Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

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(AP)- The suspects in the most recent shooting rampages found it relatively easy to get their guns.

The suspect in the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket was convicted of assaulting a high school classmate but still got a gun.

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They are just the latest suspected U.S. mass shooters to obtain guns because of limited firearms laws, background check lapses or law enforcement’s failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior.

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