To my knowledge any person with a mental illness problem can walk into a store and purchase any gun he wants if he doesn't have a criminal record. Nothing can be said about mental illness issues because of the federal HIPPA laws(the privacy act). Personally I don't believe anybody who has mental health issues has any business owning a firearm. I have worked in emergency for many years and trust me I have taken care of patients who I would defiantly not want them owning a gun. I have a buddy who takes care of all the firearm sales for a company, he said he can refuse to sell a firearm to any person who he thinks might be unstable. He is not trained in any way to pick up on mental health problems. He refused to sell a gun to one person because the person was having some anger issues that day. There needs to be some form of record keeping so people like this cannot buy a firearm, but that's where the HIPPA laws stop that. I realize that this scum did not buy these guns, he stole them, but he could have bought them if he didn't have a criminal record. I am NOT for gun control. I own several rifles, shotguns and a few pistols, but some people have no business owning a weapon. When I vote the first thing I look at is where they stand on gun control. This senseless tragedy just made me literally sick at my stomach. They were just babies.