Authorities have disclosed that the man who murdered five of his coworkers at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote two letters describing his conduct, which contained the leftist narrative that it is “too easy” in America to obtain a gun, especially for someone with mental difficulties.
On April 10, Connor Sturgeon, a 25-year-old Old National Bank employee, entered the building and began firing. According to CNN, he killed five people and injured eight others during the assault.
The cops that went to the incident in Louisville killed Sturgeon. Only 10 days after graduating from the police academy, one officer was hurt.
According to CNN, the assassin stated in his “very extensive” notes that he intended to demonstrate how simple it is for a mentally disturbed someone to obtain a firearm.
Sturgeon legally purchased his rifle a week before the shooting after passing all needed background checks. His relatives stated that he had been sad, but that he was not capable of mass murder.
“While Connor, like many of his contemporaries, had mental health challenges which we, as a family, were actively addressing, there were never any warning signs or indications he was capable of this shocking act,” the family said in a statement.
Sturgeon clearly misled on his applications by failing to disclose his mental health difficulties. Lying on a federal background check form is a federal offense in and of itself. However, this appears to be all too common in mass shootings.
According to Breitbart, 30 high-profile mass shooters have all passed background checks from 2007. Despite the reality that such processes have not prevented these atrocities from occurring, the left continues to advocate for more.
Indeed, only hours after the Louisville crime, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pushed President Joe Biden’s call for more background checks.
CNN attempted to portray the shooting as the shooter proving his point. On Saturday, CNN’s Jim Scuitto said it was simple for a mentally ill individual to obtain a gun, “, particularly in a state like Kentucky.”
“[Sturgeon] claims he wanted to show how easy it is for someone in America with serious mental illness to just go out and buy a gun. We should note, under Kentucky state law, he was only required to fill out [a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] form and undergo a criminal records check.”
“Particularly in a state such as Kentucky, it is true, is it not, that it’s fairly easy to get a weapon, well, under any circumstances, and even if you do have a record of mental health issues?” Scuitto said, according to Breitbart.
This country still suffers from a lack of competent mental health care, not a gun or background check problem.
In the case of this murderer, his family plans to have his brain analyzed for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Sturgeon has previously had concussions while participating in athletics.
No matter how precise and exhaustive the forms are, if these mental problems are not diagnosed, they will not appear on background checks.