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Details
- Mass Shooting
- King Soopers Supermarket
- Municipality
- Boulder
- State
- Colorado – CO
- Zip Code
- 80305
- Region
- West
- Division
- Mountain
- Incident Date
- March 22, 2021
- Venue Type
- Supermarket
- Killed
- 10
- Injured
- 1
Ranking Data
- Preventable Factors/Rankings
- Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
- 0
- Preventable Rankings Score
- 8
- Preventable Status
- Minimally Unpreventable
Preventable Factors
- Preventable Factor Details
Last content update and data verfication was on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 20:37:41 (America/New York — EST — UTC -5) by MEB MediaX Webmaster or authorized designee.
Takeaway(s):
—There is no reason for there not to be a 30-day waiting period for taking possession of newly purchased or transferred guns.
—There needs to be good guys with guns at every venue.
Incident Preventable Factor(s):
—Gun Laws Inadequate – Inadequate Gun Law(s) Contributed to Perpetrator(s) Execution of the Incident and Unnecessarily Accessible Perpetrator(s) Weapon(s) – Weapon(s) Was Unnecessarily Accessible to the Perpetrator:
It’s totally unacceptable that the perpetrator was able to buy and take possession of the assault type weapon used in the incident just six days before.
Requiring a 30-day waiting period to take possession of all gun purchases and transfers isn’t unreasonable. With a few exceptions there’s no immediacy to taking possession of a purchased or transferred gun. It isn’t air, or water, or food, or fuel, or whatever. It’s not medical or mental health care. It can wait. Common sense exceptions might include a bonafide need for protection documented by a police report. One instance of this would be a person receiving a threat which has been validated by a law enforcement agency. In that case the 30-day waiting period to take possession of a gun purchased or transferred could be waived.
For a rationale for such a requirement refer to the recently released book Soft Targets and Crowded Places (ST-CP): Hotels, Movie Theaters, Nightclubs, School Buses, Shopping Malls, Ski/Ride Resorts, and Summer Camps.
—Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel – Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security):
While not in the too far distant past having good guys with guns in every venue, or a gun or guns in every house was not only unnecessary but unthought-of. Today, however, things have changed. Refer to Preventable Mass Shootings Database: Our Findings To Date.
Source(s):
None.
Fluidity
- Criminal Case Pending?
- Yes
- Civil Litigation Pending?
- No
- Trending
- ⯅
Administrative Information
- Credible Source Inquires?
- Are Credible Source Inquires Inline Endnotes?
- Yes
- Assessment Status?
- Pending
- Editorial Board Approval?
- Pending
Record Information
- Last Updated
- Lexar
- Record ID
- 23
- Private ID
- 417R1VF
- Date Recorded
- 2021-06-29 06:43:03
- Date Updated
- 2023-10-22 01:42:55
- Last Accessed
- Type Designation