He also stockpiled a dozen guns and 25,000 rounds of ammunition at his home, which he set ablaze before the shooting, and had high-capacity magazines that may have been illegal under California law, depending on when they were purchased. Samuel James Cassidy legally purchased the three 9 mm handguns he used to kill co-workers and then himself at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard. San Jose, California, May 26, 2021: nine dead State police described his threat as ‘general in nature’ and said it didn’t ‘specifically mention shooting or firearms’.Īfter the shooting, Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order underscoring the need for red flag interventions and said she would seek to bar people under 21 from buying some semi-automatic weapons in the state.Ī similar law in California was ruled unconstitutional. New York is one of 19 states with red flag laws that allow courts to take guns from people posing immediate danger, but that didn’t happen with Gendron, who was 17 at the time. Gun control advocacy groups rally with Democratic members of Congress outside the Capitol (Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
