Authorities returned gun to accused airport shooter one month before massacre
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Anchorage confiscated a gun from the accused Fort Lauderdale airport shooter after he came to an FBI office in November acting bizarrely and speaking of “terroristic thoughts.” But police gave the weapon back to him about one month ago, authorities in Alaska said Saturday. They would not say if it…
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Suzanne McFly January 8th, 2017 at 08:07
This falls at the feet of Congress for not enacting laws that address this known issue. The person in the FBI office cannot be expected to diagnose someone with mental issues and even if they were a mental health expert, they still don’t have the legal authority to remove the gun.
Guy Lauten January 8th, 2017 at 09:04
“Mr. Santiago had arrived at the FBI building asking for help,” Tolley said. “Santiago was having terroristic thoughts and believed he was being influenced by ISIS.”
Maybe if the FBI hadn’t been taken over by right-wing ideologues they would have considered he wasn’t a great fit for a weapon. But since the entire Bureau is now a bunch of rabid right-wing activists, I guess they consider it ok for anyone to carry a killing machine.
fahvel January 8th, 2017 at 12:51
and delta – no blame? they boarded a guy with only a fkn gun – nothing odd about that – yipes, alaska to fla with only a gun. you people and your gun disease must have a lot of people with little fingers.