Current Events > not the 1st time the FBI couldve but failed to stop a mass shooting by alt-right

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_High_School_shooting

On December 7, 2017, gunfire erupted at Aztec High School in Aztec, New Mexico, United States. The shooter, 21-year-old William Atchison, a former student at the school, killed two students in a classroom, and then committed suicide.

William Edward Atchison (1996[170] December 7, 2017) lived in Aztec with his parents, and was a former student at Aztec High School, but did not graduate. He worked at a local gas station. When Atchison entered Aztec High School on December 7, 2017 at approximately 8:04 a.m., he was "disguised as a student", and carrying a backpack with a Glock 9 mm semi-automatic pistol inside.[171] Atchison was investigated by the FBI in March 2016 due to posts he had made on an online forum indicating that he was planning a shooting, but was not charged because he had not committed a crime and did not own a gun at the time. He legally bought the pistol used in the attack in November 2017.[172][173]

Atchison's online activity included posting pro-Hitler and pro-Trump thoughts on alt-right websites like The Daily Stormer under such usernames as "Future Mass Shooter" and "Adam Lanza", and joking about school shootings, in particular the Columbine High School massacre. He also posted about his frustration with life in rural New Mexico and bleak career prospects.[174][175]

At the shooter's home a schedule for the killings was found, with the last entry being "8:00 a.m. die". He also had a thumb drive on his person with the same schedule. He had no criminal history; however, he was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2016 when he had asked on an internet forum "where to find cheap assault rifles for a mass shooting". The shooter told the FBI that he was simply trolling, and thereafter the FBI dropped the matter.[176][177]

The incident led to 3 deaths, 2 by murder and 1 by suicide.
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so you guys want the internet to be heavily regulated and watched over by the fbi every second of the day? trolling is a federal offense?
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metralo posted...

so you guys want the internet to be heavily regulated and watched over by the fbi every second of the day? trolling is a federal offense?

When trolling is in the form of "I am going to shoot up a school," it's an offense.

I'd love it if the FBI was doing that. Whatever one says in an comment section is akin to saying it on a street corner. Everyone is there to read or hear it.
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If someone explicitly says they are going to kill someone that should be looked into.
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YellowSUV posted...

If someone explicitly says they are going to kill someone that should be looked into.

What should they do after it's been looked into?
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metralo posted...

so you guys want the internet to be heavily regulated and watched over by the fbi every second of the day? trolling is a federal offense?

Wow...
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metralo posted...

so you guys want the internet to be heavily regulated and watched over by the fbi every second of the day? trolling is a federal offense?

It already is.
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metralo posted...

so you guys want the internet to be heavily regulated and watched over by the fbi every second of the day?

> implying it's not already watched over by the FBI

metralo posted...

trolling is a federal offense?

Asking how to obtain a gun so you can shoot up a school is far past trolling.
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The FBI should investigate every threat of violence made since the inception of the Internet. Thats almost 30 years worth.

Actually they should lock up anyone and everyone whose made threats.

They investigated this person and then let him go. They should have imprisoned him right away. But then again maybe when he got out he could have gone on a shooting spree.

So lets just give life imprisonment, maybe expand Guantanamo. Not one more dead child.
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ok, yes, I agree. but where does it stop? many CEmen would have been arrested by now, in the last few weeks. tens of thousands would be kicked off youtube. reddit/4chan/twitter, may as well shut them down. you guys cool with that too? are there enough employees for that?

what about things like "#killallmen"? should we take those people into account too? even if its hyperbole?
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metralo posted...

ok, yes, I agree. but where does it stop? many CEmen would have been arrested by now, in the last few weeks. tens of thousands would be kicked off youtube. reddit/4chan/twitter, may as well shut them down. you guys cool with that too? are there enough employees for that?

what about things like "#killallmen"? should we take those people into account too? even if its hyperbole?

cool with that? yes. enough employees? maybe. account too? yes.
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The FBI was to busy chasing conspiracy theories
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anyone that threatens violence, especially a mass shooting, absolutely should be charged with a crime imo
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There's so many idiots here it's comical.

muchdran posted...

The FBI was to busy chasing conspiracy theories

yeah I'm sure Michael Flynn admitted guilt just to make himself look bad for no reason, not because the Trump team tried to conspire with the Russians to win the election.
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