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Mass Shooters Typically Do Not Have Disqualifying Records, and Restrictions on Private Gun Sales Are Widely Flouted After the mass shooting that killed eight people at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, last Saturday, President Joe Biden said that horrifying crime reinforced the case for “enacting universal background checks.” Yet the perpetrator, who was killed by a police officer at the scene, had been licensed as an armed security guard, which means he passed a background check and was legally allowed to own firearms. In that respect, the killer was typical of people who commit crimes like this.