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10. Yes, but being "weird" or "creepy" doesn't keep you from being able to legally buy firearms

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:31 PM

Oct 2015

Being convicted of a crime or adjudicated as mentally incompetent does, neither of which seems to have happened with this guy.

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Authorities: Weapons Recovered In Oregon Shooting Purchased Legally [View all] workinclasszero Oct 2015 OP

Well... MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #1

What's GOTP? Darb Oct 2015 #11

No worries. MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #12

Talibangelical LOL I dunno Oct 2015 #26

Just the opposite. former9thward Oct 2015 #31

No guns is the only answer. Of coure manating a mental healt background checks would have worked. trillion Oct 2015 #58

So anyone who has any mental health issues is denied guns. former9thward Oct 2015 #64

How's that? MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #69

Obama says he wants "common sense" gun controls. former9thward Oct 2015 #70

Interesting... MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #71

There are approximately 20,000 federal, state and local gun regulations. former9thward Oct 2015 #72

I don't know MynameisBlarney Oct 2015 #73

Good one. I'll use it. Even Jeb is pandering to the tea partiers. GOTP works for me! trillion Oct 2015 #57

Firearm dealers??? What are they? Are there laws on what they can or cannot sell and to whom? kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #2

Seriously?!?!!? ManiacJoe Oct 2015 #8

I've never seen a firearms dealer "buried in paperwork" bluedigger Oct 2015 #20

They aren't buried by paperwork. its as easy to do a background check as it is to scan a credit card Sunlei Oct 2015 #41

slightly harder Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #52

Then they shouldn't be allowed to sell anything if they can't do a proper check. This guy had trillion Oct 2015 #59

Would you care to provide you sources of scholarship branford Oct 2015 #68

Yes, but being "weird" or "creepy" doesn't keep you from being able to legally buy firearms Recursion Oct 2015 #10

Been in a gun store lately? Weird and creepy are the norm. CanonRay Oct 2015 #22

Yes, many laws, see prohibited persons in the regulations Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #51

Same old story geomon666 Oct 2015 #3

More tales of "responsible" gun owners workinclasszero Oct 2015 #4

Do you want to do away with the concept christx30 Oct 2015 #18

Ironically, liberals historically fought against easy commitment for mental illness, branford Oct 2015 #19

No, I'm a big fan of innocent until proven guilty. geomon666 Oct 2015 #55

New business opportunity for the NRA Plucketeer Oct 2015 #5

"Multiple weapons" are invariably a sign of multiple personality disorders... villager Oct 2015 #6

Cite your proof, please. [nt] Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #23

Living in a news blackout, eh? villager Oct 2015 #24

That isn't Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #25

Enjoy the ignore list! villager Oct 2015 #27

So much for you being open minded to facts Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #28

What are the weapons of choice of the hunters who shoot people? Thor_MN Oct 2015 #29

Ask the gangs in Chicago who kill one another. former9thward Oct 2015 #32

Why would I do that? I asked the person I replied to. Thor_MN Oct 2015 #34

A gun isn't a tool, it's a fine precision machine. ileus Oct 2015 #36

Bullshit!!! GGJohn Oct 2015 #33

Some weapons may have been purchased by family members. Squaredeal Oct 2015 #7

If he used weapons mainstreetonce Oct 2015 #9

If your father buys you a car oneshooter Oct 2015 #43

of course Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #53

Notice that they refuse to answer. oneshooter Oct 2015 #66

The silence is deafening Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #67

okay, i'll bite Blackjackdavey Oct 2015 #74

If your father buys you a car, you are the registered owner and thus liable. jeff47 Oct 2015 #77

If your father buys you a rifle, and it is legaly transfered oneshooter Oct 2015 #78

Assuming "legally transferred" means you are not prohibited from owning a rifle jeff47 Oct 2015 #79

You failed to answer the question. oneshooter Oct 2015 #80

Just happened in WA State maxsolomon Oct 2015 #75

I'm sure Douglas County Sheriff Nutter... SoapBox Oct 2015 #13

He seemed to have problems before this...it doesn't appear he just suddenly cracked: C Moon Oct 2015 #14

Yeah he really enjoyed target practice workinclasszero Oct 2015 #15

+1 C Moon Oct 2015 #17

How in the hell Rocknrule Oct 2015 #16

Holsters and bandoliers, I'd assume (nt) Recursion Oct 2015 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #21

I wonder how long it took him to purchase the weapons TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #35

1-2/year? Over 5 yrs that's maybe 10 guns wordpix Oct 2015 #38

I agree. But I don't think these mass murders TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #42

Our country needs to require insurance on more than 3 guns. just like car insurance. Sunlei Oct 2015 #37

yes, autos are recognized as potentially dangerous & are well regulated wordpix Oct 2015 #39

& against the law to leave a gun unattended by owner in car (cars are broken into all the time) Sunlei Oct 2015 #40

If it can be scanned by police oneshooter Oct 2015 #44

It would be illegal to leave a gun unattended in a car. In order to carry a gun in your car Sunlei Oct 2015 #46

So, in order to legally transport a firearm by automobile, branford Oct 2015 #47

cars are broken into all the time. people should never leave a gun in the car to be stolen. Sunlei Oct 2015 #65

What would be the purpose of the insurance. ManiacJoe Oct 2015 #45

There is no purpose, because none of the offered proposals are really "insurance." branford Oct 2015 #48

I have firearm liability and theft/fire insurance madville Oct 2015 #50

The insurance companies would love that yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #54

they need to be insured for ONE Skittles Oct 2015 #60

The mother was a gun nut shithead alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #49

Remember folks, STUFF HAPPENS, thank goodness that terrorist has a right to have guns - as many as trillion Oct 2015 #56

check out this one Skittles Oct 2015 #61

Are you pointing this out in some justification for gun deaths? What next, forks kill people so keep trillion Oct 2015 #62

I'm showing you a classic example of someone who thinks that way Skittles Oct 2015 #63

Has there been ANY mass shooting where the weapons were NOT purchased legally? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #76