[PieterCasparzen]

If people with the capability to make that happen wanted him to.

[yarddog]

Why shouldn’t he be able to obtain them unless he has been judged insane?

[angelsonmyside]

Thank you for asking the question, I too have wondered the same thing. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than myself can answer.

[Oliviaforever]

See: The Second Amendment to the US Constitution

[kingu]

Pretty sure he was a naturalized citizen of the US and his psychological care was after the purchase of the handguns. The only way to have connected the two would have been to have a gun registry that would be checked each time someone enters psychological counseling, something I absolutely do not support.

Guns did not do the killing here, a psychopath mass murderer did it, and half of the deaths were done with knives.

But here’s a better question: How many of the last 12 mass murderers were under some form of recent psychological care? Isn’t it all of them? Seems the area that really needs to be examined is how we handle the insane, but that’s really tricky compared to blaming guns (or knives.)

[2harddrive]

LEGAL aliens have the same right to own guns as you and I.
HIPAA regulations keep all mental health info SECRET.

[PieterCasparzen]

This was a false flag op to gin up political support for gun confiscation and gun registration.

Elliot was a sleeper assassin.

[Cyman]

Am I the only one here that has his gaydar going off the map on this kid?

[Nifster]

Having ‘psychological problems’ is not a legal deterrent to acquiring a legal gun.... hospitalization can be

[blueplum]

Mr Rodger’s son had been “diagnosed at an earlier age of being a highly functional Asperger Syndrome child”,
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27562917

however,

“During the course of his interaction with mental health professionals, he apparently had never been either institutionalized or committed for an involuntarily hold of any kind. And those are the two triggers that actually would have made him a prohibited person in terms of a fire arms purchase.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/elliot-rodger-long-concealed-mental-health-issues-sheriff-says/

The blame lies not in guns, but with the parents in failing to recognize and address the severity of their child’s mental illness. In other words, his parents, who were well-aware of his behavior and who were made aware of his videos, rather than admit to themselves they had a spiraling out of control child, ignored the elephant in the room and tried to spoil their child into sanity, with predictably disasterous results.

[iontheball]

Bottom line: If someone wants to kill, he or she will find the means to do so. There are rocks, bats, andirons, kitchen knives, razor blades, hammers, and the list goes on and on. No, the answer lies with the attacker, his family, total absence of religious upbringing, and a society that fosters narcissistic lazy, spoiled kids with overinflated egos who are showered by their parents with material trappings and nothing to do but play video games that fuel their egos until they literally get bored to death.

[PaulCruz2016]

Can anybody intelligently answer this questions about how a British national who has a history with psychological issues and has received counseling, can legally obtain three semiautomatic pistols in this state or country?

No background check?

[MuttTheHoople]

Being a Democrat, it’s no problem (gun-free zones are only for the peasants).

[centurion316]

You don’t need permission in this country to own a gun. You only need money. The only people who seek government permission are law abiding citizens who have no intention of committing a criminal act.

[Tau Food]

Unless a court has adjudicated a person to be mentally defective of the person has been committed to a mental hospital, the person is qualified to own guns. In fact, people who have mental problems often face a greater risk of being assaulted than normal people so they are in fact more in need of guns to protect themselves than so-called normal people.

[Leaning Right]

If you don't mind, let me ask a side question. Suppose that the kid was somehow judged too mentally ill to own a gun.

Would that also mean that he is too mentally ill to vote?

Just askin’.

[smokingfrog]

What kind of psychoactive drugs was he taking? Strange how Big Pharma never gets any blame.

[Chewbarkah]

I have been had zero success trying to find the answer — the media seems curiously incurious.

Who effectively PAID FOR THE MURDER WEAPONS (knife, car, 3 handguns+ammo), by financing this layabout, without keeping him under control. Would that be his Daddy? Did Elliot buy the guns with cash? If on credit or debit cards, who paid the bills?