As New York City grapples with the mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, gun policy experts and advocates renewed calls for national legislation restricting gun ownership.
The shooter, Shane Tamura, traveled from Nevada with an AR-15-style assault weapon — a common weapon for mass shootings — and killed four people, according to the NYPD. Tamura assembled the weapon using a lower receiver bought by an associate, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday.
