The Washington Post points out just how badly the system broke down. They note all the red flags and warnings
How a system built to stop the Parkland school shooter repeatedly broke down
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office received a call in November with an ominous warning: Nikolas Cruz, a troubled 19-year-old, was collecting guns and knives and “could be a school shooter in the making.â€
It was one of at least four times local or federal authorities were contacted about such a threat linked to Cruz, including a tip the FBI received in January warning that he would “get into a school and just shoot the place up,†according to a transcript of the call obtained by The Post on Friday. Another tip to the sheriff’s office the previous year warned that Cruz “planned to shoot up the school.â€
In the era of “see something, say something,†members of the public did just that. But what happened after the November call fit a disturbing pattern in the lead-up to the Parkland, Fla., massacre: No report was filed, and there is no evidence the threat was ever investigated. (snip)
Investigations into mass shootings often reveal warning signs that seem blindingly clear with the benefit of hindsight. But the Parkland shooting has stood out for the sheer scale of how many alarms were raised before the Feb. 14 rampage.
There are dueling narratives over whether his guns could be taken away or he could have been involuntarily committed under Florida’s Baker Act. Regardless, all the signs were there, and action was not taken.
Law enforcement officials have drawn intense criticism for lapses involving Cruz. The FBI said it failed to investigate the January warning about concerns that he wanted to kill people, owned guns and could carry out a school shooting.
This person told the FBI that she worried Cruz was “going to explode,†a federal law enforcement official said Friday. Details of her call were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which reviewed a transcript of the call. A federal law enforcement official confirmed the information to The Washington Post.
One has to wonder if local law enforcement, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office, were notified. They were called to other disturbances, and the school resource officer, who failed to do his job and go into the school when the shooting started, may have done nothing with the information.
In November, a caller alerted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office that Cruz was collecting guns and knives, wanted to join the Army, may commit suicide and could be a school shooter. Authorities have not identified the caller, except to say they called from Massachusetts.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said this week that no report was filed on that call. After the Stoneman Douglas shooting, a deputy said he referred the caller to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, but a spokeswoman for that office said they were never told of that threat. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said it launched an internal investigation into the call but declined to provide further details about what happened after, citing the ongoing internal affairs investigation.
I’m just taking snippets out of the article for the overall failure of law enforcement at multiple levels (and we’re not even sure if the Florida state police ever were involved and failed) to take some sort of action. But, of course
Robert Bonczek (a 17 year old student at the school where Cruz went murderous) said most students are focusing not on blame, but with channeling their anger to press for changes to laws regulating guns.
“The FBI didn’t do their job, but it’s hard to do anything about that,†he said. “But with Congress, we can specifically make calls for change.â€
See? This is the narrative. People failed to take action with a constant litany of credible threats, but, hey, it’s the gun’s fault, so, let’s pass more laws to disarm the law abiding citizens who won’t be turning into unhinged murderers.
I mean, we have kids suspended and kicked out of school for making finger guns, biting Pop Tarts into the shape of a gun, bringing in army men with fake plastic guns, bringing in water pistols. Kids have been told they can’t wear Army and Marines shirts. Yet, no one did anything about Cruz. But, we’ll try and take your guns in the meantime.
Why do you continue to use the photoshopped graphic? Why did you reduce the size of the .223 “hunting” rifle in relation to the military weapon? Note how tiny the trigger guard and trigger are on the fake “hunting” rifle. See? Reduced.
The .223 is a shitty hunting rifle, unless you’re hunting prairie dogs. The military version is designed for killing many humans rapidly. It’s not the same as a shitty 4 cartridge hunting rifle that few people use anyway.
You know that, but you continue to lie to your hapless readers. Sad.
If you’re going to round them up, do so. See what happens genius.
Photoshop is the program of choice for professionals who create raster images. While there are other programs, Photoshop is the industry standard. In that the image is a combination of two other images and added text, the best way to make the image is through Photoshop. In this case, the image was created using Photoshop 5.
As the graphic is not intended to to be a size comparison of the two weapons,I have no idea why Jeffery is trying to make this some dramatic point.
Maybe he is consumed with own his lack of size.
More likely, in that the graphic makes a great point that Jeffery hates, he refuses to address the actual point that the weapons have the functionality and people only want to ban the top rifle because it “looks scary.”
Oh the ignorance of those who only have hate.
The bottom weapon is a real rifle. It sells for roughly $600 – $1300. AR-15’s sell anywhere from $500 to $2500 depending on the materials, quality, add ons, etc.
Secondly, both rifles can be configured in different barrel lengths. The very size comparison that Jeffery demands is meaningless.
Here’s the bottom line:
The bottom weapon in standard configuration is 1.3 inches longer than the AR-!5 in standard configuration. That translates to the bottom weapon being 3% longer. Translating that to the image, the length of the weapons in the image is 500 pixels. That means the bottom weapon would be 515 pixels.
Wow. Stop the presses.
Hate filled people are screaming that an image is missing 15 pixels. They can’t address the point that the functionality of the weapons is the same and both can shoot at the same rate, but why address real facts when you can try and distract with meaningless drivel that hate filled people don’t understand?
The hate filled people don’t even realize when they make points that undermine their own position. The bottom weapon was designed for military use as well.
So let’s see….same caliber, same rate of fire, same design purpose, same capacity…..but look at the image! Someone made an image that doesn’t purport to be a size comparison and didn’t make the rifles the same relative size!!
Pathetic.
And ignorant.
Then again, when all you have is hate, you have to rely on lies, distractions and ignorance to spread your own hatred.
Just more lies from the increasingly unhinged gc to justify the murder of children by a MAGA hat wearing lunatic. MAGA hat wearing lunatic: perhaps that’s redundant.
“Lies” are defined by people who hate as any facts that shows the fallacy of their position.
It is really bad when people cannot argue facts and only can argue hate.
Then again, all the left has is hate.
Poor baby, his side has had a lousy week.
Yes, any time a MAGA right-wing murderer mows down children in a school, it’s a lousy week.
We understand why the far-right believes it was a good week.
Perhaps the ignorant angry little black fella should take a break from tap dancing on the graves of the victims and go diddle the grandson.
This is another lie from people who only have hate in their lives.
This means that people who hate can add two more things in their lives to hate; facts and history.
The left only has hate.
How nonsensical you’ve become.
Stop talking to your mirror.
And once again, instead of addressing what was said, you voice more hatred.
It’s all you have.
Reading your typings is impossible.
Right. Why aren’t they used as sniper rifles? Why do they have selective auto fire if their purpose is to fire one accurate bullet at a time? Why aren’t they popular hunting rifles? Why do they require 30 cartridge magazines, or even larger? Why do they have pistol grips?
In fact, most accurate hunting rifles are not even semi-auto, but are bolt action. Although many deer hunters still swear by the lever action carbine for hunting in dense woods. Only idiot yahoos take AR-15s into the woods.
You (and TEACH) don’t know what you’re talking about, and don’t even know how badly you’ve lost this argument.
And you voice more hatred.
It’s all you have. And ignorance. You have hatred and ignorance. Your ignorance is winning out over you hatreds.
Con Men select AR-15s because they feel they offer advantages in home defense. 30 shots. Shorter barrel. Pistol grip (less aiming). Easier to handle. These are the same reasons they are favored by mass murderers.
Because facts for those who hate are difficult for them to read. This is proven by the next bit of blathering you put out there…..
Apparently you think that “one target” in a situation means “one bullet.”
And your point? Are you really trying to say that the only use for a weapon is hunting?
Once again, I have to wonder why you hate people so much that you want them to be robbed of their right to defend themselves. Oh, we know that you love the killing of children, but at some point in time one would think that you would like to let others like.
Instead, all you have is hate and from that hatred comes the death that you and liberals want.
If you mean we have lost the battle of facts, we haven’t. You have. That’s okay though. We all know facts will never sway you and your ilk. We know that logic will never sway you and your ilk. We know that the only thing that you will bitterly cling to is hate.
That’s all you have.
Because he can and annoying the angry little black guy is just a bonus.
How many NRA members are mass murderers?
…so let’s more jobs to not do!!!!
Since the military and “hunter” versions of the 5.65 mm NATO rifles “are identical” why do the more expensive military versions outsell the “hunter” versions over 100 to 1 with Con Men?
Are Con Men being conned by the NRA and gun salesmen to buy the versions that “look scary”? Or do they believe the AR-15 versions offer actual advantages for self-defense over the “hunter” versions?
Seems that Con Men are 1) either naive simpletons or are 2) savvy purchasers who recognize functional advantages in the AR-15 versions.
If it’s the latter reason, what are the advantages or the AR-15 military version over the cheaper and more useful “hunter” version? TEACH claims they are identical, yet the market strongly suggests otherwise.
“Since the military and “hunter†versions of the 5.65 mm NATO rifles “are identical†why do the more expensive military versions outsell the “hunter†versions over 100 to 1 with Con Men?â€
The “m4gery†ar’s or “military versions “ are the cheapest weapons on the ar market and thus the most bought. The “hunter†or sporting, such as 3gun competition ar’s start at a $1000 more, and most of them run about $2500. Your price analysis is backwards and the resulting inferences are thus incorrect.
You’re wrong, of course. And then you bolster your “argument” with falsehoods.
You consider the wooden stocked .223 rifle in TEACH’s faked picture to be just another AR-15? LOL
.223 “hunting” rifles can be bought for under $500, and are more accurate than the faux military AR-15 styles. A scoped Remington Model 783 in .223 is under $400!
Apologies, I misread/misunderstood your post. I read it as a cosmetically military appearing ar selling better but being more expensive. This is not the case.
The ar and the Ruger mini-14 are very different weapons. The ar uses a gas pulse to cycle the bolt, the mini-14 uses an op rod to cycle the bolt. The gas pulse or Direct Impulse (DI) is in direct line with the bolt and is inherently accurate, an op (operation) rod flexes and is parallel to the bolt and is far less accurate.
Moreover, the ar is modular, and the bconsumer can get a different upper in a different configuration in different calibers and get far more utility than a mini-14 which is not modular.
A junk ar can shoot at 1 moa, which is better than an average factory bolt rifle. The average mini-14 shoots at about 2.5 moa which is not suitable for precision shooting.
Though laughable inaccurate comparatively, the mini-14 is far more reliable due it’s op rod action. There are uppers and bolt conversion kits to convert ar rifles to op rod action but they also drop accuracy to ~2 moa.
I can get a mini-14 in .223 and 7.62×39, but I can get an ar platform in .17, .22, 7.62×25, .9mm, .357sig, .40S&W, 10mm, 45acp, .460rowland, .50ae, .223, .223wssm. .243wssm, .25wssm, .30ossm, 7.62×39, .458socom, .50 beowulf, .243, 257 roberts, .7mm, .308, .35fed, 7mmRemMag, .300WinMag, and many many more.
The utility of the platform drives popularity, and it’s popularity drives innovation.
We think you have gone all in as a Trumpbot, abiding by the principles of tRump: The Truth is a Lie. Lies are Truth. Ignorance is Strength. Holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously, accepting both of them. Language is a tool to corrupt thought! Power is tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.
“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?â€
― George Orwell, 1984
If you’re going to speak in first person plural, please do so in Mid Atlantic dialect, that way we can imagine you as you see yourself – Thurston Howell III, a wealthy, but useless man surrounded by better, smarter and more useful men.
Thanks for the advice. We’ll take it under advisement.
That it irks you is reason enough to continue. We took that position for one of your own!
Not at all. The AR-15 type rifle is not made for hunting, it’s use is for killing people in bunches. Killing people is what the military and mass shooters do. That was my point. Again.
The AR-15s are also used to make inadequate men feel adequate. They make insecure men feel safe. They are fun to shoot. Do these “uses” offset the likelihood of them being used by lunatics to kill innocent people, some of them children, in bunches?
We limit all manner of dangerous objects, including firearms. We don’t allow 12 years olds to buy guns. We tightly regulate fully automatic weapons, sawed off shotguns, explosives, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, alcohol and on and on.
Even Justice Scalia said the protections of the 2nd Amendment are not absolute. Do you think the 2nd Amendment protects the gun rights of 8 yr old boys? Don’t they have a right to defend themselves?
The courts have long held that minors do not hold full civil rights, and we limit their Second Amendment rights.
There was a time, not so long ago, that we didn’t really limit their Second Amendment rights, and we had far fewer shootings then than now. I know I’ve mentioned it before: I walked past the Mt Sterling police station, with a rifle over my shoulder one year, and a shotgun another time, that I had bought downtown, while still a younger teenager, and nobody cared.
Weapons were openly traded downtown on October Court Day. It still happens: you can see my pictures from last October here.
Had you attended my high school, when I did (Class of 1971, if you care), you’d have seen pickups (GMs of Dodges) or trucks (Fords) with rifle racks mounted in the back windows, every day, and sometimes those racks had weapons in them. Boys traded knives on the front steps, arguing about whether Buck or K-Bar knives were better, before school, sometimes in between classes.
No one was shot, and no one was stabbed. Why, it’s almost as though it isn’t the gun going off on a rampage, all by itself, bu the people who own the guns.
We had perfectly adequate laws to have stopped Nikolas Cruz in place, long before he bought his AR-15. He would have been stopped if the local authorities had done their f(ornicating) jobs.
Instead, the left want to take an example of local (and FBI) authorities not doing their jobs to place more restrictions on people who haven’t been breaking the law, on people who are not damgers to society. In what world does that make sense?
But, the gun manufacturers have to love you guys. Firearms sales had dropped off significantly, once people realized that our presumptive 45th President didn’t turn out to be so presumptive. No one was worried that President Trump was a gun-grabber. Now that the left are screaming about this again, watch firearms sales increase.
dana,
And I remember those days too. We used to carry .22 rifles down the streets on our way to plinking and squirrel hunting outside of town. Double barrels on the wall. Hunting for rabbit and quail. Different times for sure. But I don’t recall anyone having semi-autos similar to today’s 30 shot AR-15s or 13 shot pistols.
The Las Vegas murderer passed numerous background checks clearing him to possess some 40 guns enabling him to kill 58 and wound 851. Clearly the background check laws are not adequate to prevent the continuing slaughter of innocents. If he only had had access to bolt or lever action rifles and revolvers many families would still have their loved ones today. Guns may not kill people but men with semi-auto guns kill more people than do men without them.
You have lost. You and TEACH claim that AR-15 style rifles are the same as hunting rifles. They clearly are not the same. The facts are laughing at you.
“…after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable?”