Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers

FILE - Tulsa Police talk to a young man at Memorial High School as he waits to be reunited with a family member who was evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building Wednesday, June 1, 2022. in Tulsa, Okla. The man who shot and killed four people this week at a Tulsa, Okla., hospital bought his AR-style semiautomatic rifle just hours before he began the killing spree. That would not have been possible in Washington and a half dozen other states that have waiting periods of days or even more than a week before people can take possession of such weapons.(Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) FILE - Paul Kramer, the citizen sponsor of an initiative which increased restrictions on the purchase and ownership of firearms, speaks about efforts in Washington state to reduce gun violence on Feb. 14, 2019, in Seattle. The man who shot and killed four people at a Tulsa, Okla., hospital bought his AR-style semiautomatic rifle just hours before he began the killing spree. That would not have been possible in Washington and some other states that have waiting periods of days or even more than a week before people can take possession of such weapons. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) FILE -Two people hug as they are reunited at Memorial High School after being evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building Wednesday, June 1, 2022. in Tulsa, Okla. The man who shot and killed four people this week at a Tulsa, Okla., hospital bought his AR-style semiautomatic rifle just hours before he began the killing spree. That would not have been possible in Washington and a half dozen other states that have waiting periods of days or even more than a week before people can take possession of such weapons. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) FILE - In this March 15, 2020 file photo people wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. The man who shot and killed four people this week at a Tulsa, Okla., hospital bought his AR-style semiautomatic rifle just hours before he began the killing spree. That would not have been possible in Washington and a half dozen other states that have waiting periods of days or even more than a week before people can take possession of such weapons. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers