Thay guy was ALREADY violating the law by possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction! Did THAT law work? We catch felons with firearms all the time and do NOTHING, even though federal law says the guy should go to federal prison for five years. Had that loser fired one single round from a .45 that child would have been just as dead. BTW, it's not "only me." Every man and woman getting out of the Army or Marines is most familiar with the M-16 (AR-15). That's likely the weapon they can best use. When a guy can commit a second offense classic burglary (occupied dwelling during hours of darkness), yet be allowed to plead guilty to B&E and serve sixty-three days of a six-month sentence before release, don't tell me the problem is guns.