They are wrong.
Brandon Hole needed an assault rifle. In fact, he needed two.
Hole is the 19-year-old shooter who killed eight people and injured more as he fired away outside and then inside that FedEx facility in Indianapolis.
Hole needed an assault weapon to achieve his goal, a mass shooting, a massacre, capturing attention not just at the FedEx place where he once worked but throughout the nation. With so many shootings in America, you have to kill a whole bunch to get headlines nationally these days.
If the young man had only a conventional handgun, he would have failed to shoot as many, to kill as many, to become nationally known.
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Opinions | Red-flag laws are great, but another available legal tool may be as effective Jeffrey Swanson, Paul Paul Appelbaum © Jeff Dean/AFP/Getty Images Family members of Karli Smith, who died in the attack at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis April 15, attend a vigil Sunday in the city to remember the eight people killed by a former FedEx employee. Indiana enacted one of the country’s first red-flag laws, but it hasn’t always been used when needed. As researchers who study gun violence, we’re puzzled that the law was not invoked in the case of Brandon Hole, the 19-year-old Indianapolis man who shot and killed eight employees and then himself at a FedEx facility last week, even though last year Hole was briefly detained involuntarily for a psychiatric evaluation, his shotgun seized. He never reclaimed the shotgun but went on to buy two semiautomatic rifles, legally, at least one of which was used in the attack.
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INDIANAPOLIS One of the latest mass shootings may also be a hate crime, according to the Sikh community and elected officials.
On April 15, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to 8951 Mirabel Rd. on a report of shots fired inside the FedEx Ground-Plainfield Operation Center.
IMPD officers located multiple victims, including eight with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound who were pronounced deceased at the scene. The suspect, Brandon Hole, was found dead in the business with injuries consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Hole was in possession of two assault rifles.
Apr 22, 2021 / 08:34 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The president of the local police union said Thursday that Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department gave the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office everything it needed to put Brandon Hole on a “red flag” list.
Rick Snyder, who leads Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 86, said putting Hole on the “red flag” list would have kept him from buying more guns before he shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility near Indianapolis International Airport on April 15.
Synder said Prosecutor Ryan Mears dropped a very important ball. “Unfortunately, the lack of action by the Marion County prosecutor prevented a court hearing which could have resulted in not only the retention of the firearm in question but also could have prohibited the suspect from owning, renting, receiving transfer of or possessing any other firearms.”
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