Posted on 02/16/2018 10:58:07 AM PST by EyesOfTX
This is the first time I’ve read that cops were called to his house 39 times. All I’ve heard is that he had no criminal background.
He had a driver’s license. The FBI could have found him. Once they did the ATF could have queried FFLs. The FBI and ATF should have been able to locate Cruz before the school shooting and the time of the youtube notice.
This kind of bovine excrement really pi55es me off. Was the 19 year old ever convicted of a felony crime or misdemeanor crime punishable by more than one year in jail? Was the 19 year old ever adjudicated mentally deficient by a court of law? Was the 19 year old ever convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse? If not, then on what grounds should the 19 year old have been stripped of his constitutional rights by the FBI, by the NICS system, or by the FFL who sold him the rifle?
How many other "troubled" individuals should have their constitutional rights revoked in advance of any prohibiting behavior? Are we now the office of pre-crime? Are we now going to act on the concept of prior restraint - revoking rights or even jailing individuals because someone thinks that they might commit a future crime?
Yeah, this a-hole had serious issues, and local and state law enforcement and school officials had ample opportunity to respond appropriately to get this individual help or to charge him with a crime and remove him from society. But unless and until the individual is charged and convicted of a crime, there is little that the FBI or NICS could have done to strip him of his constitutional rights. Or yours.
This was very well said.
The Media is pathetic.. Except for a handful.. most of them are either incompetent or fraudulent. We Never get ‘the truth and nothing but the truth’ from them. Most of the time we have it figured out before the do!
Would beefing up the US Marshall’s office and giving them more responsibility be a better idea?
And put up a sign that says:
“Warning the teachers in this institution are armed and have been trained in the use of firearms.”
Yes, because they want such events to be crises for the left to use.
The FBI has become bag men for the DNC. The only mystery is why the federal government is paying their salaries.
All the FBI has to do is to run the serial number of the rifle with the manufacturer, who will report to which distributor they sold the firearm.
Then the FBI gives the serial number to the distributor who will report the name of the retailer that they sold the rifle to.
Then the FBI simply goes to the retailer with the serial number of the rifle, and the FFL dealer will produce the Form 4473 that was filled out at the time of the sale of the gun. (FFLs are required to retain all 4473s for the duration of their time in business, then to forward them to the ATF if they cease to be a business.)
On that 4473 will be a unique NICS approval number, proving that the individual on the 4473 passed the NICS check, the name of the individual who purchased the firearm, and what ID was used to identify the individual.
There is a process that is deliberately difficult enough that it can be used to trace an individual weapon used in a crime back to its owner, yet not able be used to trace all weapons owned by an individual.
At least on a federal level. States like California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois maintain their own firearms ownership lists. Other states like Florida do not.
So another problems appears brightly:
Bureaucracies exist to perpetuate themselves not to solve problems.
Why didn't the FBI copy / contact a local sheriff or the local PD to have them check on the kid, or even their own records?
Policing at its best is a local function, and the FBI should be restricted to national or inter-state issues.
Does the FBI understand that the CC: field can be used?
Or is that violating some obscure rule?
I agree as the FBI is full of AFGE union members who damn sure are not going to work more then the ghost hours all other federal employees, such as the VA, do.
Our civil service is a damn joke and we pay their salaries plus you name it. Look at the idiots who head our national intel agencies plus the CIA and FBI. Our Gov dept heads and staff live in the highest dollar suburbs of DC. An E-4 who ran recon in my unit after I left works for the State Dept. He lives like a CEO. These Govt. clowns get online advanced degrees that we pay for and then they become GS 14-15’s who we pay more for. I respect the men I served with who did the combat CIA OPS like the ones who were on the ground in Afghan when our SF teams jumped in. The others-NO.
The FBI did not have a serial number before the killings and the rifle was found.
My post pointed out the negligence of the FBI by not finding Cruz after the youtube comment last Sept. They had four months to find him. Perhaps finding a missing NFL jersey is more important.
“He had a driver’s license. The FBI could have found him.”
Sure they could. But they are scumbags.
No decent people work for the FBI. Not one. They are all scum. The bad drive out the good, always.
“””Perhaps the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms or U.S. Marshalls service have personnel who actually care about protecting human lives. “””
BATF? nahh, don’t think so
How about the FBI being relegated strictly to helping local law enforcement by simply handling the info part of it, like the gun reg database and national crime labs, national crime records etc. No investigating, no ops, no raids.
They could also handle interstate transport of federal criminals and defendants.
My profound apologies for my error.
I assume you've seen this: FBI Statement on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida
Cruz just recently purchased the rifle (after the tips).
Given that the FBI had been given two tips to check this guy out and failed, Cruz should have been on the FBI reject purchase list, but wasn’t.
Wrong, wrong, wrong! The FBI is the premiere law enforcement agency in the world, and each and every one of their agents is a paragon of laser-focused competence, dedicating 24 hours of each day to solving and preventing criminal activity (and nothing else! You betcha!).
Is Mr. Blackmon really suggesting that the Hollywood TV shows and movies the FBI sponsors is wrong about the FBI? How dare he!
As good as this gent’s rant was, he COMPLETELY forgot The Las Vegas Massacre.
That has now been bollocksed into a cocked hat.
You can flag people in that database without denying their right to buy a gun.
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