A Washington state deputy accused of killing two relatives was found dead in a home Saturday morning, police said.A sad story indeed. It made me wonder about the VPC tabulations. Maybe they need to add police killers as a separate category. They count too.The suspect, an 11-year veteran Pierce County deputy, had been barricaded in the home for hours after shooting his in-laws, police said.
Authorities were not "100 percent" sure that the suspect died from self-inflicted wounds, according to a police spokeswoman.
The suspect's father-in-law died in the home, said Ed Troyer, another sheriff's department spokesman. His mother-in-law was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died, police said.
Troyer added that the deputy held his teenage children hostage for a while, but that they had been released.
The answer is not to disarm all the policemen, or to disarm all the people. The answer is to screen them better and to monitor them better.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Sounds like we should not let cops carry in Starbucks, since their patrons are so worried about someone with a gun snapping over coffee.
ReplyDeleteMikeb: Maybe they need to add police killers as a separate category. They count too.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is not to disarm all the policemen, or to disarm all the people. The answer is to screen them better and to monitor them better.
The VPC will never "add police killers as a separate category."
That would distract from their message and goal, which IS to disarm all the people (with CCW or with ANY handgun), NOT to screen them better and to monitor them better.
Amen to that, fishy.
ReplyDeleteYou know Mike, if we could actually trust your stated agenda, you might get support from reasonable people.
However, the ulterior motives behind the pro- and anti-gun movements are becoming increasingly obvious.
You seem to have the same credibility problems as the police do in inner-city LA...
Anonymous, Do we know you by another name? Just wondering?
ReplyDeleteI realize it's hard for you to trust my (our) intentions. I can only speak for myself really, but I don't think Fishy is right in his characterization of the VPC. Maybe I'm too trusting, but I think they, and Helmke and Bloomberg for that matter, mean what they say. What you guys keep saying is a bit on the conspiracy / paranoia side.