The Associated Press “Buffalo Shooting Suspect Had Exam for Mental Health in ’21, Police Say.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 15 May 2022, 

            In this video, commissioner Joseph A. Gramaglia talks about the suspect involved in the Buffalo shooting, which killed ten people. He states that the attack was racist and is considered a hate crime and will be prosecuted as a hate crime. He also states that the suspect was brought in a year before the shooting for a mental health evaluation after threatening a high school. Still, he states that the threat was not racist, but the Buffalo police department did an investigation and decided that everything was ok. Still, the biggest problem was him a year later, buying a gun legally even though he wasn’t mentally stable. This shows how the background checks we do for purchasing a gun are not enough because the police department reported that he went under mental evaluation after threatening a high school. Somehow legally, he bought a gun. This shows we are really in need of stricter gun laws. This video plays an important role in my paper because it shows proof and support that the shooter in the Buffalo shooting had a previous history of threats toward a school and was brought in for a mental health evaluation and was still legally allowed to buy a gun. This will strongly support my argument for the need for stronger background checks

“The suspect was taken in for a mental health evaluation and was released a day and a half later”.(Gramaglia 0:40)

“June of last year he makes a threat to a high school and then he was brought in by state police for a mental health evaluation, he was later released as it was a generalized threat and not a racist or specific threat”.(Gramaglia 1:00)