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Originally Posted by Dannyell
Crazy or not, if he would have wanted to get a gun he could have done so...
Do you think we will judge whether someone should carry a gun based on what they did at school? ...it will never happen...too many factors to take into consideration....and the crazies will still find ways to get guns and kill people.
Unfortunately this is the society we live in.
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We should always keep working to better the society we live in, not just say 'this is it, nothing we can do'
The point I didn't make clear enough was a school hearing about threats. Any reported threats should have been documented and the police contacted. Then, the way it should work, is that he is in a database to not legally sell him guns. He shows up at a sporting goods store to buy a gun, they look in the computer and they tell him no. Would that stop him from getting a gun? No way, but it makes it more difficult, and the choice of gun (and magazine) less. Some 'street' dealers will sell to anyone. Some would see the crazy in his eyes and consider that he might shoot them in the back after the deal.
Anyway, once the police were involved maybe there could have been more push to get him some medical help. His parents should have been first in line asking for it. Did they?