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Originally Posted by dyna mo
The police who investigated the guy had the option to 5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold) him, which btw, is a cali statute only and only for 72 hours, etc., but after evaluating him they did not.
again, presuming they did their jobs, they saw nothing that warranted a 5150, the point about confiscating his guns is moot at that point.
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Here's the reason the cops never detained him for a psych eval or even bothered to do a search of his room:
Sheriffs never saw menacing videos before rampage
"Sheriff's deputies who showed up at Elliot Rodger's doorstep last month to check on his mental health hadn't seen online videos in which he threatens suicide and violence even though those recordings were what prompted his parents to call authorities."
http://news.yahoo.com/sheriffs-never...204433571.html
One has to wonder if the cops knew of the videos, but simply never bothered to watch the videos...or if they were never told of the videos in the first place. Its hard for me to believe that the parents never told the cops about the videos...since the videos prompted the parents to call the cops in the first place.