The NY Daily News reports
Damel Burton carried a 9-mm. Ruger pistol with four rounds in it, and was carrying another nine roundsRecently, when I mentioned that Ruger was a crap gun, no one seemed to agree. I suppose Damel Burton would.
The crazed ex-con who killed his girlfriend's son then opened fire inside a Queens bus packed with commuters, killing another man, was hoping for a bloodbath, prosecutors charge.
"The defendant stated that he would have shot more people but the gun jammed," prosecutor Suzanne O'Hare said in Queens Criminal Court during Damel Burton's arraignment.
Another thing the pro-gun crowd keep denying is that gun availability plays a part in these situations. Can you imagine that in New York City, where there are extremely strict gun control laws, a guy as crazy and paranoid as Damel, with a long felony record to boot, was able to get his hands on a gun. It's unbelievable and it's unacceptable. But the explanation is simple, and so is the solution.
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