Orlando shooter's current wife reportedly had knowledge of his intent...

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31. in fairness to her, I wonder what would have been done if she'd reported it

I mean, there must be angry spittle-spewing misanthropes all over the country who are shooting off their mouths about their violent plans. Some of them may even be deadly (no pun intended) serious, while some are just flapping their gums.

I suspect that, had she contacted the police, they'd only have been able to make a note of her report but not been able to do anything until he'd actually, well, done something. The fact that he'd been investigated before might have made a difference (if agencies are any better at identifying people and coordinating their data than they used to be), but they couldn't have incarcerated him for being an asswipe.

Perhaps I'm wrong. I learned from a poster last night that the FBI will follow up threats more carefully than the police can, so maybe something would have happened. But I doubt he'd have been stopped.