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Camden, N.J.
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 -
University of Texas at Austin
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) -
no hand guns
Morton Grove, IL, becomes the first U.S. community to
pass an ordinance banning both the possession and sale of
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McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif.
Unemployed security guard James Oliver Huberty, 41, walked into the restaurant, began shooting and continued until a police sniper killed him. 21 dead + shooter -
Post Office in Edmond, Okla.
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 -
no plastic
President Ronald Reagan signs a bill banning the sale of plastic handguns because they can
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fewer guns
President George H. W. Bush suspends importation of semi-automatic assault weapons. -
california bans assult weapons
Following a January shooting spree in which five children were killed in Stockton, California, by
a man with an AK-47, California becomes the first state to ban all assault weapons. -
Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Tex.
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 -
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.
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 -
32 dead + shooter Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg
Student Seung Hui Cho, 23, killed two students in a dorm, then made his way through a classroom building, shooting, before killing himself -
no mental guns
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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no handguns in washington
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
Amendment. -
no guns for wife beaters
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
guns. -
Geneva County, Ala.
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 -
immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y.
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 -
Soldier Readiness Processing Center in Ford Hood, Tex.
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 -
movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
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 -
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Adam Lanza, 20, kills six adults and 20 children before killing himself.