For the record, it is highly unlikely Sgt Nightingale would be regarded as a
"hero" in the United States. In 2010 there were just under 160,000 arrests for Gun related offences in the US, usage, possession and permit related. The US also has the highest incarceration rate of any country at 750 per 100,000 population head, and the sentences are proportionately longer per offense than most other countries, especially weapons offenses where any savvy DA will try and tag on a "terrorist' angle to secure a conviction.
Despite the Aurora. Columbine, and Virginia Tech type massacres occuring with such breathtaking regularity that they hardly merit newsprint over here, the law is absolutely black and white about gun ownership and control. If you break that law and you are caught, you will be punished.
Correlation does not equal causation in this case - If he had been proven to have broken the law here he would be in jail.
Last edited by Two's in; 30th Nov 2012 at 18:31.