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1. Any word on possible motivation?

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Tue Apr 5, 2022, 12:59 PM

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Sacramento police make second arrest after mass shooting that left 6 dead [View all] maxsolomon Apr 2022 OP

Any word on possible motivation? hlthe2b Apr 2022 #1

Testosterone? maxsolomon Apr 2022 #2

Alcohol, guns, and gangs. olddad65 Apr 2022 #31

The fetishization of guns in American culture and the feelings of inadequacy Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #34

They are certainly a hazard to one's health Chainfire Apr 2022 #3

Hollywood??? This is the news man! Every single day in America this is the news! AllyCat Apr 2022 #5

In my opinion, it really does make a difference. Chainfire Apr 2022 #6

It doesn't matter how well-versed anyone is on terminology AllyCat Apr 2022 #9

I'm not a gunner; I'm not a gun owner. I never will be. I'm a Well-Regulator. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #12

Now you have gone over the edge to just being silly. Chainfire Apr 2022 #14

You said I was ignorant. AllyCat Apr 2022 #17

The OP highlighted that the report sarisataka Apr 2022 #7

They were both charged as a "Prohibited Person". maxsolomon Apr 2022 #13

Given that you wish to treat all firearms from single shots to machine guns the same, what's your Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #18

This guy is hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds (according to another article) RockRaven Apr 2022 #4

Well its illegal to OWN a machine gun except for a very minuscule number of people. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #8

You need a license or something. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #10

To own a machine gun legally, you need to pay for a $200 tax stamp and fill out some paperwork. Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #15

Not only that, but the floor price of a "cheap" machine gun is around $15,000 bucks. Chainfire Apr 2022 #22

If only I'd had the foresight (and money at the time) to buy half a dozen Mac-10's or Sten Guns Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #24

At the end of WWII you could have probably bought these NIB Chainfire Apr 2022 #25

Check out this ad from 1977: Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #26

Not in CA Zeitghost Apr 2022 #30

Don't you suspect that this was a backroom conversion? Chainfire Apr 2022 #20

I'd also like to see if it really WAS a full auto machine gun. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #27

This illegally converted gun wouldn't be legal for any citizen to own madville Apr 2022 #28

I agree. But do we know for sure what was actually used? oldsoftie Apr 2022 #29

Machine guns are difficult to own in this country KS Toronado Apr 2022 #11

Bump fire can turn most any semi-auto rifle into a gun that approximates a machine gun. Kaleva Apr 2022 #32

Reading other threads, the weapon was a pistol that had been converted into an automatic. Kaleva Apr 2022 #33

From MSN... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2022 #16

My guess (and it's only that) is that they modified the stolen handgun with a highly illegal auto Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #19

Sounds like a random mass shooting. The victims weren't connected to each other IronLionZion Apr 2022 #21

They think more likely a shootout between rivals muriel_volestrangler Apr 2022 #38

Suspect in Sacramento mass shooting was out of prison despite 10-year term SouthBayDem Apr 2022 #23

I see all the tired old arguments about why these incidents are inevitable Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #35

What's your solution, then? It appears the gun used was an ordinary pistol that had been illegally Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #36

If there truly WERE any responsible gun owners in the USA, THEY would be the ones Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #37