11-23-2017, 01:56 AM
(11-22-2017, 08:03 PM)F.U. Wrote: You can buy them for a AR15 , a AK47, or even a 1911 handgun.
Yeah, Neal bought the 80% receivers for AR15s and built two of them, which he used to carry out the mass/spree shooting here.
He would have failed a background check if he'd tried to purchase ready-to-fire firearms because he'd recently stabbed his neighbor and was awaiting trial. He was out on bond and prohibited from buying or possessing guns.
It pisses me off, F.U. The Sheriff keeps trying to act like there was nothing LE could have done because Neal built his guns and therefore wasn't subject to a background check. That's CYA fucking bullshit. The background check is a first-line filter. It doesn't mean LE has no obligation to enforce the law if a criminal gets around the background check.
The Sheriff had multiple complaints about gunshots fired by Neal, someone LE knew full well was unstable, dangerous, and prohibited from possessing firearms (which includes ghost guns, obviously, no matter how the sheriff tries to muddy the waters).
Frustrating to see so much ineptitude in these cases by sheriffs, the FBI, the military....when it comes to enforcement of existing laws.