Sandy Skaggs says weekend mass shootings motivated her to make a statement

Sandy Skaggs had been storing a rifle for a friend until she bought it Monday. “I don't even like touching this thing. It's upsetting to me,” Skaggs said.She said the weekend mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso motivated her to buy the weapon.“I do not want this gun. I want to destroy this gun,” Skaggs said.She contacted police about destroying it. Skaggs said she does not want it used for parts or anything else.“I'm not opposed to hunting. I'm not opposed to hunters. I'm not opposed to people having guns in their possession for protection. But this is a killer. It's a killing machine, and that's all it's for,” she said.Semi-automatic rifles are used by some hunters. Some like the rifle’s accuracy or its versatility. That's why it's popular with hunters.“That's a legal weapon. People are entitled to own one,” KMBC's Micheal Mahoney told Skaggs.“That's right. They are. And I'm entitled to purchase and destroy it,” Skaggs said.

Sandy Skaggs had been storing a rifle for a friend until she bought it Monday.

“I don't even like touching this thing. It's upsetting to me,” Skaggs said.


She said the weekend mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso motivated her to buy the weapon.

“I do not want this gun. I want to destroy this gun,” Skaggs said.

She contacted police about destroying it. Skaggs said she does not want it used for parts or anything else.

“I'm not opposed to hunting. I'm not opposed to hunters. I'm not opposed to people having guns in their possession for protection. But this is a killer. It's a killing machine, and that's all it's for,” she said.

Semi-automatic rifles are used by some hunters. Some like the rifle’s accuracy or its versatility. That's why it's popular with hunters.

“That's a legal weapon. People are entitled to own one,” KMBC's Micheal Mahoney told Skaggs.

“That's right. They are. And I'm entitled to purchase and destroy it,” Skaggs said.