” It’s not illegal, but when someone no one in the building knew anything about is buying ammo by the thousands of rounds, that might raise some suspicion, if anyone had seen him moving large amounts. Not many apartment dwellers buy ammo in those quantities.
And I bet few if any had ever been inside his apartment. Many people would have become very suspicious if they’d had knowledge of the sort of items Holmes was acquiring, all legally. But, of course, no one knew. “
So, the solution is, if someone in an apartment buys lots of ammo, you turn him into the police for. . .?
Or, if someone never lets someone into their apartment, you tell the police it’s suspicious and they. . .?
We don’t restrict large ammo purchases to those who live in mansions or on farms. The fact that you might be suspicious of somebody can’t prevent someone from committing a crime. It’s interesting afterwards, but we can’t prohibit ammo purchases based on the amount, or investigate apartments if someone is introverted.
You're sounding more and more ridiculous. This guy spent months conspiring to commit this atrocity. He purchased all sorts of weapons and ammo, and flammable and explosive substances. It is a crime to conspire to commit such crimes.
I've pointed out before that, in the past few years, several kids plotting school shootings have been found out and prevented from carrying out their plans. If someone had been able to observe enough of Holmes' planning activities they might have put the pieces together and notified the police.
This is not a second amendment issue, but an issue of citizens noticing if someone's activities have become so unusual that they might be planning to commit a crime, or already committing some crimes. I'd bet having flammable and explosive substances in that apartment was illegal.
It's a pity someone wasn't able to notice Holmes' large ammo purchases, and body armor purchases, and purchases of flammable and explosive substances, or maybe he took some from university labs. There's a lot more to be learned about this.