Gunshine State Update

Anybody else think this? Given how often we are tragically reminded that we live in a gun-enamored society, how is it still possible that anybody off the street can rent a weapon at a shooting range–with no background check needed? No training required. No questions asked.

Last week a guy rented a gun at a Pinellas Park shooting range and turned it on himself.  Others could have died as well. And it wasn’t the first time that a person had used the Shoot Straight Gun Range as a suicide venue. The last one was four months ago. Surely, background checking gun renters is something the Founding Fathers would not have frowned upon. Surely.

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