Reply #25: Exactly what I've been thinking, too. He fell through all the cracks but WHY?

[lynne]

He was in trouble in school. The army refused him but won't say why due to privacy laws. The college removed him with the condition that he could return if he'd been cleared by a mental health professional. He'd been in trouble with the law and had made prior threats. He made bizarre rants online that seemed to grow worse each day. Yet there is no evidence at this time that the school, the military, law enforcement, his friends, or his family tried to get mental health care for him. The school recognized that he needed help but they are powerless to force him to get it, all they can do is boot him out.

Good Grief, this guy has been throwing signals for YEARS yet nothing was done. Who is accountable for that? We've heard nothing from his parents and I'm curious as to if they ever sought help for him.

We have federal laws in place to prevent those with a history of mental illness from purchasing a gun. Had he been adjudicated as mentally ill or incompetent he would not have been able to purchase that gun. Had he received help, there's a good chance that yesterday would have never occurred.