Police have described the firearm Seth Ator, 36, used in Saturday's killing spree in and around Odessa, Texas, as an AR-15-style rifle. Ator tried to buy a firearm on January 14, 2014, but wasn't allowed to, the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN in an email. The department is prohibited by law from disclosing the reason he was denied the purchase, the DPS said.
A photo of Seth Ator released by the city of Odessa.Speaking at a press conference Monday, Combs said the firing wasn't the reason for the shooting spree and that he was"already enraged" when he showed up for work.Ator had been "on a long spiral going down," and he had"probably been in trouble for a while," Combs said.
Why is Mitch McConnell not bringing bills on gun control to the Senate Floor for a discussion. Is he under NRA control? Does he enjoy the carnage or it has not hit close enough to home. Anyway you look, what he's doing is costing more lives. It's criminal!
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You stupid people there's a mass shooting in Chicago ever weekend why don't you report about that, 25 shot 7 killed this labor day weekend, one of the stritress gin laws in the country.
Well, you don’t say Interesting how that works.... almost like we shouldn’t be voting to make law abiding citizens defenseless or something? If we made everything north of a pocket knife illegal, there will still be mass shootings. I hope this beats the dead horse to the left.
You can thank Greg Abbott.
Where did the 330 victim guns come from in Chicago this year?
The person he bought it from also needs to be held accountable.
Trump’s fault. Let’s make every gun illegal, and when the first shooting occurs we can tell all these control yahoos to shut up because laws don’t control bad people.
Let's report it correctly - the gun was purchased from...Ukraine?
If the gun market is not regulated, it is disaster .... Any secondary markets are regulated, otherwise, the accountability is lost
Had a Beto sticker on his truck also..he should be responsible for this
Well there’s a surprise 😔
VanJones68 Exactly
AshaRangappa_ VanJones68 IF YOU SEE THIS GUY IN THE STOP N SHOP SUPERMARKET 'DO NOT' LEND HIM YOUR PHONE TO MAKE AN 'EMERGENCY CALL.' 😂😂 YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED CONTACT AUTHORITIES RIGHT AWAY TRUMP Dorian loudobbs
VanJones68 Da ya!!! It doesn’t matter if it was purchased legal or not!! It the person pulling the trigger.....
VanJones68 Gotta love idiots talking to each other. Private sale loophole? Even with the buyer's background and medical history? How do you suppose regulating this? Cancel their licenses? Incidentally, private sale is the prevailing method in all gun control places, like say chicago
VanJones68 Van the communist Jones Show cancelled Lemons next
VanJones68 Loophole...bought out of a trunk of a car...is that your loophole. Running out of excuses. Criminals commit crimes. Guns could be stolen. CNN is fake news
VanJones68 And no, it is not a loophole. It is the design process as part of the law. that is why there are gun shows every weekend in Houston. that is why they're advertised everyday on the conservative radio station here
AshaRangappa_ VanJones68 A compromise recommendation, all potential gun buyers need a Gov't issued driver's license or ID. On the card, a color code bar added with Red, amber, or green. If you are red you can't purchase a gun from anyone, green you can, amber, you need something fixed administratively.
lol wow Its USA.
VanJones68 Can victims families sue the government?
VanJones68 Sorry CNN you are lying again. Texas does not allow transfer of deadly weapons. Read the law!
VanJones68 What “loopholes” exist in Chicago (same number killed by guns this weekend as in Odessa), St. Louis, Baltimore, Philly, etc, etc, etc......... MOTHERF*CKERS?
VanJones68 Criminals don’t follow laws. Universal Background Checks May actually increase “private sales” of guns
VanJones68 What loophole? There’s no loophole.
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GUN CONTROL
nonotoriety Good job CNN
I believe this is referred to as a freaking loophole.
How many times have we heard 'close the gun show loophole' by logical politicians and it is always rejected...
Did he buy his ammo from Walmart?
Universal background checks are a bad idea huh
Did he buy it from a criminal? Criminals do not do background checks on a potential customer
Because it works?
kenkircher1 Did they also tell you he was a flaming liberal
Close all the loop holes!
Lmfao illegal or not the private sale would still occur... no street sales are legal yet they happen daily...
Well then what the f will gun laws do?
So, what's the name of the person that sold him the weapon in a private sale?
He applied was not approved because of a mental health problem
He bought it illegally it’s still illegal to sell a firearm to a felon.
Why are you showing his picture?
Oh and apparently he was a democratic socialist
As simple as that! No wonder he’s smirking!
once I was asked if I wanted to purchase a boat with a turret mounted, said no, regret it still, would be easy to get irresponsible people out of the way
70,000 opioid deaths. Hundreds killed by illegal immigrants
Stop publishing their names and photos. Stop making them famous!
I hope the seller gets sued
And therein lies the problem...
Ban black market gun sales!
That's a weird name what's the origin of that?
itsNotMe404 good luck.
Charge this private person who sold him the gun as an accessory then... Simple really.
So we can hand out assault weapons too! Yay freedom! I get to cower at home because we let wannabe heroes walk around with guns
How convenient.
charge the seller with accessory to those crimes?! LOL!
How many illegal aliens go thru background checks?
please tell me how increase background checks would have stopped this oh ya politicians are using this as a excuse to stop law abiding citizens.
Hmmm seems like criminals who want to get a gun, will find a way to get a gun.
Background checks will only give people a false sense of security anyway. It's bread and circuses given to the masses to appease us. It will make little to no difference in the gun violence.
Well would ya look at that
Wouldn't it be penalty the store?
“Private sale”. So you mean it was illegally purchased which no law will prevent?
Ah hah! Great job CravenCongress
This man was a terrorist. It's not mental illness or guns that kill. It's evil people like him. Control the killers.
Living the Texas cliché.
Yes, they’re called loopholes and they can take your loved one’s life, anytime and any day.....
Private sells meaning that loophole at gun shows...what's the point of having flawed laws. 😑 GunReformNow
It's against the law a prohibited person cannot do this or its a felony.
Private seller background checks require a massive surveillance/police state to enforce.
ZERO Facts! Fact he was a Democrat!
Republicans are baby killers.
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