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Related: About this forumMichigan AG: MSU gunman 'not eligible to have that weapon' - MSNBC Reports
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says Michigan State University gunman Anthony McRea had prior convictions and should not have had a gun. - Aired on 02/14/2023.
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Michigan AG: MSU gunman 'not eligible to have that weapon' - MSNBC Reports (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2023
OP
According to neighbors, McRae had encounters with the police last year for shooting in his back yard
MichMan
Feb 2023
#5
I agree. We always learn these important revelations after-the-fact when it's too late...
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2023
#6
Yet it's been proven that these untrained gun owners are more likely to be injured with their own guns
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2023
#8
keithbvadu2
(40,126 posts)1. Yet, he had it.
Rhiannon12866
(222,287 posts)2. And how many times have we heard that??
The Sandy Hook shooter immediately comes to mind - he stole his mother's gun and used it against her...
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. "We have to love our kids more than we love our guns"
More DAs like that!
Rhiannon12866
(222,287 posts)4. That statement need so go viral - spread far and wide!
MichMan
(13,200 posts)5. According to neighbors, McRae had encounters with the police last year for shooting in his back yard
If as AG Nessel states, he was not allowed to possess a gun, why wasn't he arrested and charged by the Ingham County prosecutor ? No action against him was ever taken. Why ?
Rhiannon12866
(222,287 posts)6. I agree. We always learn these important revelations after-the-fact when it's too late...
Frasier Balzov
(3,486 posts)7. Gun lovers will say Look at how ineffective your precious bans are.
They will say it is preferable to arm everyone and empower would-be victims to return fire.
Ground Hog Day again in America.
Rhiannon12866
(222,287 posts)8. Yet it's been proven that these untrained gun owners are more likely to be injured with their own guns