Doh!
For over a year (2/2016-3/2017), the state of Florida didn't run NICS background checks before issuing new firearms licenses. The reason... The employee charged with doing the checks couldn't login to the NICS system. She did not get her access fixed or report it up the chain. This was during a period of record permit applications. The fail is quite strong here...
Adam Putnam?s office stopped concealed weapons background checks for a year because it couldn?t log in | Tampa Bay Times
[STRIKE]So, at this point, it looks like the Parkland school shooter was enabled by:
For over a year (2/2016-3/2017), the state of Florida didn't run NICS background checks before issuing new firearms licenses. The reason... The employee charged with doing the checks couldn't login to the NICS system. She did not get her access fixed or report it up the chain. This was during a period of record permit applications. The fail is quite strong here...
Adam Putnam?s office stopped concealed weapons background checks for a year because it couldn?t log in | Tampa Bay Times
[STRIKE]So, at this point, it looks like the Parkland school shooter was enabled by:
- Obama-era school policy keeping criminals in school
- School officials that went out of their way to keep violent offenders in school.
- A local police department that didn't report multiple encounters that would have made the Parkland shooter ineligible for a license.
- That same police department not reacting quickly to stop the shootings once it started.
- A broken licensing system that would have issued the license anyway even if the other government agencies were working correctly.
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