This made the rounds of FB yesterday with a very misleading headline. Seems like the point they were trying to make is that if everyone had a gun like this gun store owner, we would all be safer.
http://knowledgeglue.com/mass-shooting-in-athens-ohio-pre... Looks like the store owner took his legal responsibilities seriously and perhaps prevented the loss of one or more lives.
I don't see the problem, Alan. Here's the headline: Mass shooting in Athens Ohio prevented by law abiding gun store owner.
What's the error?
The un-stated issue here, after the appropriate credit to the owner who was diligent, is the fact this guy left the shop where he was denied, and went and purchased a gun at another store while in the same mental state.
According to the story, he was not buying a gun at Wal-Mart, but attempting to buy ammo: Deputies located Howard inside the store at the firearms counter attempting to purchase a large quantity of ammunition, gloves and camouflage clothing.
It does say they found a "newly purchased" gun inside his car, but it doesn't say when or where that gun was purchased, or who purchased it.
Which is exactly what I said. Somewhere between the original store and his ammo attempt at Walmart he bought a gun
Is that true? Did that happen?
Edit: I found this story with the reference to the .22 purchase they claim happened after the Logan gun store incident:
http://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/ou-police-chief-no-... Seems a bit fishy. The story gives no name of the "Athens store" that sold the .22 rifle. It says the gun was "newly purchased," which would seem to indicate it was in a retail bag, or there was a receipt, or something to indicate it was newly purchased. The story does rightly point out the immediate question: why did the guy not buy ammo at the store where he allegedly bought the .22?
Last Edited: 3/26/2016 8:51:10 AM by Robert Fox