Store that sold gun to Florida shooter closes its doors
The gun store where Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz legally bought his AR-15 rifle has closed down for good Friday, with the former owners now being in favor for more restrictive gun control legislation, according to the New York Daily News.
A lawyer for the couple who used to own Sunrise Tactical Supplies, released a statement on their behalf, saying that they were quote, “shocked and mortified” after the shooting and they, “condemn in the strongest possible fashion anyone who uses any weapon in anger and violence,”
The couple is also throwing support behind measures that would require those with mental illness to disclose their disorder to agencies that govern gun sales.
Cruz had answered “no” to questions dealing with mental health issues on his ATF paperwork and there was no proper way of evaluating his full state of mental health.
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Although TMZ reports that local police were called to the shooter’s home 39 times for “strange and violent behavior”, it’s unclear if the calls were made before Cruz bought the gun in January of 2017.
Seventeen people were killed and 15 others wounded in the deadliest school mass shooting since Sandy Hook.
Cruz confessed to the shooting and is facing 17 counts of premeditated murder.
