1 From everything I've read, the kid's gun purchases were legitimate. And from everything I've read about the kid, he should NOT have been able to buy firearms because he had -- or should have had -- a police record. The cops had been called to his home multiple times in the last year or so. But the bleeding-heart liberals who run the country don't want anybody to have to face the stigma of a "mental health" report, so nothing was done. The kid belonged in a psych ward, but wasn't put there. And apparently the cops' visits to the home didn't show up on NICS, which is what gets checked ("background checks") when you go to buy a gun -- or at least, a handgun. I don't know if there are any checks for buying a "long gun," especially in Texas where the attitude is "any adult without a record  should be able to get a gun with minimal fuss." In Texas you're presumed to be a sane adult unless proven otherwise.

Hey, why not? Anybody can get a car, and cars kill multiple times more people each year than guns do.

2  Speculation is that he/she/it used granmas credit card for purchases but investigation should tell us how. What bugs me is the security agent who held the door open to the school for the shooter. From Forbes timeline"The Texas director of public safety, Steve McCraw, said during a press conference a school security district officer "encountered” 18-year-old Salvador Ramos after hearing reports of the crashed vehicle, and did not exchange gunfire, though the state later confirmed to NBC the officer was armed". He read a report and didnt hear the gun shoots as the shooter was shooting at the people outside a funeral home?  Then its just been found out that LEO stood down for an hour before the Border patrol showed up and acted.That LEO is under no legal obligation to protect life or property in life threatening situations to me doesnt justify them in this situation. That anyone survived is a miracle. The Parkland school shooting in Fl. should have showed anyone paying attention that every second matters. This is a total failure of the state to protect children and its the dems  hatred of children that should be held to account. Spend billions on CRT and gender reassignment and nothing on school security and people allow this to continue? And as usual when the dems have their backs to the walls a school shooting pulls their tits out of the ringer.

3 Good points Dana.

The Left makes a fuss about not stigmatizing people then complains when they do bad stuff. And of course they then blame the guns and demand law abiding citizens surrender theirs.

I would add this was a school and so no doubt a "gun free zone". This rotten kid knew that.

4 Mike, the kid may have used granny's credit card, but I would be surprised as it's tough to make big purchases with a card belonging to someone else - particularly an old woman when you are a young boy.

I remember years ago my father-in-law wanted to give us a gift so he paid for a little weekend getaway. Gave me his credit card and the hotel refused to accept it. I didn't have i.d. to prove I was he.

I would think this kid would have similar problems.

Yeah; the response was troubling. First, they say the guard is "under no obligation"; well, what the eh e double hockey sticks is the point of paying this guy? That is PRECISELY what he is there for!

Security is an easy job, a pleasant job, precisely because there is the possibility of great risk. I have family members who used to moonlight as security. The whole point is they were the ones who were in the front lines if trouble erupted.

Also, the response time for the authorities was horrible. An hour to scramble police to a school shooting?! And then it was border guards who show up?

Heads need to roll over that.

I have little doubt in the coming months we'll learn of all sorts of liberal policies in place there that led to this. But the media will  not report it. It's why Rush Limbaugh used to call them the "drive by media"; they whiz by, shoot the place up, then move on. People are left with the wrong impressions and the victims left hurting.

5 The report on the Texas school shooting and Salvador Ramos states he bought two rifles and a pistol...