A Teenage Girl is Holding the Entire City of Denver Hostage

Background check and waiting period are for situations like this when you have a known unstable individual. She bought the shotgun on the spot, no problem.

Exactly what threats did she make? The article said she made threats then didn't say what they were.

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Ride The Pony wrote:

You think threatening violence against a school is lawful behavior?

Threatening violence is probably against the law, but apparently she’s not done that. Police have no PC to arrest her by their own admission.

Next?

Ummmmm have you not seen that “some people [doing] something” is the Newspeak definition of incitement?

Northest Republican wrote:

Background check and waiting period are for situations like this when you have a known unstable individual. She bought the shotgun on the spot, no problem.

Who gets to determine who is unstable and how is this determined? We have 10,000 drunk driving deaths a year and there is pretty much zero effort made to take legal measures to prevent drunks from buying alcohol and driving. Not a peep from you.

And lastly, the system worked today. Nobody else got hurt.

Maybe I don’t like your tone and report you to the authorities. The state can take your kids away because you seem hostile. Take your car away because you might be angry.

The state should not be too focused on preventing crimes if we want to live in a free society. I’m willing to pay whatever price is necessary. I’d rather live with some danger and be free.

Ok. But why can't you live with people waiting a couple days to buy a gun? You may be willing to "pay any price" but im not willing to pay any price, like my child's life, for a simple background check and a few days waiting period.

A case like this is a clear cut case of why these are common sense safety measures.

Looks rather elderly for a teen. Likely a vegan.

elviejo wrote:

Exactly what threats did she make? The article said she made threats then didn't say what they were.

Nor do they have to. Do you really need to peruse the manifesto of the latest crazy for any length of time before trying to stall things?

Why? How is it common sense? That crazed woman has been cooking this up for a while. Waiting would not have changed anything. Use your head, man.

And then waiting two days turns into a week and then a month and then years, and then it turns into a committee of state employees that gets to determine who does get to own a gun at all. Fit or not fit based on what?

The system worked. If you are concerned about your kid’s life why are you ok with current alcohol and driving laws. The probability of someone you know being randomly killed by a crazed gunman is nothing compared to probability of being killed by a drunk driver. Hell, folks get caught drunk driving more than one s yet are still able to legally drive.

It's obvious from the article that they had been tracking her already, as they noted that she was obsessed with Columbine, flew to Colorado ahead of the 20th anniversary of the massacre, bought a gun and made threats. That's about as credible a threat as it gets.

she's got mad cheekbones

How can you say that the system worked, when she bought a gun on the spot, when she was in the middle of of her crazy episode. A check and a couple days waiting period would have eliminated the threat completely, since she would not have gotten the gun. How can you not see that?

Linda Hunt wrote:

Why are they calling it a manhunt if a female is the suspect?

+1

I laughed.

here is how wrote:

At least 4 school districts cancelled classes because of this "teen". She looks 30 to me.

How dare you age shame her? She can identify as being whatever age she wants!!!

She is an age cheat. Trying to get tried as a junior. She probably isn't even Murican. Must be from Kenya or somewhere like that.

Anyone else doubt this was a suicide? Methinks not.

good old letsrun, never ceases to fail

the law wrote:

Anyone else doubt this was a suicide? Methinks not.

The outcome was still the correct one.

What about my daughter's right to go to school? What was the cost to the taxpayers of Colorado to lose a day of school? It was MILLIONS of dollars! If this chick passed a background check, there's something seriously wrong with background checks. She's on the FBI watch list, but can still buy a shotgun? In terms of the second amendment--gun rights advocates always seem to forget the words, "A well regulated militia......." This girl was not in a militia. She was not fighting tyranny. She was not defending herself. She left a manifesto that indicated she wanted to go out in a murderous blaze of glory-because she worshipped two murderers who killed a library full of students before she was even born. Why in the world would a sane society let her buy a shotgun?

After action report wrote:

Looks like our current gun laws and LE tactics worked pretty well. Suicide is horrible, but nobody else got hurt and no individual rights (especially gun rights) were violated or suppressed. Schools and LE were ready and alert. Nice work to the professionals in LE and the school districts.

Suburban Denver Father wrote:

In terms of the second amendment--gun rights advocates always seem to forget the words, "A well regulated militia......."

This girl was not in a militia. She was not fighting tyranny. She was not defending herself. She left a manifesto that indicated she wanted to go out in a murderous blaze of glory-because she worshipped two murderers who killed a library full of students before she was even born. Why in the world would a sane society let her buy a shotgun?

Because of her gender? The people have the right to form a militia. The people need arms to form a militia. They don't have to petition the government to do that, since they have a right to arms. Moving on.