Criminals break the law
Steve Watson
Prison Planet.com
Nov 6, 2017
It has now emerged that the person who shot 26 people dead in Texas Sunday was previously denied a firearms carry permit and lied on the background check to purchase the murder weapon.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that Devin Patrick Kelley was denied a gun permit on the grounds that he had a criminal record, and a history of mental health problems after being dishonorably discharged from the air force in 2014.
Reports suggest that Kelley bought a Ruger-AR556 rifle in April 2016 from a store in San Antonio, but that he lied on the required background forms, denying he had a “disqualifying criminal history.”
Devin Kelley purchased the Ruger-AR556 rifle in April 2016 from an Academy Sports & Outdoors in San Antonio, a law enforcement official tells @evanperez.
Official says Kelley checked box to indicate he didn’t have any disqualifying criminal history on background paperwork
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) November 6, 2017
In short, it was against the law for Kelley to own a firearm.
NOW: Sheriff asked about gun control. “The guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) November 6, 2017
Further…he had an illegal firearm and a legal firearm took out the shooter. Guns save lives. Fix mental illness.
— M🇺🇸GA (@joey_girardi) November 6, 2017
Abbot called Kelley “a very deranged individual,” while those who knew him have described him as a ‘creepy’, ‘crazy’ and ‘weird,’ person who preached about atheism on the internet.
These are the Facebook likes of the shooter, as being reported by Heavy and other outlets. pic.twitter.com/Lqw1ECwnLA
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 5, 2017
The facts don’t stand in the way of a good gun control froth though, as the internet proved:
People can kill lots of people w/guns. Guns never imagined by…