The weapon reportedly belonged to the dead son, killed on MLK day, the 3rd Monday of January 1999.
Over a YEAR later, she shoots the wrong man. With a gun that may or may not be registered or legally obtained. The articles provide no information on that.
What sort of gun law prevents attempted premeditated murder?
None of the laws proposed short of total confiscation would have prevented this had they been followed to the letter.
Not even confiscation would prevent it if that law was ignored like so many others are.
For instance, the law that says it's illegal to attempt to murder someone. Looks like she ignored that one, for sure.
The Washington Post has an article as well. If it's a hoax, they fooled them too.