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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:28 PM Original message |
Cho (VT gunmans) gun purchase was ILLEGAL. the background check FAILED. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ouch... |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If he was flagged by the NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Cho was probably never checked at all. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. If he wasn't in the NICS database, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd definitely call that an abject failure of the background check system. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reagan started this crap |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The NICS was part of the 1993 Brady Bill |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Mental health disqualification predates Brady. It has been in force since the 60s |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. I'm talking about mental health... not guns... n/t |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. another Republican failure. They've underfunded and destroyed the mental health system for years |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yep |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I don't want family members having that kind of power over each other |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. There's a huge gap in that reasoning... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, the "gun control" advocates were wrong. No surprise. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There you go, using logic... |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Seconded. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The gun control advocates put that law on the books |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:52 PM Original message |
The problem here was enforcement, and the Brady bill had nothing to do with it. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. The NICS was part of the brady campaign, no? Don't spew propaganda--think. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. He's right. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So clearly, the brady campaign had something to do with it. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I thought it was a reply to another post. I support the '93 Brady Bill |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. The AWB was essentially a graceless attempt to ban weapons of military design |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. K & R |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Or could it be? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. OK - other then the question on the 4473, how does "mental history" |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Don't forget HIPPA.... |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. It was legal |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've heard there's a distinction between voluntary and involuntary committal to a mental hospital |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. How do you know the background check failed? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I think he meant the intended purpose of it failed. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. He was only sent for observation |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. Who needs a background check in Virginia? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Not just gun shows. Classified ads and other private party sales. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. or you can lie on the form you fill out when you buy a gun from a dealer and the computer does not |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Except he didn't buy it at a gun show N/T |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. my take on this..where was homeland security?? there should have |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. They're too busy feeling up grandmas at the airport. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. BWHAHAHAHAHA!!! |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. He voluntarily checked himself in - and thanks to our super gun laws, that's ok. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. You're Dead Wrong On Both Counts. It Was Legal And It Did Not Fail. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. You're correct |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. If the dealer did a NICS check of Cho |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. VT shootings = another success for the NRA |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. Mental defective |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. Keep trying...you'll eventually find a way to justify your gun lust |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. (AP) Rules Should Have Barred Cho's Weapons Purchase |
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