How do you stop a mass shooting before it starts? Here's an idea:

How about if FBI agents actually investigate when threat after threat is called into your tipline?

I've written previously about numerous warning signs about Nikolas Cruz were ignored before he shot up Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day. The FBI was well aware of Cruz and his potential to become violent before the horrific event in which 17 people lost their lives ever occurred.

But, hey, let's blame the NRA, right?

The first report about Cruz's potential to become a school shooter came last September, a couple of months before his mother died of the flu.

The worst thing of all, though, is that the FBI received more than one credible tip about Nikolas Cruz's potential to be a school shooter.

The first one was in September when he made the following statement on Ben Bennight's YouTube channel.

"Im [sic] going to be a professional school shooter."

He signed it with his real name.

Bennight tried to email the FBI's tip line and when his email bounced, he called the local field office. He reported the comment and two FBI agents took his statement. The FBI said:

"In September 2017, the FBI received information about a comment made on a YouTube channel. The comment said, 'I'm going to be a professional school shooter.' No other information was included in the comment which would indicate a particular time, location, or the true identity of the person who posted the comment," said a statement released by Jackson, Miss., FBI field office spokesman Brett Car. "The FBI conducted database reviews and other checks, but was unable to further identify the person who posted the comment." (source)

Bennight did everything he could to help the FBI. (Here's the video he posted about it.)