the gun was bought and passed along illegally so making it a crime to not report lost or stolen fire arms would not have changed anything. Also limiting the number of fire arm purchaces doesn't matter because it only takes one. There is no way around the fact that some people are bad and are going to do bad things. the only fool proof way to stop the needless murder of police officers is to stop chasing criminals but we sure as hell are not going to do that.

not reporting a lost or stolen firearm is already illegal, straw purchases are already illegal the gun laws we have work rather well when they're enforced and more than 90 percent of all gun crimes occur with illegally obtained firearms so restraining those who legally purchase firearms isn't going to help the situation at all except to make it harder for those of us who legitimately wish to protect ourselves and our families or just enjoy collecting and shooting firearms to do so.

It's my understanding that the proposed change was to make it possible for longer jail terms for those who buy multiple guns for straw purchases. The NRA has no problem with harsher punishment for straw purchasers, and neither do I.

Heroin is also illegal and lethal, but unlike illegal guns which trade illegally on a relatively tiny scale, the heroin market involves billions of dollars and we taxpayers fund large government agencies devoted to battling it. And yet, if one wants to purchase heroin, it's not that difficult. The UK outright banned all guns and yet, guns still get in there. Violent gun crimes still occur in England; there, law-abiding citizens are rendered completely defenseless. Criminals act with greater vigor knowing this. If all US legal gun owners join and support the NRA to fight these legal battles on their behalf - the incessant barrage of ill-conceived laws like Bradley Fox - Americans will be safer for it. If you own a gun, you really do have an obligation to join the NRA.

The only thing new laws will do is make more criminals. Nothing more.

People who are criminals, by definition, break the law. More laws put more burdens on those who follow them - criminals couldn't care less.

I'm tired of these kinds of arguments. If the laws change, I'll happily ignore them and join the ranks of the criminals. They live easier lives since they don't have to jump through new hoops all the time just to make a purchase.

This talk makes me mad as hell! the only thing gun control will do is make us the next Holocaust victims! This is NOT fear mongering, look at history of gun control/confiscation in EVERY Country. When we outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns!

The question is how does the state allowed 9 firearms to be sold to one person in 16 month period. Background checks are done on every gun transferred. A big red flag the size of Texas should have been raised. You can’t stop firearms from getting into the hands of criminals but you and make the punishments worse on them when they do get caught.

If I buy one gun per month because I enjoy collecting and shooting guns and legally reselling them when I tire of them, or buy 2 guns per month or 4 and obey all laws and pay the $25 state fee each time, what is that to you, Joe? Whom am I hurting?

Crimanls like that need to be chased by a drone. Furthermore our US Government is the biggest supplier of firearms to rebels and cartels that in turn get used on innocent people to the point of genocide!! just putting that out there.

Officer Fox was killed by a gun bought legally, sold (knowingly) illegally. Try to stop that from happening would not be an easy task.

Again, someone is killed by a gun and it's all about restricting gun purchases. PLEASE!, if you're going to jump on the " ban guns so no one gets killed" bandwagon first take the time to look up overall homicides related to guns vs other means. You are more likely to be beaten to death or stabbed. " tougher gun laws".. imply' s just that.a LAW..you know, those pesky little things the criminal element doesn't follow to begin with........

The problem with laws is that law abiding citizens are the ONLY PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW THEM

Sadly , Brad Fox was only doing his job, attempting to apprehend a hit and run driver, he would have no way of knowing that he was chasing a known crazy person that had intent to kill a cop…it wasn't a drug bust, or a crime ring bust gone wrong…I'm happy in one way that the sorry S.O.B. killed himself, so he doesn't cost me any money housing him or giving him his 'day in court' but seriously pissed in another way that he got out of paying for what he did publicly…he doesn't have to look into Brad's wife's or family's eyes, he doesn't have to witness or feel the pain and anguish he brought onto that family, the cowardly bastard that he was. I guess it's a good thing as I hear cop killers are treated as heros in prison, and the only hero in the story here is Brad Fox, a true HERO in every sense of the word. My heart is still broken for his wife, children, family and friends. RIP Brad Fox

Kudos to Montgomery County DA Risa Vetri Ferman for prosecuting the gun trafficker. More such prosecutions would deter people from buying guns for felons who are not able to buy them

I read the editorial, and fail to see how any of the proposed legislative ideas would have prevented the murder of Ofc. Fox. I don't necessarily oppose the proposed legislation, but I don't see where any of this could have prevented the killing of the officer, and to use his name as a vehicle to promote such legislation is opportunistic by the media.
Ms. McKeown said Ofc. Fox would have no idea that he was pursuing a crazy person, however, a police officer must remain vigilant at all times. Anyone has the potential to be a threat, and in today's society, the threats are growing in numbers. So is this a gun law issue? or is it a training issue that needs to be addressed by law enforcement?
Officer Fox was trained by the Philadelphia police K-9 training program. Berks county Sheriff's deputy, Kyle Pagerly, was also a graduate of the Philly program. Both officers were killed by gunmen, when both were without cover or immediate backup, and both were victims of an ambush. (Ofc. Fox ran after the subject on his own and Deputy Pagerly outran his fellow officers in an attempt to track down the subject). Is it a coincidence that both men made the same tactical error? or was something lacking in their training?
These are the sort of assessments that must be made, in order to learn from the past, and give public safety personnel the best opportunity to be safe in their jobs. But rather than deal with reality, many would just rather politicize this man's death.