Texas church shooting leaves many dead (atleast 27).

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SpokenTruth said:

sc94597 said:

Per usual, one must ask what new law would have prevented this. The guy shouldn't have been able to purchase the guns, as he had a felony-equivalent court-marshall involving domestic violence, but the military failed to put him in the database which allowed him to pass the background checks. 

Additionally good civilians with guns might or might not have (depending on the specifics -- they are currently vague) prevented even greater loss of life when they pursued this guy. 

If anything, this incident shows us the limits of gun-control legislation when it comes to preventing mass shootings. 

1 law?  OK.  How about a law that requires the military to properly report disqualifying activity to the database?  Right now its a loose policy, not a law.

And no, gun control legislation has not shown that they are ineffective because we barely have gun control legislation.

The military is already required to add him to the database. It's not a loose policy, it is the actual law. It was negligent of the military courts to not enforce the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, and the various Federal Firearms Acts, which allowed him to buy guns when he shouldn't have been able according to the law. 

There are thousands of gun control laws in the country, how is that "barely have gun control legislation"? 

The law which was suppose to prevent this failed, because nobody enforced it. We can make a thousand more laws and if nobody enforces them they'll fail.

U.S Military Failed to Send Texas Gunman's Conviction Record to FBI 

Last edited by sc94597 - on 07 November 2017