(NOTICE: For retransmission or other content delivery inquiries, please contact TCA Customer Service, 1-800-346-8798, tcacustomerservicetribpub.com.) (ATTENTION EDITORS: 1 photo and a headshot accompany this column. FILENAME: thomas-guns-shooting-20210420.jpg FILENAME: Cal-Thomas.jpg) - Advertisement - Cal Thomas Tribune Content Agency The first question most people ask after mass shootings like the one last week at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in which a 19-year-old male murdered eight peoplebefore taking his own life is "how did he get the gun?" He was known to authorities. A gun he previously owned was seized because he was believed to have mental problems.