Hardly. She called to ask questions about his gun. The attorney for the Mom point blank said she called with question about the gun and the call wasn't prompted by any concerns of a threat.
I find it highly suspect that she claims she even made this phone call, seems she's trying to take some of the heat off of her and place it at the feet of law enforcement. Police say there is no record of her calling. The police have nothing to gain by not admitting she called to ask questions about a legal firearm, but she has LOTS to gain by turning the focus off of her in any amount by coming up with this story. It just wreaks of attorney CYA tactics.
Was thinking some more about this... what mother calls the police to ask about her sons gun... unless she thinks something hinkey is up?
I mean... the kid was 21 or 22... if he was interested in the shooting sports, would that not be, say, a topic of dinner conversation? A ‘hey mom, I went to a range today and really enjoyed it and may take up sport shooting!” “That’s nice dear.”
That is how one would think a topic related to one’s new fire arms interest or purchase might come up, don’t you think?
Instead, mom calls police (maybe) to ask questions about her son’s new AK-clone? If it happened, regardless of the ‘questions’ doesn’t one think that an eyebrow might be raised? Is policing now so disconnected from society that an officer does not simply say “tell you what, I’ll stop by and chat and maybe I can give your son a few pointers on safety, storage and ranges?” A short visit would make mom feel better and let someone eyeball the situation. No need for turning anything into a major case... just a short visit. In this day and age... shouldn’t this have gotten the police built-in spideybsense tingling??
Maybe I’m still thinking like the small town Barney Fife I was... never worked the big city. Maybe no one gives a crap or is allowed to follow something like that on a hunch or informally.
But wouldn’t a call like that pique at least a little interest? Whose mom calls the police to ask questions when their kid buys a gun... if they don’t have a concern?
To gunmans point... that assumes the call was made at all. Guess the jury is still out on that. But if any call was made... even to ask simple questions, shouldn’t that have made someone say “probably nothing, but worth driving over to talk to mom and suss thing out for myself.”
Must be that the ‘not my job’ mentality is stronger in cities than here in Mayberry. Where being a neighbor and an officer was the job.
I’m probably living in 1955... what can I say.
Sirhr
