Shooting at School in Parkland, Florida

[theGinsue]

Dang dude, do we need to send a welfare check your way?

Naw, he's good. By "checking out of this effed up place" he's referring to moving out of state. At least I think that's what he means.

[hurley842002]

Naw, he's good. By "checking out of this effed up place" he's referring to moving out of state. At least I think that's what he means.

Ahhh, in that case #imwithhim

[CoGirl303]

WATCH LIVE: Thousands rally for gun control after Florida massacre. Click for coverage from CBS News.

A whole lotta' stupid. "The Constitution doesn't say you have a right to buy a gun."

ETA: A whole lot of heat and not much light coming from that crowd. They twist the Constitution into giving us rights, not limiting the Federal government of infringing on the rights given to us by our creator.

A sign in the group stating "Guns don't die, children do."

I guess they aren't gonna like this then.

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[Gman]

I guess they aren't gonna like this then.

Florida Senate Committee Taking Up Bill to Arm Teachers

That strategy has been working well for Utah.

[Gman]

The things that the left are clamoring for to prevent school shootings are already in place...other than to pretend that they can put the genie back in the bottle and make guns disappear.

So much fail with this. The system that the left wants to save them totally failed them...but the problem is guns.

Mental health agency examined Cruz in 2016, didn't hospitalize him

A 2016 mental health report said that crisis workers from a South Florida mental health facility were called to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to hold alleged Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz for a psychiatric evaluation, but ultimately decided against hospitalizing him.

Henderson Behavioral Health was called under the Baker Act to temporarily commit Cruz for an involuntary psychiatric exam in November 2016, but its health professionals chose not to do so after visiting with him at the school, according to a 2016 Florida Department of Children and Families investigative report obtained by NBC News.

Under the Baker Act, individuals can be detained against their will for up to 72 hours. Those 17 and younger can be held for 12 hours.

The report found that the mental health center was called after Cruz had sent out a Snapchat video in which he cut both of his arms and shared his intention "to go out and buy a gun." The report also noted that in 2015 Cruz had a "Nazi symbol drawn on his book bag" and "hate signs on a book bag stating, 'I hate n------.'"

Cruz allegedly killed 17 students and staff members and injured many more Wednesday in an attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which he attended until he was expelled last year.

Lynda Cruz, his adoptive mother who died from pneumonia in November 2017, told mental health investigators in November 2016 that her son suffered from ADHD, depression and autism but insisted he received his necessary medication as prescribed, according to the report. She told investigators at the time that her son did not own a gun, beyond an air gun that she had taken away when he "didn't follow house rules about only shooting it within the backyard at the targets."

Lynda Cruz told investigators that her son had started to cut himself after a breakup, the report said. She also "stated that there has never been any issues with other races or issues with racism in her family."

Though there had been an account of medical neglect, the report said that "[Cruz's] clinician from Henderson mental health has stated that there are no issues with [Cruz's] medication and he has been compliant with taking his medication and keeps all of his appointments."

A counselor at the school told the Florida Department of Children and Families investigators that a professional from the mental health facility had visited Cruz and "found him to be stable enough [to] not be hospitalized." The school counselor expressed concern with the department, according to the report, and said she and her staff wanted to "ensure that the assessment of Henderson was not premature."

Nonetheless, the Florida Department of Children and Families investigation was "closed with no indicators to support the allegations of inadequate supervision or medical neglect."

Henderson Behavioral Health did not respond to a request for comment.

After his mother died, Cruz and his brother lived with a family friend. He later asked a school friend if he could live with him and his family. That friend's parents, James and Kimberly Snead, spoke about Cruz to the media for the first time on Saturday.

"We had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know," Kimberly Snead told the Miami Herald. "We didn't see this side of him."

"Everything everybody seems to know, we didn't know," James Snead said. "It's as simple as that."

Cruz is now charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. His court-appointed lawyer said that he would plead guilty to a sentence of life without parole.

Less than six weeks prior to the shooting, the FBI also received a tip about Cruz but never followed up.

"The system broke down," said Gordon Weekes, one of Broward County's chief assistant public defenders. "It did not catch the red flags … [and] it's changed the landscape of this community."

[KevDen2005]

I guess they aren't gonna like this then.

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When I was in the Army I remember Florida as a very gun loving state. I am happy to see this is still the case.

Criminals hate being shot at.

[thedave1164]

Again and again the same thing plays out, so many missed opportunities to stop this perp in his tracks, just like most of the other mass shooters.

[KevDen2005]

Again and again the same thing plays out, so many missed opportunities to stop this perp in his tracks, just like most of the other mass shooters.

Looks like Florida is doing it. The right answer is not a gun free zone, but guns in the right hands.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Naw, he's good. By "checking out of this effed up place" he's referring to moving out of state. At least I think that's what he means.

Yes this....sorry if my wording was interpreted otherwise. I want to get my place in AZ, get a decent enough job...and eff the world.

Anyone would be insane to not keep up with the further decline of America unfolding before us, I'll have the webz as Lobo calls it and some TV for the few networks I do follow programming that I like.

I see these damn kids and the media bitchen about guns, I'm tired of putting up with liberal horseshit from all directions....Denver and Colorado is for those people now and I cant take it anymore. So many people have been brought up in life as Winners when they're Not, that they can't handle it when life deals them heavy doses of Reality. They never learned reality while they were brought up with Time Outs, and Trophies for just taking up space and having a damn name.

I'm just pissed off, damn it. And I'm taking my ball, and leaving for my final residence...lol. Think Rebas house in the first Tremors movie....

[OtterbatHellcat]

"broke into the wrong goll darn rec-room, didn't ya?"