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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If that description above of the timeline is true then it shows why the only solution here is to ban assault rifles (I’d love to ban all guns but I’ll take ARs for now).

Steel doors- meant to protect kids, made the situation more dangerous
Locked doors- meant to protect kids, made the situation more dangerous
Good guys with guns- meant to protect kids, didn’t do that at all

ARs are weapons of mass destruction. They need to be banned[/quote]

He should have never gained access to the inside. He did so through a propped open door. That point can’t be made enough because I’m sure it happens in schools all across the country. I would guess this kid was smart enough to cased the place a few times to learn the weakest point of entry. I’ll bet good money that this door was commonly propped open.

In addition, he gave multiple warnings to the public on various social media platforms well in advance. If the social media platforms had done their job and notified the local police, they could have notified gun shops to tip them off if this kid tried to purchase. Did the social media platforms do this? They seem to be very efficient at doing so with white Trump supporters. [/quote]

That's common sense.  [b]But the current system and current laws do not have any accomodation for common sense.[/b]

They do "background checks" at the gun shops, but the background checks only deal with whether the person was a felon or if they were ruled mentally incompetent by a judge.  Plus, private sales and transfers are allowed without background checks in many parts of the country.  Apart from that, no national database or infrastructure for dealing with any other red flags and stopping them at the gun dealers actually exists. And it's not as though it couldn't - after all, if I want to buy a single box of Sudafed, my ID gets entered into a national database along with what I bought and when and if I try to go back and buy too much more it instantly gets flagged.  But if an 18 year old kid is buying a bunch of AR-15s and thousands of rounds of ammunition, or if some sketchy character in Indiana next door to Chicago is buying dozens of guns a week none of that is even tracked let alone flagged.[/quote]

Agreed. Not only was the school a gun-free zone, ensuring people were sitting ducks but it was not secure either. Again, this guy made himself known. Teenagers screamed it to adults, and were ignored. He told people what he was planning. Literally told them. [/quote]

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