It was a brutal killing that perfectly demonstrates why US gun control advocates are pushing for universal background checks for all gun sales. In April 2011, a dangerously disturbed Canadian man named Dmitry Smirnov carried out a cold blooded plan to kill a 36 year old Chicago woman. He found the gun on armslist.com, one of thousands of online marketplaces where guns can legally be sold by private citizens with no background check and no paper trail.
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