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Originally posted by Detailed Perfection
Let us theorize momentarily ...
If the guy had gone back to his job where he had been laid off and shot the place up and killed some people, hell even if he just killed one person, and then the story came out the the local law enforcement had records of his multi-gun purchase just days before he went on a shooting spree ....
How many of you would be blaming the police force for not acting on their information and stepping in to intervene to stop this mans plans of recourse?
Police step in and stop this man from possibly killing people -
"The police don't care about us, they're out to take away our constitutional rights!"
Police do nothing about the info they have and this man kills people -
"The police don't care about us. They're out to kill us!"
So, which side of the arguement are you going to fall in to?
Originally posted by deanorw
Well no that is not all we have. We were advised that he was a disgruntled employee. Before the gun purchase became a big red flag, he caused other red flags with his former employer to get reported in the first place.
There was an initial catalyst to this event that was left out of the article, but at some point it prompted a call to the police. The guy did something to elevate concerns.
Originally posted by deanorw
I'm not sure why so many are against the actions of the police here.
Lets say you own a business. You fire a guy for whatever reason. The guy goes off and threatens you in some way. You get a bad feeling the guy is going to go postal.
What do you do? You call the police. Tell them how the guy acted and what he said. The police look into the guy and just found out he purchased 3 semi automatic firearms right after you fired him.
To me that spells an automatic red flag. If you owned that business and had family working there, you would thank your lucky stars the police intervened before anyone got hurt.
Infringe on rights? I don't think so. This is the police diffusing a possible serious situation here with nobody getting hurt.
Originally posted by Strype
They wouldn't take his guns away if they didn't have a reason. We can "IF" all day long, if you like. Point is, they obviously feel they could be saving lives by taking away his power to "go postal." They know much more about the case than we do, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't act in the way did, without good reason. He can get his guns back later. The people he may murder, cannot get their lives back later. You wouldn't defend this man if you worked where he did, so don't pretend that you would.
SUE THEM FOR ALL THEY HAVE!!! SUE THEM FOR EVERY PENNY EVERYONE INVOLVED HAS!!!!
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by kneverr
Thank you for posting the update...
Originally posted by kneverr
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by kneverr
Thank you for posting the update...
Your welcome
Here is another that you may find interesting
Police keep public in the dark
"Just in time for Sunshine Week, the city denies a request for public records"
Mail Tribune
LINK To Story
Kneverr