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.
“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.”
Your hostility is noted, but I don’t know why it’s there.
Yes Will88, conspiracy is a crime. But getting weapons and ammo and explosive substances is not evidence of a conspiracy.
People buy these things all the time. It does not necessarily follow they are planning a massacre.
Had he COMMUNICATED intention to commit mass murder, yes, that should be noted/investigated. But simply buying or storing weaponry is not an investigatable crime.
As for the kids at Columbine, yes, they are children (so don’t have the rights of adults and can be investigate for stockpiling anything). I am glad that adults and other kids over the years have intervened. Usually, there is some sort of communication or threats made, anyway, which would lead to an investigation.
Insisting that a person who buys weaponry in whatever you consider to be “large” amounts and stores them in a dwelling place you find inappropriate like an “apartment” needs to be investigated is what is ridiculous, in my opinion. It is every man’s right to be armed to the level he desires, and it is no evidence of conspiracy to commit any crime.