--- In [email protected], "Springfield_Slim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Springfield_Slim" > <springfield_slim@> 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
This is what should have put him on the federal list. A "mental defective" includes anyone who has been ruled to be a danger to him/herself because of mental illness, which is what the local judge did when he was brought in after the woman had reported him to the campus police for stalking.
