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griffi94

(3,733 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:10 AM Sep 2019

The NRA will use this to claim Red Flag Laws won't work

"A report out Wednesday by the San Antonio Express-News found that a gun owner in Texas had sent more than 100 pages of racist and violent letters to the Texas Attorney General's office threatening to kill undocumented immigrants over the course of a year and a half, and that nothing was done to stop him or to communicate the threat to local authorities.

"We will open fire on these thugs," the white man who allegedly sent the messages wrote in an email to the office. "It will be a bloodbath."

Over the same period, local officers in San Antonio responded to 911 calls made by and about the man, and visited his house, on at least 35 occasions. However, because he had never seemingly committed a crime, police did not arrest him or take legal action. Nearby neighbors told the Express-News that the man's home is covered in security cameras and that he often emerged holding a shotgun."

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-shootings-gun-policy-1457936

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The NRA will use this to claim Red Flag Laws won't work (Original Post) griffi94 Sep 2019 OP
Which nut case in Texas? The most recent one or the one from a month ago? Either way police ... uponit7771 Sep 2019 #1
This isn't on the police griffi94 Sep 2019 #3
They will work if the authorities do their jobs. nt tblue37 Sep 2019 #2

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
1. Which nut case in Texas? The most recent one or the one from a month ago? Either way police ...
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:12 AM
Sep 2019

... were told and they did little about the nut case.

griffi94

(3,733 posts)
3. This isn't on the police
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:19 AM
Sep 2019

I rarely make a case for cops, but this is squarely on Texas AG Ken Paxton.
I'm so glad I left Texas.

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