“U.S. weekly massacres: Gunman opens fire at Illinois University.” This was the headline in one section of Pravda.RU.

I repeat my oft asked question. What is wrong with the system?

In October in Ohio:
A high school student said Thursday that attack by his former classmate, who had killed and wounded four people and shot himself, could be prevented, for the gunmen had warned their principal about his bloody plans. –The principle did nothing.

In the most recent incident a former Northern Illinois University student had a history of mental problems and was on medication. –He was still allowed to buy the weapons legally.

The Virginia Tech student had a similar history. –He was still allowed to buy the weapons legally.

I understand the patient’s right to privacy.
I understand psychiatrists not wanting to commit to a solid diagnosis because of a sue happy world. (And in my opinion, equally do to a general lack of expertise or even competence in the profession.)

But what I don’t understand is; when dealing with a delusional or potentially violent person, why don’t they build in some basic safe guards and simply put a tag in the ATF database that says, “don’t sell this person firearms?”
This is the one time that something like the Brady bill would be useful and it’s the one time that they don’t use it.