With the disturbing information that’s come out about Sutherland Springs shooter Devin Kelley, a lot of people have understandably been wondering: How on earth was Kelly out there and able to get his hands on a gun?
The Texas shooter was even more of a piece of shit than you thought https://t.co/MWC1rohJqW
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) November 6, 2017
More from NBC News:
The gunman who turned a Texas church into a shooting gallery had a turbulent and violent past, including a court-martial from the Air Force for fracturing his baby stepson’s skull, an animal cruelty arrest — and a habit of harassing ex-girlfriends.
“He was very sick in the head,” Katy Landry, a former girlfriend of Devin Patrick Kelley, told NBC News.
Those asking questions may finally have their answer:
NPR's @TBowmanNPR reports Kelley was able to purchase firearms because @usairforce failed to enter assault conviction in federal database.
— NPR (@NPR) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/quasimado/status/927653460446732291
NEW: U.S. Air Force issues statement saying #SutherlandSprings shooter's domestic violence offense was NOT entered into the NICS database. pic.twitter.com/Y2dLtlAcZB
— Alexandra Samuels (@AlexSamuelsx5) November 6, 2017
What on earth?
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/927664121822060544
Human error cost human lives
— Liat ????? #democratsavage✊ (@arunningriot) November 6, 2017
Well this doesn't look good.
— Joyce Faraone (@factsfaraone) November 6, 2017
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No, it doesn’t. And it’s happened before:
Government error was also to blame in Charleston background check. Maybe government incompetence is the problem? https://t.co/riBIuW41xb
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 6, 2017
Question for gun control fanatics: What law could the government pass that would make them know what the hell they’re doing?
Horrible error. https://t.co/yCefpZrpGL
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/927667671277203456
Hard to blame current gun laws for the tragedy when government incompetence is preventing proper enforcement https://t.co/LlaJWBUia8
— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) November 6, 2017
What a horrible screw up by the Federal government. https://t.co/YJNzd6kSDq
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 6, 2017
People were willing to hold gun seller to blame for screw up; but now, do we hold the Federal govt to blame for it?
Never will happen.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 6, 2017
The instant response by many will be 'Lets spend more money! That'll fix it!'
This is why incompetence at Federal level never gets fixed.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 6, 2017
So, we had all the laws we needed, and we have a government that is too incompetent to carry them out. That is the lesson here.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 6, 2017
Indeed.
These people can't input simple names and numbers into a computer system but totally lets hand over healthcare to them. Just amazing.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 6, 2017
If anything, this makes it even clearer that more government involvement in our lives is the wrong answer to every problem. It’s evidently up to lawful gun owners to protect the public from men like Kelley.
Every single gun owner is for making sure this error doesn't happen again. https://t.co/W3qyX31l3R
— Mere Dake-O'Connor (@meredithdake) November 6, 2017
Parting food for thought:
Now go back and see how many others were not put in the system https://t.co/60XAzR5HqB
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 6, 2017
Terrifying.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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