Originally Posted by Guest

Of course Roof is a deranged person. No one could doubt that. There were some friends of his who heard him rant about African Americans and it was up to him to do something like shoot up a campus. WHY didn't they call authorities? The man O'Reily talked to - WHY didn't he call someone right away after hearing Nazi rants from someone with a gun? Those are prime questions.

As for the battle flag - it was not the cause, of course, but like the Nazi flag, it is a symbol of hate. Some see either flaf as a symbol or tribute to brave soldiers who died for the beliefs in those flags. You did not answer about your reaction if a neighbor flew a large Nazi flag on his flagpole.

I suspect the SC legislators will decide to remove the battle flag from the statehouse grounds.

The main problem remains mentally ill people owning guns. It is not about too few guns, too many guns, but mentally ill people having guns AND no one willing to call authorities when they encounter a mentally ill person with a gun.

Ask yourself, if you were at Codys and talking to someone at the bar and he showed you his gun and started racial hate talk, would YOU call 911 right away?