The laws and the rules FAILED! We don't need more of the same failure!-----Has Anyone Highlighted This Key Detail About the Texas Shooter's Background Check?

Has Anyone Highlighted This Key Detail About the Texas Shooter's Background Check?

• Ramos was known to be trouble. He got into fights, slashed his own face, told friends he hoped to join the military so he could kill people and posted multiple rape and death threats on the app Yubo...

"There were plenty of laws that could have stopped this kid, granted some need updating—but let’s talk about the background check.

What happened with this process? 

If Ramos put his grandparents’ address on the 4473 form with the ATF, he would have been denied. 

He should have been denied. His grandfather has a criminal record. 

He admitted that he cannot be around firearms because of this, adding that if he had known Ramos had guns, he would have to inform the police (via NY Daily News):

The grandfather of the Texas teen who killed 21 people in an elementary school Tuesday said he can’t be around guns and would have reported that his grandson had two of them had he known...

So, what happened here? 

Was this a background check failure? 

It’s not the first time. 

Dylann Roof, Devin Patrick Kelley, and Nikolas Cruz were all able to legally buy their weapons either due to severe clerical errors or authorities simply dropping the ball. 

If that’s the case, then this whole narrative about expanding background checks has been delivered a massive blow. 

The system is only as good as the people tasked with its maintenance..."