Originally Posted by crockett

He was a young adult and was mentally ill. He most likely would have never been able to get his hands on that type of gun, had his mother not owned them. You don't just walk down the street and find a AK47 or a M16, not to mention they cost a quite a bit these days. Even a pistol requires a background check.

Even private sellers usually require FFL transfers with-in their own states if they are responsible because it protects them from legal accountability.

With out the easy access via his mothers guns, he simply wouldn't of had them. They weren't his he didn't buy them.