02-20-2018, 10:11 AM
(02-20-2018, 03:25 AM)Benton Wrote: Every time I've done a gun law/ gun violence story, I get the same response from gun stores and even guys who make their living at shows. They almost all advocate for expanded background checks or more uniform background checks. Of course, even if that were to happen, you've still got to have the FBI not drop the ball, which has been happening.
Only your most extreme 2A advocates have any issue with background checks. Expand them all day IMO.
(02-20-2018, 10:02 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: The narrative has been on the FBI, and there is a reason for that I won't expand on here. But local police (because they were aware of his issues), Social Services, and the mental health professional(s) he was seeing all share a larger portion of the blame for dropping the ball than the FBI does.
The reason is that Trump has been raking them over the coals for other reasons, bad timing for them to be sure. To the rest, I literally said exactly that much earlier in the thread. The biggest share of blame goes to the school district and their policy of not contacting law enforcement regarding criminal acts by students unless the crime involves violence. According to available information this kid made numerous threats to other students and the police were never contacted because we don't want that "school to prison pipeline". One criminal threats conviction and this kid can't buy a firearm. You won't hear this discussed though, much like you won't hear how left leaning soft on crime legislation is resulting in a rise in crime for the first time in ~25 years.
