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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Here's the thing: Americans by and large are on board with change, on board with universal, mandatory background checks on all gun sales. Plenty are on board with the idea of an annual gun registration. Plenty are on board with giving up guns altogether.
But the NRA has deep pockets and is more than happy to line those of the politicians who actually have the power to change anything.
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The gutless shooter in Virginia passed a background check.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ints-live.html
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Flanagan legally purchased the gun, the US Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives confirmed and said that a background check on him was completed
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Here's a list of other dirtbags to pass their background checks...
John Russell Houser (Lafayette)
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (Chattanooga)
Dylann Roof (Charleston)
Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi (Garland)
Jared and Amanda Miller (Las Vegas)
Elliot Rodger (Santa Barabara)
Ivan Lopez (Fort Hood 2014)
Darion Marcus Aguilar (Maryland mall)
Karl Halverson Pierson (Arapahoe High School)
Paul Ciancia (LAX)
Andrew John Engeldinger (Minneapolis)
Aaron Alexis (DC Navy Yard)
Tennis Melvin Maynard (West Virginia)
Wade Michael Page (Sikh Temple)
James Holmes (Aurora theater)
Jared Loughner (Tucson)
Nidal Hasan (Fort Hood 2009)
Jiverly Wong (Binghamton)
Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech)
Naveed Haq (Seattle)
Mark Barton (Atlanta)
The Charleston shooter passed his background check when the ATF ran his name from a different state altogether instead of S. Carolina. His prior history prohibited him from possession of firearms.
Rodger had legal registered handguns in California, and after his room mates called police to check out his violent, erratic behaviour and seven officers showed up, not one had the presence of mind to run his name against the registry. If they had they could have confiscated his handguns.
More legislation doesn't seem to be the answer to bureaucratic ineptitude.