Following the high-profile shootings during the first week of August in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, the volume of calls to federal authorities increased by about 15,000 each week.
It had all the makings of a massacre. Six guns, including a Colt AR-15 rifle. About 1,000 rounds of ammunition. A bulletproof vest. And an angry Southern California man who threated to kill his co-workers at a hotel and its guests.
The reasons for the increase in tips and heightened awareness of thwarted mass shootings vary, law enforcement officials said. And the general public in turn becomes more aware of the possibility of mass shootings, heightening people's willingness to speak out if a friend, relative or co-worker appears to be in the midst of a crisis and plotting carnage, Densley said. In addition, the media focuses not only on the actual shootings, but also on those that are foiled.The reason? Mass shootings remain rare events and there's no one basic profile for the attackers.
"The real rub is where do you draw the line between First, Second and Fourth Amendment rights?" he said."We allow hate speech. It's freedom of speech. Where do you decide that it's no longer posturing and now it's a threat? ... At what point do you crash his pad and take away his guns? You can't be the thought police."
The public's cooperation — and their willingness to risk angering a friend, relative or co-worker by informing on them— is key to stopping mass shootings ahead of time, he said.
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