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There is something to what you say but in this case, as with the Parkland shooting, law enforcement received specific warnings from family members that were not
by mattnewport 9y ago
There is something to what you say but in this case, as with the Parkland shooting, law enforcement received specific warnings from family members that were not followed through on sufficient to prevent the incidents. The police likely already have all the legal powers they would have needed in these two cases to prevent the shootings if they had acted and a specific warning from a family member is a long way from treating some odd Internet postings as thought crime. Indeed there have been cases where police over reacted to much lesser warning signs. The biggest question to me is how can law enforcement do a better job of acting appropriately on warnings and tips they receive?
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- dragonwriter 9y agoIf none of having guns, being inclined to commit crime, or having guns while being inclined to commit crime are illegal, there is little police can do to intervene before those things combine to manifest in an actual attempt at violence.
- mattnewport 9y agoIf police are incapable of intervening to prevent a crime then citizens certainly need guns to protect themselves.