Quote:Wow. I know hindsight is 20/20 but I can't believe they were freaked out enough to deny him a sale (after he asked for a bunch of ammo and armor after speaking in a "foreign language" but didn't catch a plate or anything. Not to say it would've prevented anything but we've thrown people onto lists and into custody for less that that. Say a few magic words on social media (which he apparently did that as well....) and you have a set of eyes on you for most people.
They reported it to FBI, but do not know what they did after that with the info.
I do know this, they did not come by to take a look at the video during that time.
Because when they asked for it later, it had already been recorded over being as it was 6 weeks ago.
Edit to add, the FBI says one story, the gun shop owner tells of another
FBI had this to say....
Quote:The bureau said FBI agents had made a visit to Lotus Gunworks in Jensen Beach, Florida in May on an "unrelated investigative matter" when employees told them about a man who had come in asking about high-end body armor. The FBI said employees had turned the man away, but didn't collect any personal information about him.
"Unfortunately, given the lack of information about this individual, FBI agents were unable to conduct any meaningful investigative followup," a statement from the bureau said.
The statement confirms most of, but is at odds with part of an account from Robert Abell, co-owner of Lotus, who said Thursday the man later identified as Mateen had come into his store five or six weeks ago.
Where as the store owner had a different version......
Quote:Abell said there were follow up conversations with the FBI, but agents didn't visit the store to examine what he called grainy security footage.
After Sunday morning's shooting at Orlando's popular gay nightclub Pulse, Abell said his employees recognized the shooter as the suspicious man from more than a month before. The security footage has since been taped over, he said.
And I believe the store owner, FBI is just trying to cover their azz
So that tells me the FBI dropped the ball following that lead.
They had no ID, but they could have gotten his face off of the video. Yet no one evidently thought to do that had they been there.
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