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Nearly two decades after lawmakers began requiring background checks for gun buyers, significant gaps in the F.B.I.’s database of criminal and mental health records allow thousands of people to buy firearms every year who should be barred from doing so.
The database is incomplete because many states have not provided federal authorities with comprehensive records of people involuntarily committed or otherwise ruled mentally ill. Records are also spotty for several other categories of prohibited buyers, including those who have tested positive for illegal drugs or have a history of domestic violence.
originally posted by: MOMof3
I would rather keep my rifles and outlaw war weapons. I would rather the NRA become a extinct business. I would rather vote out all Republican Congress. They are letting people die and our children are targets.
Previously: NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch threatens to burn copy of The New York Times in latest inflammatory video.
NRATV host blames football players who kneeled for NFL player Edwin Jackson's death.
NRATV host: It would be “simply unacceptable” to make it more difficult for Las Vegas gunman to get his firearms.
NRATV host calls the 2018 Women’s March “an anti-American movement”
Published: 3:24 PM PST February 14, 2018
An 18-year-old student was arrested after a journal was found detailing plans to shoot his classmates at ACES High School in Everett.
According to the Everett Police Department, the 18-year-old’s grandmother called 911 Tuesday morning after finding the journal and believed the threats to shoot students at the school were credible.
Officers responded to the house on the 10600 block of Holly Drive and were shown excerpts of the journal and were told the grandson had a semiautomatic rifle stored in a guitar case. As officers reviewed the journal, they were alarmed by the statements and detailed plans to shoot students and use homemade explosives
originally posted by: Violater1
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Konduit
If you have a society that needs to arm and train teachers then you have a broken society that more guns will never fix
No, not just teachers, but doctors, nurses, cashiers, waitresses, mechanics, cooks...
originally posted by: MOMof3
I would rather keep my rifles and outlaw war weapons. I would rather the NRA become a extinct business. I would rather vote out all Republican Congress. They are letting people die and our children are targets.
originally posted by: Violater1
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Konduit
If you have a society that needs to arm and train teachers then you have a broken society that more guns will never fix
No, not just teachers, but doctors, nurses, cashiers, waitresses, mechanics, cooks...
originally posted by: TexasTruth
a reply to: CriticalStinker
I agree but probably not in the way you are thinking. Maybe so...
My kids school would make a far left liberals head explode. They recite the Pledge, they meet at the pole for prayer, and they pray after games.
I know for a FACT, that if someone came in that front door carrying a gun they would be mowed down before they ever hit a classroom. It's a don't ask don't tell type thing in a wealthy small Texas town. If a kid snuck it in, if they were not dropped there they would be blown to pieces leaving that room.
originally posted by: TexasTruth
I know for a FACT, that if someone came in that front door carrying a gun they would be mowed down before they ever hit a classroom.