New York Mass Public Shooter Explicitly targeted: “areas where CCW are outlawed or prohibited may be good areas of attack” “areas with strict gun laws are also great places of attack”
Yet, another mass public shooter clearly shows that gun-free zones are magnets for these types of attacks. New York states with extremely strict gun control laws was an attractive place to attack. Note that right now the U.S. Supreme Court is looking at the state’s very restrictive May Issue law. As the killer’s manifesto indicates, “areas where CCW permits are low may also” be good areas of attack.
Ironically, New York has all the gun laws that Democrats say we need to stop these attacks — background checks on the private transfer of guns (so-called universal background checks) to a strict assault weapon ban. Virtually no concealed handgun permits in Buffalo where the attack occurred.
He appears to have been motivated by the environmentalist/socialist/racist Mosque shooter in New Zealand who hoped that his attack would spur more gun control. The El Paso environmentalist/socialist/racist shooter also had a very similar discussion of what targets to pick: