re: #498 Targetpractice

Hell, already heard plenty of people around me wonder why, if the cops were called to Rodger’s apartment, why he was not taken into custody or his place searched, since obviously he was so crazy that you could smell it on him. But I’ll bet not a one will question why, if it was so obvious that the cops had reason to haul him off, that it wasn’t obvious enough for a gun dealer to think twice about selling him three guns.

Contrary to popular opinion, the cops can’t just “haul you off” at will.

It’s a Real Big Deal to do legally, so in nearly all cases it isn’t done at all.

If the murderous asshole had pointed a gun at his head, that would have gotten him 72 hours in observation, but with money and a good lawyer he’d have been free again. His only fear was that they’d find his weapons cache, although since he was a Responsible Gun Owner I don’t know why that worried him. It’s not as though they would have confiscated his weapons.