Had the shooter been prosecuted on his drug arrest, it would have shown up on the FBI files and he wouldn’t have been able to buy the pistol. However, since his mama got him off (what part did Dupnick play in that?), there was no charge listed and the rest is a sad history.
Please tell me you aren't that naive???? So if you make something illegal, they aren't going to go out and do it anyways?? Like buying the gun from some low life in an alley?? Lord knows it looks like this kid would never break any laws like say killing 6 people in a crowd.
It is very possible, even probable, that one of the people this guy recently threatened was Gabrielle Gifford or her staff.
This would explain why someone in Gifford's name subscribed to one of the shooters web pages several weeks ago. The only other subscription Gifford's had was to Congressman Ike Skelton.
There is going to be a can of worms opened up on this one for sure, and the tragedy of this that at some point it will be obvious that it could and should have been prevented if the Tucson Law enforcement had done it's job properly. They had plenty of warning about this guy and they were negligent in protecting the public from a dangerous, mentally unstable individual
Does the sheriff know his parents???? Are they friends or relatives???