A man opened fire on his stepdaughter's family inside a California restaurant Saturday, killing her husband and 6-year-old son, critically wounding her and another child, and then fatally shooting himself, police said.Jimmy Schlager, 56, arrived at the Del Taco restaurant in San Bernardino on a bike at about 1 p.m., walked over to a table and fired several shots at his 29-year-old stepdaughter, her 33-year-old husband, and their sons, ages 5 and 6, San Bernardino police Lt. Jarrod Burguan said.
The Associated Press report mentioned his "extensive criminal record dating back to 1972 that included assault with a deadly weapon and a restraining order taken out by a co-worker."
The solution is obvious, which is why the pro-gun crowd is so strong in their opposition. Guns must become so difficult to come by that life-long criminals like this guy cannot easily acquire them. Will that inconvenience the law-abiding? Yes, but that's the price for real freedom.
Arming more and more people, which makes it easier and easier for dangerous people to get guns, is not freedom. The frequency of these multiple shootings is not a by-product of freedom. It's only the pro-gun rhetoric which says it is.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Yah! Outlaw them completely!
ReplyDeleteToo bad guns are easy to make.
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Obviously the security was too lax at this jail. Everyone should be in a padded room, in the dark, with no access to metal whatsoever.
Another "gun control failed so we must need more gun control" story. Yawn.
ReplyDeleteLet me guess, he must have went to NV or AZ to get his gun.
ReplyDeleteMikeB: “Guns must become so difficult to come by that life-long criminals like this guy cannot easily acquire them. Will that inconvenience the law-abiding? Yes, but that's the price for real freedom.”
Simply put, there is no level of inconvenience where suddenly the criminals can’t get guns but the law-abiding still can.
"Guns must become so difficult to come by that life-long criminals like this guy cannot easily acquire them."
ReplyDeleteAll the difficulty in the world didn't stop Derrick Bird from killing 12 people.
TS and Aztec, Of course no level of inconvenience will stop a particular shooter or all shooters. But, at a certain level of increased inconvenience for you, many of these guys would be prevented from getting guns.
ReplyDeleteMy point is “inconvenience” isn’t going to do squat. You actually have to take away guns from the law-abiding or go forth with your plan of turning more and more law-abiding into law-breakers by making more laws.
ReplyDeleteWhat laws would have stopped this "gun criminal" from obtaining a firearm illegally wouldn't also prevent
ReplyDeletethese three Chicagoans from arming themselves with handguns, thus preventing them from being able to not only defend themselves/their families, but also improve the universe by ridding it of some thugs?
TS, The "inconvenience" I'm talking about is perhaps more than that. Stringent laws in every state. One-strike-you're out rules as far as accidents and misdemeanor offenses go. Background checks on every transfer and of course, licensing and registration.
ReplyDeleteYou don't think that would cut down on the gun flow?
Kurt, Thanks for the link to those anecdotal stories which happened over a period when thousands of tragic stories took place. Great point.