Well the only obvious thing to do would be to pass more laws.
/s
Pissed off Black guy murders five Caucasians (one a White Hispanic) and this story is only being used to push Gun Control.
I’ve had occasion to deal with the Illinois State Police Firearms Unit fairly recently to renew my FOID. I learned some rather interesting facts.
That unit is budgeted for 7 people. When I talked to them they had 3. The month I called them they had 90,000 renewals to process. The next month they had 100,000 and the month after that there were 150,000 up for renewal.
I spoke with the nicest woman who pulled my renewal to the “top of the pile” as it was about to expire. It’s no wonder this creep slipped through the system. The entire FOID system is stupid. It should be abolished entirely.
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I recall reading about how Thomas Hamilton (the perpetrator of the Dunblane school murders in Scotland in 1996) went through the stringent background checks as required by British law in order to legally possess handguns. And he was still permitted to keep them despite local police officers recommending that his permits be revoked and his guns confiscated before it was tragically too late.
You can;t stop someone who just snaps one day...
Unless you advocate for a 1984 type society...
Not sure why these background checks failed to identify past convictions. There was a history of violence.
I’m interested in learning the autopsy results and suspect they might be more relevant, especially if THC is found.
A lot of weapons bought during the Y2K era are now up for FFL records destruction. 20 years is length of time a lot of these transactions are required to be maintained.
Same with the Texas church shooter from a couple years ago.
We need more gun laws!
The failure was that of the workplace, which not only didn’t have any sponsored armaments in place, but prohibited volunteer protectors.
This is extremely evil. Avoid!
Oh, and don’t ASK local LE, but TELL them how to identify your “good guys.” Keep a copy of your telling them, even if it is in the 911 call. For example “our guys are wearing purple vests. You are responsible for not hurting them.”
So, background checks don’t work. Let’s move straight to confiscation. /s
More evidence that government workers that are entrusted to research the background checks are not doing their job. I wonder if the system is inundated with affirmative action hires?
More evidence that government workers that are entrusted to research the background checks are not doing their job. I wonder if the system is inundated with affirmative action hires?