The New Mexico shooting came on the same day opponents of gun control held rallies across the country to oppose the White House effort to reform the nation’s gun laws. At demonstrations in Pennsylvania and Ohio, gun owners pilloried calls for stricter gun control.

Marvin Otterman: “No law put on law-abiding citizens has ever deterred crime. Now they’re going to take my gun, so I can get shot.”

Tom Mabelitini: “My thoughts is, you can tell the left-wing, liberal idiots there in Washington, and all of 'em, leave our guns alone. We're not hurting anything. It’s the criminals. Deal with the criminals, not the law-abiding citizens.”