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One gun-related murder negates any reason for strengthening gun laws

Just this morning, I read the following post on Facebook from a Tea Partier:

"Nikko Jenkins was released from prison on July 30th for a ten-year stint for felony assault and burglary. Now he's in custody for the murder of a young mother... He had guns and ammo....Tell me again how gun laws protect people? ..."

First thing's first - based on the minimal information provided in the post, it's virtually impossible to put forth a strong argument for or against stronger gun laws based on this one case. However, if we just look at things from a surface-value standpoint, this post sounds ridiculous.

"He had guns and ammo.... Tell me again how gun laws protect people?"

Let's see here - if we had stronger gun laws, it would have been more difficult for him to obtain guns and ammo, correct?

If a person who once had a suspended license got into an accident which killed somebody, would this individual then say, "Tell me again how traffic laws protect people?" 

Tea Partiers are sounding more and more anti-law and pro-anarchy. If one person breaks any law, that law is pointless, because it punishes law-abiding citizens in their minds. However, without these laws, how could such citizens then be labeled as law-abiding?

Immediately after reading this person's post, I researched the matter - largely because a few questions had sprung to mind, such as: 1) How did this felon obtain guns and ammo?; 2) Were they obtained legally?, 3) Were they stolen?, and 4) If they weren't purchased by him, who purchased them and did he or she have a record?

Well, after researching the matter, it appears as if a friend of Jenkins lent a helping hand in buying two boxes of Brenneke Classic Magnum 12-gauge ammunition at Canfield's Sporting Goods. Jenkins' friend is also a felon, so how in the world was she able to purchase ammunition?

"Tell me again how gun laws protect people?"

What gun laws? When a felon is able to purchase ammunition at a sporting goods store for another felon, it seems to me that our gun laws are weaker than a jello shot void of alcohol. 

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