“Florida’s state social services agency investigated Nikolas Cruz’s home life more than a year before police say he killed 17 people at his former high school, closing the inquiry after determining that his ‘final level of risk is low,’ despite learning that the teenager had behavioral struggles and was planning to buy a gun,” nytimes.com reports. The specifics are — or should have been — alarming . . .
The investigation detailed several unnerving behaviors from Cruz, including that he had cut his arms on Snapchat, had a Nazi symbol and a racial epithet on his backpack and intended to purchase a gun for unknown reasons, according to a Florida Department of Children and Families report obtained by The Washington Post.
Ultimately, the investigation was closed in November 2016, just months before Cruz bought the AR-15 assault-style rifle that police say he would later use in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
So, the FBI knew about Nikolas Cruz’s plan to shoot up a high school, Broward County Sheriff’s Department knew Nikolas Cruz was a deeply disturbed and dangerous individual, Marjory Stoneman High School knew Nikolas Cruz was a threat (and expelled him from school) and Florida Social Services knew Nikolas Cruz had Nazi sympathies and wanted to buy a gun.
And yet no one intervened, Nikolas Cruz passed a federal background check to purchase a Smith & Wesson AR15 and 17 innocent people are dead. And gun control advocates want Americans to believe gun laws are to blame for the massacre. I don’t think so. You?
I am partial to a P-64, it has the best punch at a size I can conceal, but I do not ever want to be shot at close range with a .22 , .25, or a .32. Just because I may not be killed by a small caliber handgun round, I don’t wish to try it.
My .25 vest pockets are even easier to conceal
Robert, Tucker Carlson correctly pointed out that gun-control isn’t about controlling guns at all—it’s about controlling people you don’t like. For gun-controllers, guns symbolically represent attitudes and lifestyles—largely out here in flyover country—that progressive cosmopolites who tend to live or identify with the values common in our coastal cities—absolutely hate. Guns are simply the handle, representing our different social and cultural values—on which they can hang their hatred. In truth, if guns were not associated with us, there would be no movement to control guns.
Not sure what you all will think of it, but this is how things work in New Zealand. We had a serious mass shooting by a nut job with AK47s and suchlike, roughly at the same time as Australia’s Port Arthur massacre. The differing approaches afterwards are significant. Our Police and politicians decided on a change in the firearms regime to restrict semi auto military style weapons for ordinary firearms license holders, but made a special category of license for such weapons, requiring a higher degree of security and inspection by firearms officers. This has by and large kept ARs and AKs out of the hands of the mental ill or those with personality disorders. Even our gangs don’t have these weapons.
Australia being a less pragmatic nation, they threw a hissy fit and banned all semi autis full stop. There was a lot of political grandstanding, and very little in the way of common sense. Unfortunately, if the disarmers ever get the upper hand again, this is the way it will go in America, as it did under Clinton in the 1990s. This is why talking past each other is not helpful. What is needed is practical advice, a little give and take to let the other side know that you are listening. When paid liars become the mouthpiece for either side, the cause is a lost one.
Until your medical system talks to your legal system to keep idiots and malcontents out of the gun shops, you will keep seeing this slaughter. Your current way of doing things is inadequate to the task. In this day and age of instant communication, this should not be happening. Whatever the holdups are, be it politicians or lawyers, these obstacles should be removed. “We the people” does not include mass murderers or wannabes.
I have an S&W M&P 9, because it was less expensive, fits my hand more comfortably and I’m left handed. I have shot a Glock 19 and didn’t like the blocky feel and the the trigger guard slapping my middle finger every shot. Glocks are like Toyota Camrys, undeniably good and very popular, but not necessarily the best. I will say that the M&P has it’s flaws, while the steel Novak sights are way better than Glock’s plastic things, the trigger taught me the meaning of gritty.
It seems EVERYONE effed up…but “gunz” are the problem. Keep your powder dry.
Gun control is like communism, it cannot fail, it can only be failed.
Blame it on the poppies poppies 🙂
The government (social services) said the kid was not a threat. Is ok, the government said so.
Sarc switch on.
Now I understand that they should’ve done something but you can prosecute someone for just saying things even though the things they say are disturbing. Now I do believe if the threat is credible and someone is actually planning something then you can get them in the act but if someone is just talking and not showing any progress on moving forward with the plan, then what can you really do?
The Deep State FBI is too busy chasing after Trump and Tea Party members to worry about real threats. Move on. Nothing to see here.
My wife has carpel tunnel in her hands from working 40 years as a mail sorter. She carries a Beretta Tomcat with its flip up barrel. She can put 6 32 rounds into 6 beer cans spaced out to 25 yards and then insert her xtra magazine very quickly! Beware of the cranky old lady that shoots one gun!
Well… Pravda on the Hudson says:
– “There’s a link” between mental illness and spree killings.
– Israel prevents school shootings as part of “an overall antiterror policy and antiterror operations.”
Sounds like a couple things we can start doing something about right now; address mental illness that leads to spree killings, as part of an overall antiterror policy. Let’s get started on that. I assume they have a proposal, especially a messaging program, which is what they do, after all.
I expect Chuck-y
“Mr. President, Please Ignore the Constitution: . . . ”
Oh heck, most politicians try to ignore it all the time.
I’d like that taurus spectrum in .32 or .25
They managed to arrest a guy in Florida last December for a drawing (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stickman-drawing-school-shooting-student-s-homework-leads-florida-man-n826481)…….. yet there was nothing the smart people who rule us could do about N. Cruz?
Guy who drives a Prius
Who rides a “mountain bike” in town wearing a helmet and has training wheel on the bike. https://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/obamas-bike-helmet?utm_term=.ix87p91y7o#.xb3BJE47BW
Look, I get it. You don’t trust the government. Well, guess what — neither do I.
But I trust maniacs even less.
Please look up William Cooper’s book Behold a Pale Horse. Add in your search gun control. You’ll see. Shits no joke. Keep the powder dry fellas. The time is neigh
What is it with women, and walking out in boycotts? Once again they leave the men to do the work… and they complain about a wage gap. Cute.
What we need here is reasonable, responsible, common sense first amendment control. The media has long been using their freedoms to incite many a mass murders due to their abuse of the first amendment.
We need to force them to stop giving these nut jobs a name and a face everytime one of these tragedies happen. Before the crime scene has even begun to be investigated, we know practically every little thing about the killer. If we didn’t give fame to these killers, we would see a decrease in these events because little Johny wouldn’t get his 15 minutes in the national spotlight.
“This doesn’t happen in other countries!”:
Those other countries don’t have a revolving door justice system, they don’t have a criminal mentality that places jail time in higher regard than a college degree, they don’t have piss poor schooling that focuses on teaching a test rather than teaching kids any practical skills, I doubt they have participation trophies for every little thing kids do so they don’t get their feelings hurt.
I could probably list many other factors that we have they don’t have in those countries, but I need to get ready for work
Simply this, they believe that governments can and will rise above human nature ( murder, etc). They reject the lessons of human history: The gulags, the concentration camps, and the treatment of political undesirables. So they believe government can regulate away murder, poverty, inequality, and hate. “Yes”, they say ” these things formed the nexus of the worst crimes in human history; but we are better now, society will prevail.” The mad fools. They glorify the apex of human stupidity that enables the worst barbarity of our flawed human race.
Trump is literally Hitler, so let’s tell him he and his government can ignore the constitution and have everyone turn in their guns. After all, it’s for the children.
The liberals in this country aren’t in a good place mentally or emotionally. Not that they ever have been in a great place, but Trump winning the presidency has turned their fragile world on it’s head.
It is illustrative of the demoncrat party that Illinois candidate for governor billionaire Jay Pritzger is “proudly” endorsed by Planned Parenthood. And “pro-choice” pac. Fat Jay is also rabidly anti-2A. And the odds-on favorite for governor. And Jewish…does he know Margaret Sanger et all were pro-Nazi and pro-Jewish extermination?!?
umm. . . Ok, you’re the problem.
All the maintenance programs, FAA oversight, operations manuals, chief pilots, operations directors, and training standards won’t help if your pilot is so careless and incompetent to FAIL to be constantly aware how much fuel he has, especially when that amount drops to ZERO.
So they’re protesting in favor of making life harder for 100 million people who DIDN’T hurt anyone and aren’t going to…while demanding more of the same “signs and feelings will keep us safe” garbage that let this psycho murder 16 people unopposed. We live in a nation full of idiots.
I am wondering how he flew out of the helicopter if he was wearing any sort of decent seat belt?
My experience with helicopters started with being a passenger in Hueys. Then years later being over swamps doing mosquito control. My own flying is limited to some small fixed wing. Checking fuel etc and using installed safety equipment was always part of pre flight.
he is not liking bump fire stock he say machine gun are sick bird he looks like woman could make him cry who is man that looks afraid this one does not like man in photograph
A.U.A. has a photographer’s eye. Very nice presentation.
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Got the PCR on order. I have the 75 Compact already and put rubber base pads on it. Love these guns. Big CZ fan now. How do you like the grips on your and did it come with steel base plates also?
Wow, this argument has been going on for 7 years now? Let me put it to rest, all those who think, as I do, that the Siderlock is the coolest thing since plastic straws are highly intelligent and have their stuff together. Those that don’t are a bunch of dumbasses. There, case closed.
Hopefully you guys are right and he has a bigger plan in place, we shall see.
When doesn’t he? He’s turned the entire DACA debate into a major albatross for the DNC going into the midterms.
Why kill the polar bear when you can just throw him a bottle of Coca Cola?
No hearing loss because in an emergency self defense moment phsyco-tachia takes over. Adrenaline and blood rush, time slows, hearing closes down.
Seems the 44 was only effective in scaring it off. Any comments on what would have been better?