Good morning. Welcome to Axios Today. It's Tuesday, April 11th. I'm Margaret

Talif in Fornila, Boudou. Here's what you need to know today. Americans are not

ready for retirement, plus charging your electric car may get a lot easier. But

first, a shooting in Louisville is the 146th mass shooting in 100 days. That's

today's one big thing.

At least four people are dead and nine were injured following a shooting at a

bank in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday. The suspect was shot on the scene by police.

Here to give us some context on this shooting is Jennifer Masia from The Trace,

a nonprofit newsroom that reports on gun violence. So Jennifer, what have you learned

about this story? The gunman appears to be a current a former employee at this bank.

The colleagues saw the gunman come in on a video and some of them locked themselves in an

office that was accessible only by key code and then listened as their co-workers were gunned

down. Police responded in three minutes, but it wasn't enough to stop all casualties.

The gunman had an AR-style rifle, so this is very difficult if you're trying to intercept a

gunman or prevent somebody from entering a workplace. It's very easy to ambush security measures

and shoot right through doors, which is also what we saw in Nashville when you have firepower

like that. Take us back to 2019 because that is the year when Kentucky moved to permitless

carry. And I remember that Louisville's Metro police opposed it at the time. What happened

was the GOP-dominated legislature made the argument, which has been furthered by the gun lobby,

that more guns carried by civilians will make us safer. When they removed the requirement

for a concealed carry permit, they ended up missing a lot of concealed carriers. So those people

are no longer being vetted on a monthly basis. Kentucky does not require background checks on

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