I know many people will jeer or sneer at me as being an arm chair quarterback, but here goes.

Why is it, when most people are presented with danger, they chose flight (or cower) than fight? Why don't these people jump the shooter, use a chair, a stool, an umbrella, hell anything as a weapon?

Who is teaching this mantra? Is it the left who thinks we should be disarmed and wait for the police to come deal with threats? The same people who call us "pussies" for carrying a gun?

We have raised far too many sheep and not enough sheepdogs.

I for one will not die on my knees or hiding under a table, I'll go out fighting, what say you?

The FBI says it failed to investigate a specific report in January that Nikolas Cruz could be plotting a school shooting.

The agency said in a statement Friday that the tip should've been investigated thoroughly because it was a potential threat to life. Cruz has been arrested and charged with killing 17 people at a high school earlier this week.

On Jan. 5, a tipster who was close to Cruz called the FBI and provided information about Cruz's guns, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts. The FBI says the caller expressed concerns Cruz could attack a school.

FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency deeply regrets the additional pain this causes all those affected by this horrific tragedy.

The FBI also had been notified about a comment on a YouTube video posted by a "Nikolas Cruz" last year. It investigated that comment but did not determine who made it.

Well this isnt good....

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/late ... s-53144335

They never retract......

Age was not an issue. Mental illness was 100% responsible and 100% preventable.

So, let's say we raise the age requirement to 21 years old for long guns. Then, a 21-year old shoots up a school. What's the next genius plan to prevent that from happening again? Raise it to 25? Ban long guns?

I get it that we want to find ways to prevent this. But everything that's being proposed is an incremental infringement upon the law-abiding, not to mention that it won't stop evil people from doing evil things. So let's stop living in la-la-land and come to grips with the fact that shit happens, but that's no reason to take away Liberty.

I avoid saying anything like this is preventable.
People are dangerous... No two ways about that.

OK, but who makes that initial determination? How does that information get transmitted, and who determines when/why? What precipitates the inquiry?

I had a concussion due to my accident.... I had stuttering, memory loss, decreased cognitive functions (couldn't place objects and names together), sensory sensitivity, etc. should I have been disarmed? 99% of the time I was fine, other than acting like a man with an early case of Alzheimer's... and I felt I was of sound enough mind to carry (trust me, I thought hard about it)...

If so, then how does that happen?

What would have happened if I had armed agents of the gov't knocking on my door demanding they be let in to take my weapons? What if it was a tactical entry team @ 3am because 'they knew I was prohibited and knew I was armed'?

I'm not trying to be combative, just trying to show how things aren't always as simple as they seem. Kinda like the guy registering as a sex offender for life and not being able to be alone with his kids because he took a piss on the side of a highway and got hit with a 'lewd conduct' charge... If there's a way for it to be abused, misused, or misapplied, it will be.

He was being treated for a mental illness. That should have been an automatic reporting to the ATF/FBI and he should have failed his background check. Mental Illness is the #1 cause of violent crimes.

I see what you are saying. I am probably arguing semantics.
The devil is in the details.
But lets say that we had all the details and he received all the care that modern psychiatrists and counselors could give... and he was amenable to the treatments and "recovered."
There are still no guarantees in life. How many people are treated for mental issues and then released? Would putting this fellow's name on that NICS list 100% prevent his buying, trading for, or building a firearm?

I think you are talking specifically about this case, and my earlier response was more a "we live in a free society".
Life is not safe, and trying to remove every form of danger has many effects... Unintended Consequences even.

... Unintended Consequences even.

Too busy trying to overthrow the current President to do the actual job they are supposed to be doing?