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JI7

(89,271 posts)
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 06:49 PM Apr 2018

Shooter's Guns Were Taken and Given to Dad. His Dad Gave him back the Guns

<After an investigation by police in Illinois and the FBI, authorities removed four guns from 29-year-old Travis Reinking’s home and gave them to his father.

Police say it appears his father gave those guns back – including the AR-15 assault rifle that Reinking allegedly used to kill four people and wound two others.>

http://time.com/5249531/nashville-waffle-house-mass-shooting-latest/

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SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
3. Yup...
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 06:54 PM
Apr 2018

there should be no leniency for any crimes involving firearms.

The only way to begin to reverse the gun culture of the US is to make it toxic and legally risky to be around guns.

Sid

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
5. It seems the safe home they found for the guns
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 06:58 PM
Apr 2018

was not safe. Now those poor guns are going to be persecuted again.

dalton99a

(81,591 posts)
2. Because it is a good Christian home
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 06:54 PM
Apr 2018
Investigators have been seen at Reinking’s family’s home in Morton, Illinois, and have spoken to his parents about the shooting. Roland McDuff, an Illinois neighbor who knows the family well, told the Peoria Journal Star that Reinking came from a “good Christian home,” but said he hadn’t seen him at his parents’ house in several years.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/travis-reinking-waffle-house-gunman/

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
13. From now on, whenever someone uses that term "good christian"
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 09:13 PM
Apr 2018

it should raise a very large, noisily flapping red flag.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
11. Which is why when LE confiscates guns from someone, they should not give those guns to relatives.
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 07:33 PM
Apr 2018

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
9. This kids a mess. Father gave weapons back because son was moving to another state? Cheeze, man
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 07:07 PM
Apr 2018

Peoria TV station:

UPDATE 5 PM: The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office has released several redacted incident reports about past interactions with Waffle House quadruple murder suspect Travis Reinking.

The former Morton man had several run-ins with police over the past several years. In May 2016, police responded to the CVS parking lot in Morton, where Reinking was in his vehicle allegedly having delusions about singer Taylor Swift harassing him, stalking him and hacking his phone. The delusions had allegedly gone on since August of 2014. His family was also at the parking lot and feared for his safety because he had made comments about killing himself earlier in the day.

Officers tried to convince Reinking to seek help at UnityPoint Health-Methodist, and told him he could not leave the scene because he was in protective custody due to suicidal comments he made. Reinking allegedly attempted to leave again before he was made to go to Methodist.

About a month later, police were called to the Tremont Pool, where Reinking reportedly "barged into the pool" wearing a pink woman's house coat. The man then took off his coat and swam in the pool in his underwear, according to a police report. He was told to get out of the pool by the lifeguards, and allegedly tried to get the lifeguards to fight him.

much more:

http://www.week.com/story/38013680/the-latest-law-enforcement-at-home-believed-to-be-family-of-shooting-suspect-from-morton

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
17. I didn't even know they did that. Why can't they just confiscate them period? They seize property
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 09:59 PM
Apr 2018

All the time in criminal matters and don't give it back.

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