“Is it too much to ask the gun seller to do a cursory check?”
Posted BY: Steve Watson
In the wake of the shooting on July 4th at Highland Park, and the fact that the shooter had multiple disturbing posts on social media prior to the attack, a CNN host suggested Tuesday that gun shops should check customers’ personal pages before agreeing to sell them firearms.
CNN Newsroom co-host Alisyn Camerota made the suggestion while interviewing former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and former FBI supervisory special agent Steve Moore.
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Camerota noted that “these suspects … are starting to look alike,” before suggesting “is it too much to ask the gun seller to do a cursory check on social media?”
Why does it take CNN to suggest this? Why not the FBI? Duh. We have the dumbest people in charge of our safety in my lifetime. Dumb and dumber running the country.
You’re okay with loss of a Constitutional Right, based on Internet posting?
Who decides which posts are outrageous? What standard should a sporting goods clerk be required to use. What about nonrepudiation? How does the clerk pin the poster on the buyer?
What other rights are in peril: Free speech, search and seizure, self incrimination?
Curious you support Trump yet want to hand your rights to the discretion of a sales clerk.
Free speech is long gone as well and search and seizure for the Republicans already but I believe “if you see something, say something” which would take the FBI a little bit of time to check their social media postings. As far as the gun shop, I’d call their parents to make sure he really is going hunting and not hunting people. Most of these kids are the product of Promise Program anyway and have past dealings with the police who let them go. The applications should include references. I once rented a laptop after a wildfire and had to give three references, which the store called. It’s a good idea.