Posted on 07/07/2021 1:11:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San Antonio wrote in a ruling signed Wednesday that the Air Force was "60% responsible" for the massacre at First Baptist Church in the small town of Sutherland Springs, where Devin Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service. Authorities put the official death toll at 26 because one of the 25 people killed was pregnant.
Kelley had served nearly five years in the Air Force before being discharged in 2014 for bad conduct, after he was convicted of assaulting a former wife and stepson, cracking the child's skull. The Air Force has publicly acknowledged that the felony conviction for domestic violence, had it been put into the FBI database, could have prevented Kelley from buying guns from licensed firearms dealers, and also from possessing body armor.
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Trying to find the biggest payoff.
The Air Force has publicly acknowledged that the felony conviction for domestic violence, had it been put into the FBI database...
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The FBI was busy at the time trying to destroy Orange Man Bad, so they wouldn’t have had time for all that database entry stuff anyway.
The Judge is an ass, Devin Kelley is responsible for what Devin Kelley did. No one else is.
History indicates you are correct.
This is not vilifying the military, imo, because the Air Force was REQUIRED by Def Dept regulations to put that dead murder on the felony conviction list that may have prevented him buying an guns. This is a case where the judge’s statement makes sense to me.
Yes, it was the fault of the U.S. Airforce.
Don’t forget hair pulling.
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