Another day another mass shooting

I am down with all of that except the tax portion.

 

He is right but it's just to deflect from having to do anything about it.

 

A fellow Rockets fan...

 

The tax portion was only to pay for gun violence crimes.

The tax part is certainly negotiable.

 

Another day another w____ e_________

 

Need, strengthened national background checks now.

 

If I recall correctly, this guy could have passed a back ground check.

Im not disagreeing with you, however its a red herring to the conversation.

 

Lmao I was like that moron wrapping bacon on a gun looks like Ted Cruz and it pans out and it Texas’ own eating the machine gun bacon.

 

I guess we're back to banning the AR-15 then.

 

Once again, there were massive red flags before the day of the shooting. Neighbors were scared of him, coworkers knew something was off with him.

That day, he got fired from his job, his employer calls 911 but the guy is gone by the time the cops get there, the guy calls 911 and the FBI tipline after leaving, saying all kinds of crazy stuff, then 15 minutes later a state trooper pulls him over for a turn signal, not knowing about any of the calls to authorities, and the shooting starts.

eta: see below And yes, he would not have been prevented from buying a gun by either the current State or Federal firearms regulations.

 

Hence, the need for stronger national background checks.

 

OK, that's new news I had not heard. Must have been treated for mental illness at some point I assume, maybe a restraining order?, because his criminal record would not have disqualified him.

FYI, here's the background check criteria, from the AP:

Online court records show Ator was arrested in 2001 for a misdemeanor offense that would not have prevented him from legally purchasing firearms in Texas. Federal law defines nine categories that would legally prevent a person from owning a gun, which include being convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, being adjudicated as a "mental defect" or committed to a mental institution, the subject of a restraining order or having an active warrant. Authorities have said Ator had no active warrants at the time of the shooting.

 

In that case, the person who sold him the gun should be prosecuted.

 

The point is some states will still hold the seller liable even in a private sale if the individual was not allowed to posses a firearm.

 

Texas does not do this, to the best of my knowledge.

 

And... a good reason why guns should only be sold by dealers.

 

Only if they should have known they couldn't pass one...