[bhl]

No way that kid should have been able to get that weapon. Cops knew he was a troubled soul. No good comes from arming the deranged like that. Time for some common sense. Now is not the time to not pick on the definition of whether it was technically “military grade.”

[Shady]

How did he get the weapons, a brand new truck and eyeliner?

[Alberta's Child]

Cops knew he was a troubled soul. No good comes from arming the deranged like that. Time for some common sense.

It doesn't matter what the cops "know."

1. We have this idiotic process of sealing juvenile records. This kid could have stolen 100 cars, set a dozen houses on fire, and tortured animals every day of his life as a minor ... but a background check conducted on his 18th birthday would show that he's a law abiding citizen.

2. HIPAA confidentiality laws prevent the disclosure of mental health records to the police.

In other words ... The combination of #1 and #2 means that the background check process for a firearms permit won't even reveal anything about the people who should never own a firearm.

[bobbo666]

No. Pick apart every single point they try and make. The reasonable ones off to the side will soon see that EVERY point they try is a lie.
Discredit them. Mock them. Give no ground on anything.

[PsyCon]

The problem is not rooted in his possession of a weapon, nor in the weapon he possessed. Nothing I have read thus far would indicate derangement or in someway disqualify his purchase or possession.

Now a FFL may correct me on the Background Form...but
FLK-Funny Looking Kid and NQR-Not Quite Right are not disqualifiers.

If his murders were not known - what removes his right to bear arms?