According to other reporting, the "weapon of mass destruction" was an unregistered machine gun. Not what I think of as a weapon of mass destruction, but, hey, North Carolina.
Obviously, Routh bought the rifle on the black market, where criminals acquire most of their firearms. Maybe from one of his "Ukrainian contacts."
To expand on your statement that “gun laws didn’t stop him from acquiring a gun”
All gun laws, only apply to law abiding citizens. Criminals will always have a black market or back channel to acquire what they need, for whatever crime they intend to commit. The more legal citizens are inhabited to protect themselves, the easier it is for the criminals to make them victims.
The next mass shooting will occur in a “Gun Free Zone” and it’s why blue states have the most crime!
If the government tries to confiscate guns from individuals, there maybe a lot of mini-Bundy Ranch battles fought. The first dude fjb proposed to run atf, was chomping at the bit to do just that!
I was just thinking about Ruby Ridge as a matter of fact. But the odds were stacked against them rather badly in any case, and that's likely to happen in any case. Not everything is going to go Bundy Ranch.
"...he was able to obtain the weapon, conduct surveillance and establish a sniper’s hide with ballistic protection — he had several bags containing ceramic tile — within 300-500 yards of his target"
Here is what I don't get: that ceramic tile business. I mean, that's something you've got to know about and know how to do, right? A "lone nutjob gunman" doesn't fit this at all.
I'm sure he purchased his firearm through a "loophole" . It's all the NRAs fault that we have all of these undocumented weapons lying around for complete morons to just snatch up and start blasting. Obviously he is a highly trained sniper, given his choice of one of the worlds most accurate precision long range military hardware.
We have a long seven weeks ahead of us...and that's just the start of it.
Private long gun sales are not a loophole. They are explicitly legal. The “loophole” that you might want to fixate on is that the buyer, a prior felon, who may be barred under federal law from buying a firearm, is not compelled to disclose that fact to the seller even when asked. If it turns out, following an ATF trace, the seller knew of such prior restrictions on the buyer or acted as a straw purchaser on behalf of the buyer, they likely will be held criminally liable. Scrubbing the Serial Number is not a “loophole”. It is prima facia evidence of a federal crime. Some scrubbed serial numbers can be re-discovered by the FBI with special lab techniques.
Here’s a thought-experiment. I’ll submit that I cannot convince you that Routh did not exploit an NRA “loophole”. But I get to refer to mail-in ballots, drop-boxes, and ballot harvesting as “loopholes”. After all both “loopholes” are grounded in the constitutionally protected honor-system that despises prior-restraint.
BTW. After investing all my time to organizing a reply. I detect a sarcastic note in your post. Hot-takes suck. Accept my response in the spirit it was offered in. One sardonic shit-poster to another.
According to other reporting, the "weapon of mass destruction" was an unregistered machine gun. Not what I think of as a weapon of mass destruction, but, hey, North Carolina.
Obviously, Routh bought the rifle on the black market, where criminals acquire most of their firearms. Maybe from one of his "Ukrainian contacts."
I saw that but couldn't get accurate attribution., unfortunately.
"Routh’s social media posts, most of which have been scrubbed, indicated he may suffer from some type of mental illness."
Well TDS is definitely on the table.
An older tweet claimed to support Bernie over Hillary. Why is it always the berniebros?
Good point. Bernie Bros gotta be the most frustrated people on the planet.
One wonders if the see eye hey is involved.
To expand on your statement that “gun laws didn’t stop him from acquiring a gun”
All gun laws, only apply to law abiding citizens. Criminals will always have a black market or back channel to acquire what they need, for whatever crime they intend to commit. The more legal citizens are inhabited to protect themselves, the easier it is for the criminals to make them victims.
The next mass shooting will occur in a “Gun Free Zone” and it’s why blue states have the most crime!
If the government tries to confiscate guns from individuals, there maybe a lot of mini-Bundy Ranch battles fought. The first dude fjb proposed to run atf, was chomping at the bit to do just that!
Wait, you mean laws don't stop crimes? Even lots and lots and lots of laws?
That's heavy.
It’s a well proven fact, ignored by gun grabbers, because it’s not about gun violence, they want total control.
Notice that AR’s and other long guns get all the attention, while most gun violence is committed by pistols.
Long guns can hold off police, pistols not so much.
Review Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents, police were held off by long guns.
I was just thinking about Ruby Ridge as a matter of fact. But the odds were stacked against them rather badly in any case, and that's likely to happen in any case. Not everything is going to go Bundy Ranch.
So, um this dirtbag, Routh should have been locked up in the first place, but was out creating mayhem amongst the rest of U.S.
Well, you now know for sure that he was a Democrat / Democrat supporter, because if he were a Republican he'd have been incarcerated.
"...he was able to obtain the weapon, conduct surveillance and establish a sniper’s hide with ballistic protection — he had several bags containing ceramic tile — within 300-500 yards of his target"
Here is what I don't get: that ceramic tile business. I mean, that's something you've got to know about and know how to do, right? A "lone nutjob gunman" doesn't fit this at all.
That’s a simple fix.
MORE GUN LAWS.
I'm sure he purchased his firearm through a "loophole" . It's all the NRAs fault that we have all of these undocumented weapons lying around for complete morons to just snatch up and start blasting. Obviously he is a highly trained sniper, given his choice of one of the worlds most accurate precision long range military hardware.
We have a long seven weeks ahead of us...and that's just the start of it.
Private long gun sales are not a loophole. They are explicitly legal. The “loophole” that you might want to fixate on is that the buyer, a prior felon, who may be barred under federal law from buying a firearm, is not compelled to disclose that fact to the seller even when asked. If it turns out, following an ATF trace, the seller knew of such prior restrictions on the buyer or acted as a straw purchaser on behalf of the buyer, they likely will be held criminally liable. Scrubbing the Serial Number is not a “loophole”. It is prima facia evidence of a federal crime. Some scrubbed serial numbers can be re-discovered by the FBI with special lab techniques.
Here’s a thought-experiment. I’ll submit that I cannot convince you that Routh did not exploit an NRA “loophole”. But I get to refer to mail-in ballots, drop-boxes, and ballot harvesting as “loopholes”. After all both “loopholes” are grounded in the constitutionally protected honor-system that despises prior-restraint.
I totally get it, brother.
BTW. After investing all my time to organizing a reply. I detect a sarcastic note in your post. Hot-takes suck. Accept my response in the spirit it was offered in. One sardonic shit-poster to another.
Well spoken, and I fully agree with all you said.
Dan Bongino predicted both of the attempts on Trumps life.
I wonder what the Secret Service returned fire with? Pistol or rifle?
I saw where it was four shots reported in controlled pairs.