspires Demand for New Gun Legislation
Source: NBC
Congressman Henry Waxman made the announcement at a gun violence forum held on the Santa Monica College campus Monday
The mass shooting that left five people dead in Santa Monica is the reason a California congressman wants to make it illegal for people to buy parts on the Internet to build their own weapons.
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Vanessa Enriquez visits the campus every day to light candles at the memorial for those killed on June 7.
Her best friend, Marcela Franco was among those killed by John Zawahri, who police say built his own AR-15 style weapon out of parts he legally bought on the Internet. Zawahri had previously been denied a gun permit due to a history of mental illness.
“It’s scary to know anybody can just build their own weapon nowadays like nothing, and innocent people have to suffer the consequences,” Enriquez said.
Waxman said he’ll introduce a federal law to ban the Internet sale of gun kits that allow people to build their own homemade assault weapons.
“Out-of-state stores sell special 'California magazine repair kits' that appear to be weapons that are banned in California,” Waxman said.
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