he was 18 years old, he worked part-time at the drive-through at a local wendy s, yet police said he had at least $4,000 of brand-new weapons, including two ar-15 rifles, 1600 rounds of .556 ammunition, a ballistic vest, and 60 magazines. one of his rivals was a high-end model manufactured by a company called daniel defense. according to a receipt that he posted in private message, that gun cost $2,000 and he paid in full. he could have bought effectively the very same rifle at any one store for a third of the cost. but apparently to him, price was no object. that s pretty weird. if police know where he got the money to buy one of the most expensive ar-15s on the market, they are not telling us. nor for that matter have they explained why they lied about the most basic facts of the shooting. for the first 24 hours they told us that a school resource officer fired at the government. he engaged. but they must ve known at the time they said it that that was not true. they must
he was 18 years old, he worked part-time at the drive-through at a local wendy s, yet police said he had at least $4,000 of brand-new weapons, including two ar-15 rifles, 1600 rounds of .556 ammunition, a ballistic vest, and 60 magazines. one of his rivals was a high-end model manufactured by a company called daniel defense. according to a receipt that he posted in private message, that gun cost $2,000 and he paid in full. he could have bought effectively the very same rifle at any one store for a third of the cost. but apparently to him, price was no object. that s pretty weird. if police know where he got the money to buy one of the most expensive ar-15s on the market, they are not telling us. nor for that matter have they explained why they lied about the most basic facts of the shooting. for the first 24 hours they told us that a school resource officer fired at the government. he engaged.
nothing seems to work. we throw on more ar-15s on the market. more ak-47s on the market. it doesn t seem to stop anywhere. now, i do know that there needs to be a bigger and better mental health program, where they will be able to identify who might be a risk person for guns. that doesn t but there s still people that are doing that. it s valuable. there are people who are in charge of vetting that. people are human, humans make mistakes. correct, i agree humans make mistakes. but i don t think enough is being done enough money is being allowed to go into the mental health program in order to find out who are these people, identify these people, and be able to help law enforcement identify them. but also but you know what, none of these things are going to solve the problem individually. they all need to be worked on. correct. you know, this is like correct. saying, well, let s not have speed limits, because there
people who support gun violence prevention measures makes a difference. we have to stop tweeting what we think and doing it. kent, do you think real change is physical action. physical action, you re saying. kent, do you think real change is possible? physical action. no, really, i don t. columbine was almost 20 years ago. and as soon as we had columbine happened, there were many of us teachers that prayed and prayed that this would be the end. but in the in light of things, we knew it was just going to be the beginning of things. it hasn t stopped. there s been no major legislation. nothing seems to work. we throw on more ar-15s on the market. more ak-47s on the market. it doesn t seem to stop anywhere. now, i do know that there needs to be a bigger and better mental health program, where they will be able to identify who might be