--- In [email protected], "Springfield_Slim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > It is reported that VT killer Cho had once stalked a campus girl > and > > that he was arrested but that she refused to press charges. > > > > Had she pressed charges, do you think that could have had some > effect > > on him? Could it have led to him being evaluated and put in a > better > > position that he had been in to get help? > > > > As such, do you feel that the girl who refused to press charges > > contributed to the horrible events at VT?
I may have been incorrect, in my previous post. Prohibitions on Firearm Sales Persons To Whom Sale of Firearms is Prohibited It is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to: 1. a person under indictment for, or who has been convicted in, any court of a crime punishable by over a year in prison 2. a fugitive from justice 3. an unlawful user of any controlled substance or a person addicted to any controlled substance 4. a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution 5. a person illegally or unlawfully in the US 6. a person dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces 7. a citizen of the US who has renounced his/her citizenship 8. a person subject to a court order that restrains him/her from "harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner ... or child or such intimate partner..." > > > > It is my understanding of Federal law that if she *had* pressed > charges for stalking, it would have resulted in a "red flag" on his > record, and > he would not have been able to legally purchase a firearm. >
