Right now, NRA-backed Trump and McConnell are holding back all kinds of gun safety legislation, but two key components are registartion/tracking of gun sales and RED FLAG laws.
Since El Paso and Dayton there have been MULTIPLE mass shooters stopped before the act. This article is discussing that success and the nature of the effort. Here are the key points
1. TRACKING DATA HELPS
"[L]aw enforcement played a preventative role. In many of the cases, such as the arrests made — in Las Vegas and in Boardman, Ohio — the successes appear directly linked to law enforcement initiative."
"As reported by CNN on Aug. 5, 2019, following the El Paso and Dayton killings, FBI Director Chris Wray immediately instructed all FBI field offices to conduct a new threat assessment in each of their regions. The term “threat assessment” has a specific legal meaning for the bureau: It is something less than an investigation but more than just passively receiving information."
The opening of an assessment allows for the collection and analysis of available intelligence on a topic and the sharing of findings with law enforcement partners.
It’s likely that this assessment included reaching out to police agencies and offering to help scrub their databases and files for any credible indication of a potential mass shooter. It’s also likely that the bureau scoured its own records for any intelligence that could even remotely point to a possible mass attacker. Additionally, it seems clear that state and federal prosecutors who, prior to the recent tragedies, might have asked for more evidence that a suspect had moved from aspiration to action, have been willing to move more aggressively.
On the other hand, the fact that the FBI had to awkwardly shoehorn its recent mass attacker initiative into the confines of a noninvestigative threat assessment demonstrates both an admirable effort and the absence of more powerful legal authorities."
2. PUBLIC REPORTING (i.e., Red Flag laws) WORK
Second, the spike in arrests suggests that the public’s willingness to report concerns is increasing. In the arrests at Long Beach, Youngstown, and Norwalk, Conn., the public appear to have brought their observations directly to law enforcement. While our elected officials are on vacation, our fellow citizens have been taking it upon themselves to speak up when something seems wrong."
THE OVERARCHING REALITY IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC ARE WORKING in the absence of action from Washington, so obviously support from Washington would only make everyone safer.
Two of the most common and supported gun safety measures are registration/tracking/universal BG checks and Red Flag laws
