Rather than worrying about expanding gun rights, why aren't we more concerned about how guns are already being legally purchased and by whom? There were concerns about the stability of the VT gunman before his rampage and his purchase of a lot of ammo didn't give anyone pause. Now it comes out that the NIU guy was both in a psychiatric facility, released from the military for psychiatric reasons and known to go off his meds. Yet he had no problems getting a gun license or purchasing weapons. From this article:
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gunmans...14171009990001
"A former employee at a Chicago psychiatric treatment center said Kazmierczak was placed there after high school by his parents. She said he used to cut himself, and had resisted taking his medications.
He also had a short-lived stint as a prison guard that ended abruptly when he didn't show up for work. He was in the Army for about six months in 2001-02, but he told a friend he'd gotten a psychological discharge."
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"University Police Chief Donald Grady said Friday that Kazmierczak had become erratic in the past two weeks after he stopped taking his medication."
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"He never wanted to identify with being mentally ill," she said. "That was part of the problem."
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"On Feb. 9, Kazmierczak walked into a Champaign gun store and picked up two guns — a Remington shotgun and a Glock 9mm handgun. He bought the two other handguns at the same shop — a Hi-Point .380 on Dec. 30 and a Sig Sauer on Aug. 6.
All four guns were bought legally from a federally licensed firearms dealer, said Thomas Ahern, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. At least one criminal background check was performed — Kazmierczak had no criminal record.
Kazmierczak had a State Police-issued FOID, or firearms owners identification card, which is required in Illinois to own a gun, authorities said. Such cards are rarely issued to those with recent mental health problems."
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