My child has a constitutional right to go to school safely. I believe that outweighs a nut case's right to own and bear guns.
We need to find a way to break that access link between a nut and a gun.
We need to identify the first problem, which is
This shooter was identified to the FBI....this shooter had 39 previous contacts with local police over domestic issues relating to mental health....so tell us.....how do you actually get law enforcement to do their job?
C'mon - you know how the law works. You actually have to COMMIT a crime in order to be arrested/restricted.
Why did the FBI slow walk the reports on this guy?
He took his rifle to school in a soft case to that school using Uber.
Is that a NORMAL Uber run?
He posted an open threat 6 months ago and no mental health check?
How many people missed this despite the complaints of friends, teachers and staff?
You're absolutely right --- they had all this information.
The question is, though - what do you do about it? They can't arrest a person until AFTER he commits a crime. Thinking about doing it isn't illegal. We can't force him to mental health care - we can't put him in a facility. (The ACLU took care of that - remember sanitariums?)
Everybody knew it - everybody reported to the authorities? But, what tools have we given authorities to respond?