Someone, help me understand this . . .

A mentally deranged kid can explicitly say that he is going to be a "professional school shooter" and the FBI can't do a simple Google or Facebook search UNDER HIS REAL NAME, but cops investigate someone because of the square root symbol????

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article201604224.html

Students in Louisiana thought this math symbol looked like a gun. Police were called

A discussion among students at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, La., about a mathematical symbol led to a police investigation and a search of one of the student’s homes, according to the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office.

On the afternoon of Feb. 20, detectives investigated a report of terroristic threats at the school, where they learned that a student had been completing a math problem that required drawing the square-root sign.

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Someone, help me understand this . . . (Original post)	MichMary	Feb 2018	OP
Let's assume they researched him, found out he legally owned those guns, what	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#1
Options:	MichMary	Feb 2018	#2
Take weapons away how?	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#5
There are laws in place	MichMary	Feb 2018	#8
Which specific law is that?	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#9
I assumed that they were	MichMary	Feb 2018	#10
Point is nothing can be done 99.99% of the time and even with laws like that	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#11
There are so called red flag laws allowing for that	drray23	Feb 2018	#13
Law enforcement cant adjudge someone a threat. Only a court can do that. Nt	EffieBlack	Feb 2018	#17
This administration reversed Pres Obama's	mcar	Feb 2018	#18
I think you have hit upon the real goal here.	Squinch	Feb 2018	#19
Was the shooter receiving social security disability payments?	hardluck	Feb 2018	#28
Rarely does counseling help psychopaths - you can't teach empathy	womanofthehills	Feb 2018	#25
Sick, dangerous people	MichMary	Feb 2018	#27
We need what is being called "red flag laws"	mainstreetonce	Feb 2018	#3
Sure, but we didnt have that so there was nothing that could be done	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#6
+1 n/t	MichMary	Feb 2018	#23
There were no guns. His house was searched. He has no access to guns (per article).	Shrike47	Feb 2018	#12
Have a judge issue a restraining order	Lee-Lee	Feb 2018	#14
Instead why not interpret the 2nd the way it is written and allow the state to outlaw guns	Eliot Rosewater	Feb 2018	#15
Gonzales v. Castle Rock. Restraining orders are worthless.	Squinch	Feb 2018	#20
Involuntary mental hospital confinement.	former9thward	Feb 2018	#16
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Feb 2018	#31
You really have to ask?	Ms. Toad	Feb 2018	#4
Yeah,	MichMary	Feb 2018	#7
Again, though, who was supposed to follow up, and how, and what could they do when they did	Squinch	Feb 2018	#21
I am totally shocked	MichMary	Feb 2018	#22
Because republicans have destroyed our ability to do anything that allows us to be	Squinch	Feb 2018	#24
Yet another example of problems stemming from underfunding education.	fierywoman	Feb 2018	#26
Clearly math can get you killed.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Feb 2018	#29
My thought exactly n/t	MichMary	Feb 2018	#30

Response to MichMary (Original post)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:23 PM

Eliot Rosewater (30,876 posts)

1. Let's assume they researched him, found out he legally owned those guns, what

course of action were they to take?

Someone, help me understand this . . .

1. Let's assume they researched him, found out he legally owned those guns, what

2. Options:

5. Take weapons away how?

8. There are laws in place

9. Which specific law is that?

10. I assumed that they were

11. Point is nothing can be done 99.99% of the time and even with laws like that

13. There are so called red flag laws allowing for that

17. Law enforcement cant adjudge someone a threat. Only a court can do that. Nt

18. This administration reversed Pres Obama's

19. I think you have hit upon the real goal here.

28. Was the shooter receiving social security disability payments?

25. Rarely does counseling help psychopaths - you can't teach empathy

27. Sick, dangerous people

3. We need what is being called "red flag laws"

6. Sure, but we didnt have that so there was nothing that could be done

23. +1 n/t

12. There were no guns. His house was searched. He has no access to guns (per article).

14. Have a judge issue a restraining order

15. Instead why not interpret the 2nd the way it is written and allow the state to outlaw guns

20. Gonzales v. Castle Rock. Restraining orders are worthless.

16. Involuntary mental hospital confinement.

4. You really have to ask?

7. Yeah,

21. Again, though, who was supposed to follow up, and how, and what could they do when they did

22. I am totally shocked

24. Because republicans have destroyed our ability to do anything that allows us to be

26. Yet another example of problems stemming from underfunding education.

29. Clearly math can get you killed.

30. My thought exactly n/t