The Tucson shooting will doubtless prompt calls for new gun control measures in Georgia and across the country. Arizona, like Georgia, offers citizens the rights to own and carry weapons legally. Georgia requires a firearms license, but a new law in Arizona allows residents who are over 21 years old to carry weapons without a permit.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Joseph Zamudio was legally carrying a 9mm semiautomatic pistol at a Walgreen’s near the Safeway store where the shooting occurred. Mr. Zamudio heard the shots and ran toward them. “In that moment, I didn’t think about it. I just reacted,” he said.
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