Ironically, the mass shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last week, leaving 17 dead, perpetrated by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, could have been prevented if his name had been placed in the FBI's database, listing him as a mentally ill person, as I suggested be done on November 30, 2015 in my aforementioned www.Compendius.com article for regarding people with mental illness (http://compendius.com/?p=682).

Last year, Cruz's adoptive mother had taken him to see a psychiatrist regarding mental problems. There were also other medical records that labeled Cruz mentally ill and impaired. Had these items been in the FBI's database that is used to do background checks regarding potential gun purchases, Cruz would have been barred from buying a weapon, as doctors would have been legally required to report his condition to the FBI.

As I've stated before on this site, no one should want guns in the hands of mentally ill people. It is a recipe for death and disaster. As previously stated on the site, no civilian should be able to purchase an automatic weapon that can dispense 100 bullets a minute, as Cruz was able to do, killing 17 innocent people with the AR-15 rifle.

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