Has anybody analyzed the big picture? How many people are on the watch list? How many man hours go into surveillance for each person? What criteria is used to continue or stop an investigation? From what i've heard they tracked this guy for 10 months and came up with nothing... Perhaps because he didn't do anything to break the law when they were looking at him and then he snapped. It is easy to criticize in hindsight and I hope we learn from this and improve our surveillance however, we also need to understand that not everybody is going to be caught... Even people that we are watching.
So what would a new Assault Weapon Ban do and seeing he was not on the No-Fly list how would the list had stopped him?
The reality is the FBI need to look over where they made the mistake and if they need money for resources and the House does not supply the money then the House need it balls kicked in.
Also if it is lack of training on the FBI part then hire and train more correctly.
If it is lack of communication between the States, The FBI and other agencies then figure out how to fix this.
Too much evidence pointing to the threat the man was and no reason why he was able to do what he did!
An Assault weapon ban takes weapons capable of killing dozens of people in less than a minute off the streets. I don't see any reasons for weapons like that to be out there. I own handguns and riffles and thats all I or anybody else needs for hunting, sport, or protection. I don't understand the big pushback from banning these types of weapons.
I agree this situation needs to be analyzed and measures taken to plug up the cracks. If what the previous poster said is true and there are a Millions names on the watch list and 20,000 being added each month then that is a pretty hefty task to effectively track all those people.
Well when one of your bans actually stop mass killings then I will agree but the reality is it never does.
I don't get it how the Progressive Left sit there saying that the average American should be punished for the Government failure in this whole ordeal but they do.
I have pointed out the 1994 assault weapon ban did not stop mass shootings nor did it stop the lone wolf terrorist and if you need evidence then explain Jonesboro and Columbine mass shootings and The OKC and Atlanta bombings?
People will kill and the Progressive left is under the impression that banning certain guns or every gun ( some on the fringe left want every gun banned ) will stop acts of violence but the reality is the criminal and terrorist does not obey the law nor will they ever.
So focus on the FBI failure and let stop punishing those that are not a threat to this country.
The average American is not getting punished by not being able to buy an assault rifle. There is no reason why we should have machine guns, bazookas, grenades, or any other weapon capable of mass destruction. We can still buy hand guns and riffles for protection. Making it harder for criminals to get weapons that can cause mass casualties in a short amount of time makes complete sense. It may not stop murders from happening but it decreases the body count. Any life saved is worth it
Wrong!
As I have pointed out many times now those like McVeigh did not need assault weapons and used a truck bomb and did more damage than any AR-15 ever did.
So let stop with the nonsense about how banning something will make it harder and admit the criminal will kill no matter what weapon they have at their disposal.
Also the criminal and terrorist does not care about your No-Fly list or Assault Weapon Ban and the assault weapon ban from 1994 to 2004 did nothing to detour mass shooters nor did it stop terrorism.
Finally, and maybe you can answer this question:
In 2009 the Senate had a Democratic Majority along with the House and did nothing to pass another Assault Weapon Ban and after the Democratic Party lost power the President wanted the opposition party to pass legislation on Assault Weapons, so why didn't he ask his own political party to do this before they lost power?
Now someone already told me because the mass shooting were not happening like they are now, but let me state again the Assault Weapon Ban ended in 2004 and many in the Democratic Party wanted it extended and when they had the power to do so why did they fail to do what they thought was best for the Nation?
