“It’s a law designed to prevent tragedies like the one that happened Thursday,” Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told BuzzFeed News.Family members hold photos and signs during an April 17 candlelight vigil in Indianapolis.
Four months later, officials said, Hole legally bought an HM Defense HM15F. Then in September, he legally bought a Ruger AR-556. And there’s nothing in the law stopping a person undergoing proceedings from stocking up on guns in the time period before a judge makes a ruling. Mears pointed out Holes wasn’t committed to a treatment facility as a result of the evaluation in March 2020, he wasn’t prescribed any medication, and he was released within “hours.”