Posted on 09/03/2019 6:16:01 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday that the suspected gunman who killed at least seven people and injured 22 others in a shooting over the weekend had failed a gun background check.
“Not only did the gunman have a criminal history … he also previously failed a gun purchase background check in Texas,” Abbott tweeted, “& he didn’t go thru a background check for the gun he used in Odessa. We must keep guns out of criminals’ hands.”
It is unclear how the gunman, identified Sunday as 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator, obtained the AR-style rifle he used when he opened fire on Saturday, fatally shooting a trooper, two police officers and four others.
Ator was arrested for evading arrest and criminal trespass in 2001 and received a form of probation after pleading guilty to both misdemeanor charges, the Austin American-Statesman reports. There were no open warrants for his arrest.
He had been fired from his trucking job hours before the mass shooting, and he reportedly got into a verbal altercation with his boss at an oilfield services company, with both men calling 911 to report the incident, the Texas Tribune reports. The gunman also reportedly called the FBI's tip line.
Despite the reports, police say a motive is not yet known for the shooting.
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Yeah, and was reported constantly by the neighbors for shooting a rifle off the roof, he called the FBI to report on himself that he was cracking up, and nobody did anything. so he goes off the rails, and everyone’s solution is to come after my civil rights.
Everything points toward a new move for universal registration and capacity restrictions. “Closing the gun show loophole”.
To go with those Red Flag laws.
The police really worked hard to ignore this guy
“...Yeah, and was reported constantly by the neighbors for shooting a rifle off the roof, he called the FBI to report on himself that he was cracking up, and nobody did anything. so he goes off the rails, and everyone’s solution is to come after my civil rights....”
Yep. Because this azzhole’s actions fit the communist agenda of disarming us.
If the truth be known, he was probably an MK ULTRA “wind-up toy” zombie that couldn’t quite be controlled the way they wanted. In other words, he was one of their own...thus, the not releasing of the name till they could get all their crap covered up.
So our current laws would have prevented this nut from having a gun and what did Law enforcement do when made aware of the threat? Do we need more laws or do we need enforcement?
It is unclear how the gunman, identified Sunday as 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator, obtained the AR-style rifle he used when he opened fire on Saturday, fatally shooting a trooper, two police officers and four others.
I’m very interested to see what the gun trace is going to uncover. And if it can be determined if it was a private sale or stolen?
Given that we’re all so skeptical, I won’t be surprised to learn that this was a private sale and will obviously be used for the push for, universal background checks. Amazing how certain events can happen at such an opportune time, to push an agenda. The timing is amazing.
Everything and nothing about this case makes sense.
The shooter was shooting animals off his roof, according to a NEIGHBOR, but the cops couldn’t find his house. But the FBI found it and did a search warrant on it.
He called the police and FBI before the shooting started.....kind of like posting a manifesto on 8chan or something like that, huh?
He was getting pulled over, never stopped, which means the cops shouldn’t have stopped and got out of their cars, and he was able to turn around in the driver seat with a rifle and shoot the cops.
Then he drove from Midland to Odessa, stopping and shooting people intermittently and the cops never engaged him or tried to run his car off the road.
This guy was nothing but a patsy and we’re being played.
Guns are just narcotics drugs... If you want them … you can get your hands on them.
I live in a small town but if I want narcotics at any time of the day or night...I’m pretty sure where I could get them.
But if some kids open a lemonade stand in their front yard, or someone tries to sell a beer brand in the wrong state, or someone refuses to make a homo wedding cake, the full force of the law descends upon them.
Laws only work on people willing to follow them. The powers that be know this.
But it doesn't matter. They have minions that work on getting laws that take our rights, night and day, day and night, while we are working for a living to take care of our families. They are coming for our gun rights, and we have no power at all to stop it, short of mass violence. Which won't happen, because we are not made of the same stuff as our ancestors.
Besides wanting to know how he obtained the rifle, it would be good to know how he failed the background check when he attempted to purchase. According to the report, he wasn’t a felon. So perhaps he just lied on the form regarding his misdemeanor conviction and was caught?
I think ALL the recent mass shooters are under some kind of control or influence by government agents. But the Deep State is a power unto itself, with NO checks or balances. They do what they please, and NO laws apply to them. Comey is PROOF of that.
One of the little curious things is that this property he bought and lived on (for 18 months) didn’t really have streets that were identified (no GPS coordinates, no signs, etc). I suspect that he showed up with a license that showed X-address, and once they ran the background check...the check came back to say such-and-such street didn’t exist, so they couldn’t advance the purchase (legally).
Your thought makes sense. At least where I am, you need a ‘current’ address on your license or some other bill showing residence address. Sounds like he had neither.
Bring back the Mental Institutions that were closed in the 50’s and 60’s, gun laws will not fix this.
How convenient, just as the Left is screaming for a gun registry (I mean, "universal background checks").
If I put my tinfoil cap on, you have to wonder why the push now (red flag laws and a registry)? Whose timetable, and why is it urgent that the public be disarmed? What plans does the Deep State have for Nigel?
It’s called a straw purchase—a fairly common practice. Illegal, but easy to do and difficult to prevent. If you want sensible gun control, that’s where law enforcement needs to crack down.
You might notice one other odd feature....no electricity to his place (at least claimed by one neighbor). Who would go and live in a place like that....for 18 months? It’d be different if this were the Rockies or way off the grid. But this character was living around 500 feet from some major street.
I think his IQ level, based on comments by two neighbors...would be in the 80 or below range.
I would like the FBI to release the COMPLETE recording of the actual call the shooter made to the FBI prior to the rampage.
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