Aurora Illinois shooting

[smithers599]

Surprisingly quiet out there. I have heard/seen nothing in the news about banning assault weapons, gun show loopholes, and all the other nonsense that we usually hear. You would expect Mark Kelly to pop off. Maybe it's because the psycho used a pistol instead of an AR15? Or maybe they are just waiting to learn more details, hoping that he got his pistol online or at a gun show, so they can scream about universal background checks. (He was a prohibited possessor, felony conviction/prison 20+ years ago.) Or hoping that his pistol had a "high-capacity magazine feeding device clip". One witness reported the pistol had a "laser sight," so you would think there would be a clamor to ban those.

In other words, "it's quiet out there -- too quiet."

[cool arrow]

Pelosi put out yesterday that Trump declaring a National Emergency for the wall open the door for a Democrap to do the same for gun control when/if they take the White House.

They are just waiting, foaming at the mouth.

[Black_water]

The left is not interested in ending violence, just taking away our right to self defense.

In this case, the shooter is a black guy, so no story here.

[smithers599]

https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/sho ... tness-says

Martin was not supposed to own a gun because of a 1995 aggravated assault conviction in Mississippi, she said.
But he obtained one in Illinois in 2014. In January of that year, he applied for a firearms owner identification card, she said.
In March 2014, he applied to buy a gun from a dealer in Aurora. After a waiting period and passing a background check that did not involve fingerprinting, he bought the gun, she said.
Later that month, he applied for a concealed carry permit, and a fingerprint check led authorities to discover the Mississippi conviction, Ziman said.
The permit was rejected, and Illinois State Police sent him a letter demanding he voluntarily surrender the weapon, but he did not, the chief said. Investigators are trying to determine why he didn't surrender the weapon and whether law enforcement followed up with him to confiscate the gun.
"He was not supposed to be in possession of a firearm," Ziman said.

People who understand normal thinking will conclude that background checks are an expensive waste of time. People who can't understand normal thinking will conclude that all background checks should require fingerprinting, and should apply to all transfers of guns, to close the gun show/internet loophole.

[Steve_In_29]

Shooter doesn't fit their narrative so they are basically ignoring the incident. This after 5 cops were shot and another 6 people killed (to include the shooter) from what I understand.

Shooter was a black male (and former convict barred from gun ownership) so is one of the Left's protected classes who can do no wrong.

[RandyTF]

Maybe the shooter was a registered Democrat. Wouldn't want that to be common knowledge.

[Steve_In_29]

Maybe the shooter was a registered Democrat. Wouldn't want that to be common knowledge.

Shooter was a black ex-con who illegally acquired a gun. So I'm guessing there is no "maybe" about it.