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35. OMFG Air Force screwed up

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 09:00 PM

Nov 2017

The man who killed more than 20 people at a small Texas church escaped from a mental health facility five years ago after sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and making threats against commanders, according to a police report.

Devin Patrick Kelley's June 2012 escape from Peak Behavioral Health Systems in New Mexico occurred months after he was accused of abusing his ex-wife and her child, according to an El Paso Police Department report obtained by CNN affiliate KVIA on Tuesday.
Kelley was picked up after the Santa Teresa, New Mexico, facility listed him as missing. The documents said officers had been warned that Kelley was a danger to himself and others and that he had sneaked firearms onto Holloman Air Force Base, where he had reportedly threatened his commanders.

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The Air Force says it failed to follow procedures, allowing Texas church shooter to obtain firearms [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP

Kind of a big fuck up. Like colliding a destroyer with a tanker. USA! USA! rzemanfl Nov 2017 #1

Heads need to roll. Figuratively. maxsolomon Nov 2017 #2

Blood is on the hands of the USAF person(s) who did not care or looked the other way ideologically. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #11

You're ascribing malice. maxsolomon Nov 2017 #13

No I'm not. Of course Hanlon's Razor applies. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #22

they even excused it as "unfortunate" on Democracy Now this morning. maxsolomon Nov 2017 #31

Lots of military-industrial corporate welfare. Meantime the basics are carelessly forgotten. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #3

How many more are out there BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #4

Lets hope they do a comprehensive review and correct any mistakes. riversedge Nov 2017 #14

I'm sure many are already buying up guns for fear of being added. joshcryer Nov 2017 #16

Yup. nt BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #21

Dylan Roof should not have been able to buy a gun either underpants Nov 2017 #5

That was a failure of the waiting period being only 3 business days TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #19

Yeah. I wouldn't have let that freak Roof cut my grass underpants Nov 2017 #24

Yea that's what i heard so bluestarone Nov 2017 #28

Damn, that's an 'OOPS' from the Air Force. elleng Nov 2017 #6

This sucks. The mechanism to prevent it existed. It just wasn't used. AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #7

That cant be possible RandySF Nov 2017 #8

You just know that Liberalagogo Nov 2017 #9

Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2017 #15

Could this have been influenced by Evangelicals' take-over of the AirForce? bobbieinok Nov 2017 #10

Good point . . . Sam McGee Nov 2017 #12

Oops! Loyd Nov 2017 #17

Maybe the clerk who was supposed to do that is a big NRA guy and wanted PatrickforO Nov 2017 #18

This was certainly a world-class screw up but..... TomSlick Nov 2017 #20

Air Force has become christofascist kimbutgar Nov 2017 #23

Fucking hell. This is incredible. The Polack MSgt Nov 2017 #25

The military screwed up, sue them Not Ruth Nov 2017 #26

Something similar happened with Dylan Roof inwiththenew Nov 2017 #27

exactly right. Not a question that already have a law, but obviously current system does not work. Justice Nov 2017 #29

I believe the issue with Roof was the 3 day waiting period TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #32

Everything is evil and malicious. Watch it just be a clerical error along the way. Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #30

Clerical error kwalter66 Nov 2017 #33

Shit happens Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #34

OMFG Air Force screwed up Not Ruth Nov 2017 #35