Should Omar Mateen have been legally allowed to buy a gun on June 10, 2016?

[MK]

No one needs an AR-15 in a domestic capacity, let alone an angry homophobic ISIS supporter.

Think about it.



Now this weapon was used at

1. Sandy Hook
2. San Bernadino
3. Colorado theatre - Batman movie
4. Oregon Community College
5. Santa Monica massacre

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/ar-15-rifle-used-orlando-massacre-has-bloody-pedigree-n590581

It is only designed to kill human beings.

I am a little pissed that he was permitted to buy such a weapon.

Just to imagine the families grief makes me furious about this issue.

 All guns are designed to kill things.   The absurdity in this thread is really telling. 

"No one should be allowed to buy that gun.  It's for assault not defense"      Really people?

[MK]

At some point, the 2nd Amendment Absolutists need to acknowledge that there is a tradeoff between freedom and security.
They need to admit that you can't make it harder for people like Omar Mateen to get assault weapons without making it harder for everyone to get them. And if you aren't willing to make it harder for everyone to get them, you're leaving an opening for terror attacks like this to happen.

Stricter immigration laws would not have stopped this non-immigrant.

I'm not sure how "mental health" does anything unless you subject everyone to mandatory psychiatric evaluations at regular intervals.

You can't just say, "Well we'll just take the guns away from the Muslims so that the LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS can have all the arms they want."

There is always a trade off in a free society.  Its great that the 2nd amendment keeps it that way.

While you pointed out that this guy was an "american born", I do feel that we haven't confronted extremist Islamic ideology strong enough.  

[MK]

After all those FBI interviews with this guy why wasn't an identifier on his SBI number?   One other thing I'm curious about is when did he start this security job?   If anything the employer should have revoked his permit to work armed security.    Seems like some break downs here.