In my recent post, A Few Thoughts on "Common-sense Gun Reform" I voiced a criticism of so-called "red flag laws". In that post, I wrote "There's no evidence that such a law would have prevented the Uvalde shooter from buying a gun". However, I've come upon an article at Foxnews that says Salvador Ramos harassed users on the YUBO app before the Uvalde shooting.
According to the report:
Social media messages that have reportedly surfaced on the platform Yubo following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, show the suspected killer made threats toward other users and was casually referred to as the "Yubo school shooter" before the shooting.
Salvador Ramos, 18, harassed people online on social media and made other threats before Tuesday's tragic shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, Sky News reported.
It would appear that users of the app were aware of Ramos' violent messages, although, of course the average user would not have known his true identity. Perhaps, if users had reported Ramos' messages to the app's administrators and had those administrators reported his online behavior to police, the tragedy might have been prevented.
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