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Parkland, Broward and the FBI

Nikolas Jacob Cruz, 19 years old killed 17 people an injured 14 more.
Minutes after this tragic acts of cowardice, teen angst and stupidity occurred, people started clamoring for gun control and gun bans believing these would solve the problem.
True to all knee jerk reactions, this one was ignorant and wrong-headed. Before the facts even came in the anti-gunners appointed themselves judge and jury and sentenced the whole country to life without guns. These people have one single agenda. Get rid of guns. Logic, prudence and foresight never arise in their consciousness. But they did not wait until the research came in.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office received more than 20 tips about this boy! And the Broward County Sheriff's Office did what? Nothing! Maybe we should ban the Broward County Sheriff's Office and leave guns alone.
The FBI received information in September 2017 and January 2018 about Cruzs threats and antisocial behavior. And they too did eactly nothing!
We in America have a system of checks and balances for the safety of the general Public. This system is apparently broken. The solution is not to get rid of guns or some other thing but to fix the system of checks and balances. Because no matter what else happens people will always depend on a system of checks and balances to protect them. If that system doesn't work the people are in danger. Fix the system!
I am a staunch gun advocate. But even I can think of no reason whatsoever why anyone under 25 years of age should be allowed to own a weapon like this. Quite frankly, I don't see the need for assault type rifles like the one used by Cruz. However every time this argument rears its ugly head, I am reminded of an off mic quote buy Elizabeth Dole. We'll start with assault weapons and go from there...
It was a failure of our system that any angst-ridden teen could get ahold of an assault weapon
It was a failure of our system that the Broward County Sheriff's failed so miserably in their duty to protect its citizens
It was a failure of our system that the FBI was tipped off about this unstable child and did nothing.
It's a failure of our system if those who scream the loudest get their way regardless of facts, Common Sense, prudence and foresight. Don't let it happen.
It's a failure in our system when mainstream media puts hysterical teens on TV whose hormones are already out of balance even before the crisis.
It's a failure in our system when are congressional reps cannot recognize the difference between desperate emotion and logic. No nation can rule based on emotions.

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