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Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Alissa bought Ruger AR-556 a week ago
New York Post ^ | March 23, 2021 | Lia Eustachewich VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE GET AUTHOR RSS FEED March 23, 2021 | 1:41pm | Updated

Posted on 03/23/2021 4:50:34 PM PDT by RC one

The alleged gunman charged with slaughtering 10 people at a Colorado supermarket bought a gun a week prior to the shooting — and was caught “playing” with it by a family member, according to new court documents.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa purchased a Ruger AR-556 pistol on March 16 — six days before going on a deadly rampage at the King Soopers in Boulder, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.

His sister-in-law, whose name is redacted, told investigators that she saw Alissa, 21, “playing with a firearm she thought looked like a ‘machine gun'” in the days prior to the shooting, the court papers say.

“Alissa had been talking about having a bullet stuck in the gun and was playing with the gun,” the affidavit reads.

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; guncontrolfail; knownwolf; yesweknow
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I don't understand. he passed a background check and was still able to get a gun? And not just any background check but a brand new super duty Fix NICS background check? How is this possible? Could it be that gun control laws don't really work as advertised?
1 posted on 03/23/2021 4:50:34 PM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one
Ruger AR556 pistol
2 posted on 03/23/2021 4:52:03 PM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: RC one

Must have gotten his BIDEN bucks.


3 posted on 03/23/2021 4:53:11 PM PDT by noexcuses
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He must have bowt it on the interweb in a gun show loophole.


4 posted on 03/23/2021 4:53:19 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: RC one

If Ahmad was never arrested before, he could pass background checks all day long. A Muslim name will not flunk background check. Domestic violence of any sorts will if cops were called.


5 posted on 03/23/2021 4:54:20 PM PDT by entropy12 (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have extremely severe consequences.)
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To: RC one

“Stimulus” check purchase.


6 posted on 03/23/2021 4:54:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Travis McGee

Where did he get the ammo? 5.56 is impossible to find around here.

L


7 posted on 03/23/2021 4:54:50 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: noexcuses

I want one now. I want the one in 300 blackout.


8 posted on 03/23/2021 4:55:18 PM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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And the FBI was familiar with this guy too..so good ol reliable FBI strikes again..I guess they would have been on top of things had this Jihadist worn a fur coat on his head and screamed this is maga country


9 posted on 03/23/2021 4:56:52 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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and with the FIBs blessing...
10 posted on 03/23/2021 4:57:22 PM PDT by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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Where did he get the ammo? 5.56 is impossible to find around here.

Perhaps the FBI?

.223 would work.

11 posted on 03/23/2021 4:59:55 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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He had a couple of charges. But were not felonies. So yeah he passed a background check. May have had to wait the 3 days if he didn’t if no concealed. If he ordered the gun and had to wait a week for it to come in, I don’t know if that counted towards his 3 days. He somehow found ammo either before or after he got the gun. I wonder if he had other guns. I heard he had 2 guns but only heard it one time from the media. If he drove there did they find anything in his car.


12 posted on 03/23/2021 5:01:11 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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Whoever he bought the gun from probably threw in a few boxes.


13 posted on 03/23/2021 5:01:46 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: RC one

Push Democrats to pass a law for drug tests before firearms transfers, and watch them choke on it. Democrats represent the interests of criminals and terrorists.


14 posted on 03/23/2021 5:02:07 PM PDT by familyop
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That's my point. Background checks rarely stop mass murderers. The vast majority of modern high profile mass shooters passed a background check to acquire the firearm they used to commit mass murder. There is no law you can pass that will stop them.

I think that's the point they're making.

They don't have much of an impact on your garden variety murderers/criminals either as they are not likely to acquire a gun through legal channels.

15 posted on 03/23/2021 5:02:52 PM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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He was born in Syria. Was he a citizen


16 posted on 03/23/2021 5:02:55 PM PDT by stanne
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Pretty good shot for somebody who only owned a firearm for a week, yes?


17 posted on 03/23/2021 5:07:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Pretty sure he was. The affidavit also said law enforcement databases show Alissa purchased an AR-15 type of assault rifle on March 16.
18 posted on 03/23/2021 5:08:48 PM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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Doesn’t have to be a citizen, perm residence is all you need for a 4472 form and refugees are all nearly 100% given perm residence as a matter of course in being a refuge we NEVER send them home. So likely he was a green card holder and with no prior felony or domestic violence convictions able to pass form 4472.


19 posted on 03/23/2021 5:15:08 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: RC one

as I said on the other thread going around, the fibbers perhaps WANTED him to escalate....probed him...


20 posted on 03/23/2021 5:15:28 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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