One man in USA kills 18 and injures many today! No one needs an assault weapon ever, So sad that the USA hasn't outlawed assault weapons!

Please does any president care about kids? 500 mass shootings this year! Can you outlaw assault weapons PLEASE ?? So sad! What do we tell the kids? Do we want kids to be scared and mentally ill?? Please outlaw assault weapons! PLEASE 🥺

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redredred · M

The shooter was an army reservist who taught marksmanship. He had, at the army’s insistence been institutionalized for 2-3 Weeks this past summer and had recently been reporting that he was hearing voices.

The failure here was not civilian access to standard firearms. The failure was on the part of the VA or whoever was treating him. Im quite sure you’re not advocating the disarming of the army but that’s who’s to blame here.

SW-User

@redredred whos weapon was it?

redredred · M

I don’t know. How does that matter? If it was an actual assault rifle capable of fully automatic fire then I would guess he got it from his position in the military. If it was a standard civilian sporting rifle limited to semi-automatic fire then it could well have been his.

Focusing on the weapon when the shooter had exhibited such clear signs of serious mental illness seems pointless. The VA failed this soldier and is responsible for the dead and wounded. @SW-User

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@redredred this case demonstrates the need to have a list of those under care that shoyld not posess weapons. State legislation has been passed to eliminate this restriction.

redredred · M

And if the red flag law were limited to actual clinical findings rather than accepting lies from an angry ex-wife they might have become law.@SW-User