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There is no way to "fix it" without a national database -- NJHoo 11/06/2017 11:32AM It’s too early. Or too late. Never a good time, it seems... ** -- aint2Hokie4me 11/06/2017 10:25AM The guy had negative military record so that should have prevented the -- TomKazanski 11/06/2017 10:01AM Question for you Tommy -- Beerman 11/06/2017 10:09AM No because your underlying theme for everything is more govt -- TomKazanski 11/06/2017 10:11AM Wow. That must be why the mob is still using Tommy guns. ** -- aint2Hokie4me 11/06/2017 10:28AM No ... to which? ** -- Beerman 11/06/2017 10:13AM No to considering a rewrite regardless of the label you want to give it ** -- TomKazanski 11/06/2017 10:16AM Got it. So now explain to me why -- Beerman 11/06/2017 10:28AM I doubt it will, but if there is something to attempt that would benefit -- TomKazanski 11/06/2017 10:34AM That is my question. Background checks missed his criminal record. -- HoosWillWin 11/06/2017 09:09AM He checked the box that said he didn't have one. Seriously ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 09:14AM Does anybody actually support such a loophole or is this a case where -- CharlestonSC 11/06/2017 09:16AM Like a real actual national database---that the NRA is completely against? -- THECZAR 11/06/2017 09:22AM Tracing guns is a slippery slope ... enforcing laws that already exist to -- CharlestonSC 11/06/2017 09:27AM Why? I have to register my car last I checked, and don't recall that -- WahooRQ 11/06/2017 12:48PM Ownership of a car is not an explicitly enumerated right -- CharlestonSC 11/06/2017 3:04PM The Feds will have to pry my F150 from my cold dead hands. ** -- Chuck Taylor 11/06/2017 1:17PM There will always be the tension between personal safety & personal liberty -- Chuck Taylor 11/06/2017 09:39AM That's what I want to know. ** -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:11AM CNN saying he checked the box saying he had no criminal issues. I guess -- THECZAR 11/06/2017 09:14AM That is the purpose of the background check and falsifying -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:21AM I heard it was not a dishonorable discharge so that would not matter. -- THECZAR 11/06/2017 09:23AM The domestic violence convictions should have prevented him from -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:27AM You can do an online criminal check in 5 minutes. If checking -- HoosWillWin 11/06/2017 09:17AM There is more to it than checking a box. ** -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:23AM Did he buy the gun from a gun store or a private citizen? ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 11/06/2017 08:21AM Gun store (link) -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 08:52AM The updated article suggests -- Faz d. Hoo 11/06/2017 09:19AM Given federal and Texas prohibitions against gun ownership by -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:25AM He was apparently never convicted of DV ** -- Faz d. Hoo 11/06/2017 09:28AM Like a lot of DVs it was probably dropped. So, obviously, its the woman's -- THECZAR 11/06/2017 09:29AM Interestingly, he was denied a license to carry in Texas. -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 09:47AM Denied a conceal/carry license. ** -- THECZAR 11/06/2017 1:13PM Exactly. The items that turned up there that resulted in his -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 1:20PM FYI: Trump signed bill eliminating background checks for mentally ill folks -- HokieGal 11/06/2017 08:14AM Anyone who has been treated for mental illness should be banned -- WahooRO 11/06/2017 09:14AM Are you proposing that no liberal can ever own a gun ** -- TomKazanski 11/06/2017 10:20AM Did you read the ACLU's statement on this? -- Faz d. Hoo 11/06/2017 09:30AM What does 'treated' mean? and what defines a 'mental illness'? ** -- Hooddihsm 11/06/2017 09:20AM It's another capwater special, and he's trolling. Pay it no mind . ** -- WahooRQ 11/06/2017 10:49AM Wow - I didn't even notice that. Guess I should pay more attention. ** -- Hooddihsm 11/06/2017 10:52AM Really. Should be a TOS violation (link) -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 11:06AM Unn, has TOS ever applied here? ** -- hoothat 11/06/2017 12:54PM Usernames are for other sportswar.com boards, too ** -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 1:38PM And? Point being, this board is not moderated ** -- hoothat 11/06/2017 1:47PM It's not moderation. It's users creating accounts for usernames -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 2:06PM It's just a silly message board... ** -- hoothat 11/06/2017 2:29PM Maybe this one is, but the other boards are sources of revenue for -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 2:51PM Has this been a problem on sportswar? ** -- hoothat 11/06/2017 6:18PM Yes. As usual, this is really tiresome. Try using some imagination. ** -- Hoo TV 11/07/2017 12:59AM I have and I see how your "rule" -- hoothat 11/07/2017 09:46AM A thought about mental illness -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 08:42AM That's a mischaracterization of what was done. ** -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:22AM Link to story inside: -- HokieGal 11/06/2017 08:16AM Another view of the rule from the ACLU. -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:34AM Pray harder. That always fixes things ** -- Beerman 11/06/2017 08:02AM Honestly, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more at churches -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 09:04AM Atheism rocks! ** -- Exhoolate 11/06/2017 08:59AM It will be interesting to hear Pat Robertson's "reason" for this one. ** -- HowieT3 11/06/2017 08:38AM What is the fix? ** -- HokieDan95 11/06/2017 07:58AM Confiscate ALL firearms from everyone, including the police. ** -- Exhoolate 11/06/2017 08:42AM That would be one helluva sit back with the popcorn and watch all -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 11:19AM Don't allow people who beat their wives and kids to buy guns ** -- WahooMatt05 11/06/2017 08:12AM He shouldn't have been able to buy the gun legally. I'm going to -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:18AM Why not legally? -- DanTheFan 11/06/2017 08:43AM Interesting. I had read that he had a dishonorable discharge along with -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:46AM It also appears that both Texas law and Federal law prevent -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:59AM A national gun registry would have caught this. -- WahooMatt05 11/06/2017 08:27AM Also, I'd be curious to see how he slipped through the cracks -- WahooMatt05 11/06/2017 08:34AM Apparently, military misdemeanors are somehow not reported/included in the -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 08:54AM Nope. Now is not the time. What's more, no time is ever the time ** -- Hoo TV 11/06/2017 07:55AM It's also important to remember the other Rules Of The Discourse -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 08:29AM But if a Muslim did it ...** -- HowieT3 11/06/2017 08:39AM Good luck. If Sandy Hook couldn't cause congress -- BocaHoo91 11/06/2017 07:46AM No. The Murder Lobby won't allow it. ** -- WaxHoo 11/06/2017 07:42AM What do Planned Parenthood proponents have to do with this? ** -- Hoodafan 11/06/2017 10:17AM This type of rhetoric is precisely why reasonable discussion of the subject -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 07:58AM Nope. Gun nut assholes with their heads in the sand and a dedicated lobby -- WahooRQ 11/06/2017 08:08AM That's what's so funny. It is exactly this type of rhetoric that gives the -- Hokie5150 11/06/2017 08:12AM Wrong again. Remington, Colt, Bushmaster, Armalite, etc. -- WahooRQ 11/06/2017 08:22AM How does this differ from fixing the healthcare problems? -- PalmyraHoo 11/06/2017 09:27AM Well, one big difference is everyone needs healthcare. -- WahooRQ 11/06/2017 10:51AM I meant in terms of policy -- PalmyraHoo 11/06/2017 11:22AM It's almost like fear-mongers have hijacked the conversation -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 09:39AM Truth -- dajoka004 11/06/2017 08:19AM Two reasonable, level-headed mentions of gun control and a bunch of stats? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/06/2017 08:26AM Nonsense. We can discuss this reasonably til hell won't have it, and it -- WaxHoo 11/06/2017 08:04AM