Could the Oregon massacre have been prevented?

[Lakhota]

Possibly - because the shooter had documented learning and/or emotional issues. He was also discharged from Army basic training after only one month.

Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where he was a student. He was armed with six guns, including a Glock pistol, a Smith & Wesson pistol, a Taurus pistol and a Del-Ton assault rifle, according to The Associated Press.

2008
Mr. Harper-Mercer was in the Army for one month, but was discharged before completing basic training.

2009
He graduated from the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, Calif., which teaches students with learning disabilities and emotional issues.

BEFORE SHOOTING
In all, Mr. Harper-Mercer owned 14 firearms, all of which were bought legally through a federally licensed firearms dealer, a federal official said Friday. Some were bought by Mr. Harper-Mercer, and some by members of his family.

OCT. 1, 2015
He killed nine people in Roseburg, Ore.​

Criminal histories and documented mental health problems did not prevent at least eight of the gunmen in 14 recent mass shootings from obtaining their weapons, after federal background checks led to approval of the purchases of the guns used.

More: How They Got Their Guns

The above also highlights the fact that universal background checks are only effective if the federal NICS system is fed accurate, current, and relevant information.

 

[Moonglow]

Well, more abortion might fix it?

 

[koshergrl]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

 

[Stephanie]

Maybe if the HIRED Security Guard there had been ARMED with a gun instead of some can of pepper spray.

can you imagine how that poor guy must feel they put him in that position and then didn't give him the tools he need to protect those people

that is the policies of the Democrat/liberal/progressive folks. we don't need more gun control

we need to get rid of these progressive/Democrats from running ANYTHING. especially our government because they are getting us KILLED.

vote them out in 2016 and vote in a Republican administration

 

[Moonglow]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

Isn't that NYC?

 

[Moonglow]

Maybe if the HIRED Security Guard there had been ARMED with a gun instead of some can of pepper spray.

can you imagine how that poor guy must feel they put him in that position and then didn't give him the tools he need to protect those people

that is the policies of the Democrat/liberal/progressive folks. we don't need more gun control

we need to get rid of these progressive/Democrats from running ANYTHING. especially our government because they are getting us KILLED.

vote them out in 2016 and vote in a Republican administration

So all churches are full of liberals and gun free zones?

 

[Stephanie]

And get this. I just heard because of this Progressive/democrat administration they are getting ready to release 100, 000 CRIMINALS from the jails on us starting in a few weeks. so people better start stocking up on ammo I guess. we can't get them to protect us any other way

 

[Asclepias]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

I wonder when "progressive" became a bad word to you dumb cons?

 

[Lakhota]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

I wonder when "progressive" became a bad word to you dumb cons?

I agree! I would welcome some intelligent response to the OP.

 

[Asclepias]

Possibly - because the shooter had documented learning and/or emotional issues. He was also discharged from Army basic training after only one month.

Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where he was a student. He was armed with six guns, including a Glock pistol, a Smith & Wesson pistol, a Taurus pistol and a Del-Ton assault rifle, according to The Associated Press.

2008
Mr. Harper-Mercer was in the Army for one month, but was discharged before completing basic training.

2009
He graduated from the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, Calif., which teaches students with learning disabilities and emotional issues.

BEFORE SHOOTING
In all, Mr. Harper-Mercer owned 14 firearms, all of which were bought legally through a federally licensed firearms dealer, a federal official said Friday. Some were bought by Mr. Harper-Mercer, and some by members of his family.

OCT. 1, 2015
He killed nine people in Roseburg, Ore.​

Criminal histories and documented mental health problems did not prevent at least eight of the gunmen in 14 recent mass shootings from obtaining their weapons, after federal background checks led to approval of the purchases of the guns used.

More: How They Got Their Guns

The above also highlights the fact that universal background checks are only effective if the federal NICS system is fed accurate, current, and relevant information.

The fact that he was discharged from the military should have been a big flag. You have to be pretty far gone to get discharged that quickly and not have physical issues.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

I wonder when "progressive" became a bad word to you dumb cons?

I agree! I would welcome some intelligent response to the OP.

Armed guards.
Gun free zones have this certain shortcoming ....

 

[Asclepias]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

I wonder when "progressive" became a bad word to you dumb cons?

I agree! I would welcome some intelligent response to the OP.

Armed guards.
Gun free zones have this certain shortcoming ....

In every class? How easy would it be to walk into a class and kill the guard trying to hook up with the pretty little coed?

 

[whitehall]

Pretty ironic a week after the federal government ordered state and local government not to disturb bums and crazies who live in parks and slobber on library books, to expect local government to somehow stop a crazy potential shooter. They sleep in parks and piss on the grass and scare kids and they sleep off a drunk in libraries and government buildings but the feds say that their right to stink is more important than our right to force them into some sort of rehab program. An absolute maniac who frightened every professor and most students in Va.Tech Blackburg, Va. and was accused of stalking coeds was treated with kid gloves and not arrested. Thanks to liberals he passed the instant name check to purchase firearms and murdered 32 people.

 

[DarkFury]

And get this. I just heard because of this Progressive/democrat administration they are getting ready to release 100, 000 CRIMINALS from the jails on us starting in a few weeks. so people better start stocking up on ammo I guess. we can't get them to protect us any other way

The OP fails to bring up one very LARGE point. It is the DEMOCRATS that have BLOCKED uploading state and federal mental health records in to the insta check system citing privacy rights of the mentally ill.

If those records were allowed he would NOT have gotten his guns legally.

 

[koshergrl]

Pretty ironic a week after the federal government ordered state and local government not to disturb bums and crazies who live in parks and slobber on library books, to expect local government to somehow stop a crazy potential shooter. They sleep in parks and piss on the grass and scare kids and they sleep off a drunk in libraries and government buildings but the feds say that their right to stink is more important than our right to force them into some sort of rehab program. An absolute maniac who frightened every professor and most students in Va.Tech Blackburg, Va. and was accused of stalking coeds was treated with kid gloves and not arrested. Thanks to liberals he passed the instant name check to purchase firearms and murdered 32 people.

They need to be clapped in jail, and left there.

Unfortunately, the left would lose the majority of their voting base when that happens.

Though now the majority of their voting base are illegals and felons and terrorists. Who, coincidentally, are also not in jail where they belong.

 

[bodecea]

Possibly - because the shooter had documented learning and/or emotional issues. He was also discharged from Army basic training after only one month.

Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where he was a student. He was armed with six guns, including a Glock pistol, a Smith & Wesson pistol, a Taurus pistol and a Del-Ton assault rifle, according to The Associated Press.

2008
Mr. Harper-Mercer was in the Army for one month, but was discharged before completing basic training.

2009
He graduated from the Switzer Learning Center in Torrance, Calif., which teaches students with learning disabilities and emotional issues.

BEFORE SHOOTING
In all, Mr. Harper-Mercer owned 14 firearms, all of which were bought legally through a federally licensed firearms dealer, a federal official said Friday. Some were bought by Mr. Harper-Mercer, and some by members of his family.

OCT. 1, 2015
He killed nine people in Roseburg, Ore.​

Criminal histories and documented mental health problems did not prevent at least eight of the gunmen in 14 recent mass shootings from obtaining their weapons, after federal background checks led to approval of the purchases of the guns used.

More: How They Got Their Guns

The above also highlights the fact that universal background checks are only effective if the federal NICS system is fed accurate, current, and relevant information.

Probably not...because it's all Obama's fault and he's all powerful, you know.

 

[Defiant1]

Close all the schools and colleges.
Make education a combination of home-schooling and online.

 

[Stephanie]

And get this. I just heard because of this Progressive/democrat administration they are getting ready to release 100, 000 CRIMINALS from the jails on us starting in a few weeks. so people better start stocking up on ammo I guess. we can't get them to protect us any other way

The OP fails to bring up one very LARGE point. It is the DEMOCRATS that have BLOCKED uploading state and federal mental health records in to the insta check system citing privacy rights of the mentally ill.

If those records were allowed he would NOT have gotten his guns legally.

You don't expect them to give out all the HONEST information do you?
they can't spin it as it all being a Republican/NRA/Legal gun owners fault for everything.

 

[bodecea]

If all the loons were locked up and the key thrown away, the mass shootings would stop, and we'd no longer have progressive internet trolls.

Oh............too easy......................

 

[bodecea]

Close all the schools and colleges.
Make education a combination of home-schooling and online.

What will stop the parents from killing their children?