Church shooting in Charlston S.C.

[56FordGuy]

Then they need to go back and prosecute his 'friends' that failed to report him for saying he was going to go shoot up the school.

What would they charge them with?

At the end of the day, the responsibility for the crime lies on the scumbag that pulled the trigger.

[FUJIMO]

What would they charge them with?

At the end of the day, the responsibility for the crime lies on the scumbag that pulled the trigger.

Agreed !

I was discussing the same topic this morning with someone who was all for prosecuting everyone involved. Unless they are accomplices we don't want to open that can of worms. We are already a country who loves civil suits .

[MrsMonkeyMan2500]

What would they charge them with?

At the end of the day, the responsibility for the crime lies on the scumbag that pulled the trigger.

Negligence.

They're no different than the prison tailor who provided tools to the escape convicts. If they had any idea that he was going to do something violent, they should have reported it. Maybe the police would have turned a blind eye. I doubt it though. They could have helped save lives. To me, failure to report is a crime. Maybe my a felony, but it should at least be a misdemeanor.

Edit: I realize this is a slippery slope. I realize that a law like that could be dangerous, but as a human, I'm angry. So forgive me. Edited June 24, 2015 by MrsMonkeyMan2500

[DaveTN]

Negligence.

They're no different than the prison tailor who provided tools to the escape convicts. If they had any idea that he was going to do something violent, they should have reported it. Maybe the police would have turned a blind eye. I doubt it though. They could have helped save lives. To me, failure to report is a crime. Maybe my a felony, but it should at least be a misdemeanor.

Edit: I realize this is a slippery slope. I realize that a law like that could be dangerous, but as a human, I'm angry. So forgive me.

It’s not the same at all. The persons who provide tools to the escaped convicts committed a crime. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t report people that say stupid things or make threats, but there isn’t whole lot law enforcement can do.

There was a thread on here a long time ago where the Feds went to a house because a guy got on some social media and was trying to get someone to come pick him up so they could go out killing people. Many people were upset that the cops had no business going there, and felt in some way it was a violation. It was just good police work by those that cared, but there wasn’t much they could do.

When you report a suspicious person the cops will go check it out, but without something of substance all they can do is talk to the person (sometimes that’s all it takes).

Some people get really wound up about the cops stopping people that open carry. But what would happen if a Police dispatcher told a caller open carry was legal and there was nothing they could do and the guy walked into a mall a started dropping bodies? The same people whining about the cops stopping open carry folks would be saying the cops were called but did nothing.

If this guy had been stopped before he acted and his weapons taken on a tip from his friend; there would be plenty of complaining about “gun control”.

This whole flag thing coming up again, gun control; it’s ridiculous. We live in a dangerous world with plenty of nut cases just like this guy. So what’s to stop someone else from walking into a school and murdering children or walking into a church and killing people? Nothing, and it will happen again. I have said it before and I will say it again. The only way to stop an active shooter is with an active shooter.

No one is to blame but the shooter. Not guns, not the battle flag, and not his friend. He will stand trial for his crimes and he will probably be executed. That is all that is going to happen.

[FUJIMO]

Negligence.

They're no different than the prison tailor who provided tools to the escape convicts. If they had any idea that he was going to do something violent, they should have reported it. Maybe the police would have turned a blind eye. I doubt it though. They could have helped save lives. To me, failure to report is a crime. Maybe my a felony, but it should at least be a misdemeanor.

Edit: I realize this is a slippery slope. I realize that a law like that could be dangerous, but as a human, I'm angry. So forgive me.

No way you would ever get negligence to stick. That would be cast aside under "awe he was always talking crazy stuff" .

I think it's funny we can't just stop at the accused anymore. We want to convict everyone who's ever met him/her.

For those in the knoxville area they are seeing the bus crash from dec.2014 play out in similar fashion . The one at fault is dead so let's go after the next in line.

Or a flag, a gun, a rogue cop, keep piling on till we feel satisfied