RE: High school shooting in Parkland FL
February 16, 2018 at 1:58 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2018 at 2:04 pm by Shell B.)
(February 16, 2018 at 1:37 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Just heard that the FBI admitted that they were informed about this kid on January 5th, with specific details including his desire to commit a school shooting. They did nothing admitting their protocols were not followed.
Can't legislate against ball dropping.
We can punish those who ball drop severely enough that others will not drop the ball.
(February 16, 2018 at 1:50 pm)wallym Wrote:(February 16, 2018 at 1:06 pm)Shell B Wrote: How you define common sense. Obviously, with good laws this joker wouldn't have been able to get his hands on a pistol.Ideally, he wouldn't legally be able to get his hand on a pistol. But I'm not sure what sort of profiling would be necessary, and even possible constitutionally speaking.
Well, given that he did get his hands on guns legally, if I have the right information, this isn't a question of stopping illegal gun trade. This was clearly a problem with existing law or application of law. The type of profiling that would be necessary is perfectly permissible under the constitution. We already put restrictions on gun ownership. We have precedence to do it where necessary. Now, the type of profiling appears to actually have been done in this case, which is sad. If a kid says he's going to shoot up a school, we take away his guns/rights to have them. /story If a kid says he's going to shoot up a school, we go to the parents' house and ensure that either A. they are complying with safe storage of their guns that keep them out of their kids' hands or B. we impose penalties if they do not.