Assault rifles, a lethal weapon that is too easy to acquire in the United States.

The so-called assault or high-capacity rifles are lethal weapons that are too easy to acquire in much of USAespecially in states like Maine, a territory with very lax legislation in this regard, where the last shooting massive.

The images of Robert Card, the alleged perpetrator of the attack, entering armed into one of the premises where he shot his victims show the AR-15 rifle he was carrying, an instrument with extra equipment that allows him to fire many more bullets without having to reload.

While Americans must be 21 years old before they can legally purchase alcohol and enter a bar, in most states in the country they can purchase an assault rifle from the age of 18.

In fact, many laws have stricter age requirements for purchasing handguns than for military-style rifles, which have become the most used weapon in mass shootings in recent years.

As Peter Ambler, executive director of Giffords, one of the best-known organizations in favor of gun control, has recalled in recent hours on to have a license to have it.

There are also no safety regulations in Maine. “red flag” (red flag), which prevent people who have gone through mental crises – as several media outlets have published, is the case of Card – from possessing a firearm.

In the last state that was the scene of a massacre in the United States, with 18 dead and 13 injured, there is also no rule that limits the purchase of high-capacity magazines, which are attached to the weapon and allow firing successively for much longer without the need for stop to reload ammunition.

This allows you to purchase in this state from the simplest to the most sophisticated weapon without the need for prior controls.

According to the Pew Institute, four out of every ten households in the United States have a firearm, and one 32% of citizens say they own one. He 72% of those who own a weapon claim to have it to protect themselves.

According to data from Giffords – whose name comes from former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was seriously injured in a shooting in Tucson when she was in office – 27 of the country’s 50 states have an “F” grade, failing, for lacking gun control regulations, and among them is Maine.

Once again, after a shooting with numerous victims, the president of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, has once again asked Republicans to agree to reach an agreement to ban assault weapons.