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One Thing That Five Recent Mass Shootings Have in Common

Many details about mass shootings, like Sunday morning’s in Orlando, Florida, remain mysterious. But one known fact has shown up again and again:

Not only were each of these shootings carried out using AR-15-style assault rifles—the weapons were all purchased legally. It is extremely easy to obtain, no hoop-jumping required, a machine designed to kill many living things in a short amount of time. In Florida, it’s easier to buy an assault rifle than a handgun. Unless that changes, there’s no reason to think the frequency of shootings involving these deadly weapons will continue in any direction other than up.

Read more from Slate on the Orlando nightclub shooting.  

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