toivo
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This is a classic case of NEI: Not Enough Information. Had he made threats? We don't know. IMO, the gun purchases alone do not justify the reaction.
A few years ago there was an incident in the town where I work. A retired state trooper was going through a messy divorce, and his wife got a restraining order on him based on threats he had made. The court sent deputies to his house, and they confiscated all his firearms. So he went and got a shotgun that he had stashed, and drove to her house and blew her away. Then he drove to a convenience store and blew his own head off in the parking lot.
What's the right course of action? There might not be one. One thing is clear: when faced with a tough call between civil liberties and security, we in this country are erring on the side of security much more than we used to.
A few years ago there was an incident in the town where I work. A retired state trooper was going through a messy divorce, and his wife got a restraining order on him based on threats he had made. The court sent deputies to his house, and they confiscated all his firearms. So he went and got a shotgun that he had stashed, and drove to her house and blew her away. Then he drove to a convenience store and blew his own head off in the parking lot.
What's the right course of action? There might not be one. One thing is clear: when faced with a tough call between civil liberties and security, we in this country are erring on the side of security much more than we used to.