Mass shootings have become so familiar that they seem to follow the same sad script. He will be a man , or maybe still a boy. He will have a semiautomatic rifle — an AR-15, or something like it — and several high-capacity magazines filled with ammunition. The weapon will have been purchased legally, the background check no obstacle. - The Boston Globe
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