There's Been a Shooting in Texas

Update 11/6/17 1:11 AM: Now they're saying this guy may have not been dishonorably discharged, but bad conduct discharged. How hard is it to find this information before actually releasing it to the public? A bad conduct discharge may not have bared him from purchasing a firearm. (new info apparently provided by the Air Force)

Update 11/6/17 11:44 AM: This one is curious. It was really early in the morning when it was coming out that the guy wasn't dishonorably discharged, and if we're going to be honest, at that point I had a tension headache and just wanted to go to bed. But this morning I looked further into it and discovered he was given a bad conduct discharge and had been jailed for a year for domestic violence. Again, that SHOULD have bared him from buying a gun. Source

By now, I am sure you are all aware of the shooting in Texas this morning that claimed the lives of 27 people ranging in age from 5 years to 72 years old. There isn't a whole lot of information available right now, but we do know that the shooting was carried out by Devin Kelley, and the shooting was ended by a good guy with a gun who chased him away from the church. Kelley was eventually shot dead. 

• Kelley was dishonorably discharged from the US Air Force and court martialed in 2014. The media and the leftists are currently lamenting his use of an AR-15 platform rifle made by Ruger. They will harp on this and you will, as always, hear about all the gun laws they want enacted. Please keep in mind as they do this that being dishonorably discharged by the US military bars him from purchasing this - or any - firearm. If any media source or politician claims he legally purchased his rifle, it's a lie. If you've ever seen a form 4473, you will know one of the questions they ask is about dishonorable discharge (question 11G, form below). If he checked no, he broke the law by lying on the form. However, he would not have passed a NICS background check, either. 

• I have had some folks send me this article. It claims, "Devin Kelley, who killed at least 27 people and injured many more, was one of two shooters in the church, according to eyewitnesses, who also report Kelley carried an Antifa flag and told the churchgoers “this is a communist revolution” before unloading on the congregation, reloading several times." After all the Nov. 4 hubub and the full page NYT advertisements and what not, I wouldn't be at all surprised. However, please note that the article cites zero sources other than "eyewitnesses" for this report. We get our knickers in a bunch every time CNN cites anonymous sources. This is no different. I do not trust uncited sources, and you should not either. 
• And then there's this:

• And, of course, more calls for gun control from the left. Keep in mind, these are the same people who cried and whined about Trump "politicizing" the terrorist attack in NYC on Halloween. At the time of her tweet, there was no information at all about the shooter. He had not been identified yet. There was no known motive. We hadn't heard about his guns yet. This was all assumed. The scene wasn't even clear and triages were still being used. Effectively, the scene was still active with first responders, desperate families, wounded church goers, etc. And somehow this wasn't divisive politicizing of a tragedy. 
• As always, please wait for all the information to come out before making a fool out of yourself. Investigations take time. Nothing is immediate, nor should it be. Justice can be slow. Be patient. 
• No one has mentioned the lack of enforcement of the zillion gun laws already on the books. As usual. 
• Regardless of how much the lefties hate it, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families tonight.