A guy with a dishonorable discharge obtained several firearms and killed 26 people in Texas. A dishonorable discharge appears on a NICS background check and stops a transfer. Did background checks work to stop this shooting?
A dishonorable discharge could mean lots of things. There’s not just one thing that you do to receive that mark on your records. And why is a dishonorable discharge on a background check anyway? It should only be on there if what he did was bad enough to not qualify to purchase a gun. I know felons can’t buy but I think the guy who evades taxes and gets a felony is way different than a killer or someone who has committed assault or rape.
The report I saw this morning said the weapons were purchased legally by someone else ... so I guess the TX shooter must have gotten them at Midnight Gun Sales, Inc.
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I came here to echo @rons comments. In the rush to get the story out....I think some sources misclassified his discharge. It looks to me as if he had a ‘Bad Conduct Discharge’ which does not preclude him from owning a firearm. Is that correct? I do know that a DD prevents it. So it would appear that this was a legally obtained firearm. Assuming that is the case....is it worth discussing whether or not a convicted domestic abuser should be allowed to have a firearm? I’m not taking a side here....I’m asking for an opinion.
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They just reported on TV that his discharge is not clear yet or if he legal to purchase the three guns he had with him. He did buy them, one rifle and two hand guns. Seems the citizen shot him but he killed himself in the car.
Which takes nothing away from the police- it just demonstrates how the police can’t be everywhere, and depend on an armed population to defend themselves and others.
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