Expect Sutherland Springs to be suing the AF/feds

[funksouljon]

with the new information that the AF didn't enter the shooter into a database as they should have, it very likely would have prevented a # of subsequent steps from happening.

All the technology and laws in the world cannot overcome some basic human error in a process.

Love / hate on guns aside, process wasn't followed and should have been, he likely wouldn't have had such access.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Was thinking that this morning when I read AF failed to report this guy's crimes to the NCIC.
The families of the victims could sue the F-16's out of the DOD.

 

[funksouljon]

Was thinking that this morning when I read AF failed to report this guy's crimes to the NCIC.
The families of the victims could sue the F-16's out of the DOD.

Buddy of mine used to work as an investigator with the division that is responsible for investigations, research and inputing the data. He says "glad I was gone during this time frame".

 

[ReliableOstrich]

They could ring up the DOD on a billion dollar lawsuit, 26 deaths at around $40m each. That doesn't even count the injured.

Now maybe an interesting time to invest in Sutherland Springs real estate.

 

[funksouljon]

Plus the injured who now have to modify their their lives due to injury from shell shock.

 

[BelemNole]

Did he serve at any bases in the SA region? I graduated HS on a base about 30 minutes from the shooting.

 

[Random_John]

Does the AF have Sovereign immunity?

 

[IcelandNole]

The tax payers will end up paying the bill. The only impact to the AF will be a black eye and a couple of firings.

 

[Gonolz]

Does the AF have Sovereign immunity?

Yes, but there are exceptions under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

 

[F4Gary]

The guy was a whacko. He would have gotten a gun regardless. I know, need to fix the reporting problem. On that I agree.

 

[DFSNOLE]

The guy was a whacko. He would have gotten a gun regardless. I know, need to fix the reporting problem. On that I agree.

Saying he would is speculation. We know he got them through otherwise legal ways solely due to an egregious error by the AF. That is fact.

 

[DDennis73]

Why are people assuming that if he wasnt legally allowed to obtain a gun he would not have gotten one. There is a law that makes it illegal to kill someone and he ignored that. Its Texas, its not hard to get a gun.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Why are people assuming that if he wasnt legally allowed to obtain a gun he would not have gotten one. There is a law that makes it illegal to kill someone and he ignored that. Its Texas, its not hard to get a gun.

That's conjecture that won't hold up in a courtroom if the families decide to go after the DOD.