101 California Street Shooting
101 California Street Shooting refers to a mass murder that took place in San Francisco on July 1, 1993 . A gunman shot eight people. The event was partly responsible for the introduction of stricter gun laws in the United States .
On the afternoon of July 1, 55-year-old entrepreneur Gian Luigi Ferri entered a law firm in a skyscraper at 101 California Street. He shot two TEC-9 pistols on several floors , killing eight people and injuring six. Shortly before the police could arrest him, he shot himself.
The question of the motive remained unanswered. Ferri, the recently personal bankruptcy wanted sign, left a confused letter in which he several companies, individuals and government agencies as well as poisoning by sodium glutamate was to blame for his failure as a businessman. In 1981 he had marginal business contact with the law firm concerned.
The act was one of the triggers for the introduction of a temporary nationwide ban on so-called "offensive weapons" in 1994. The semi-automatic TEC-9 pistols used by Ferri also fell under this definition, as they have a rate of fire close to that of a fully automatic one with a modified trigger Weapon allowed, as well as were provided with magazines that contained 32 cartridges.
Individual evidence
- ↑ LA Times : Gunman Listed Grievances in Rambling Letter. Article of July 4, 1992.
- ↑ ABC News : Shootings That Shaped Gun Control Laws . Article of July 27, 2012.
- ^ NY Times : California Allows Lawsuit Against Gun Maker for 1993 Killings.