Australia Paving the Way Again

Psychological testing would be a good way to eliminate some of the problem gun owners.  Don't you think?

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Negligent Shooting in New Mexico

The Iraq war veteran who worked in corrections probably had a concealed carry permit too. Yet, he was so stupid that he shot his 4-year-old son, who may die.  The bullet passed through the kid and hit the grandmother in the stomach.

Does anyone question the fact that this guy should not have owned guns, that he was too irresponsible to handle them safely?

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Lighten Up, Jay G.

One of my great pleasures is reading gunloon blogs and accounts of what they'll do when or if something happens. Today's fun is courtesy of Jay G's imagination.

Yeah, you point a gun at my kid and I will shoot you dead, too. That's one of those "shoot to stop but there ain't nothing more stopped than dead" moments right there. Threaten my kid, die on the spot.

Kill this motherf***er tomorrow. If not tonight. Give me the f***ing job, I will drive out to Idaho myself to put a dozen 12 gauge slugs through his worthless body. No, strike that. It would give me the greatest pleasure in the world to beat this piece of sh** to death with my bare f***ing hands.

And f I ever witness some dirty hippie disrespect you, I solemnly promise to punch their f***ing teeth straight down their neck for you.

Jeebus. Who knew customer service was such a jungle?

Hunting Humans

I recently read a book by Elliott Leyton called Hunting Humans: The Rise of the Modern Multiple Murderer.
The book is about 25 years old and is written by a professor considered to be a leading expert on serial murder.

The central thesis of Hunting Humans is that most mass murderers tend to be socially arrested or inept conservative men who are very conscious of their inability to progress beyond their class on either a social or professional level. Feeling trapped or restrained, they kill those they believe are preventing their ascent.

Sound familiar?

One of Leyton's case studies in the book is Mark Essex. Essex's murderous rampage ended up in a shootout at a New Orleans Howard Johnsons. Leyton notes police were stymied, in large part, because many citizens started showing up with firearms to participate in the shootout. As a result, Essex was able to hold off police for nearly half a day until a USN helicopter was called in to gun him down.

Sheboygan Cop Disciplined

We discussed this story when it happened last August. A drunk cop at a bachelor party fooling around with the boys ends up shot with his own gun. Now, a few months later, the news comes out about some mysterious and unnamed punishment.

A Sheboygan County deputy is being disciplined by his department after he was shot with his own gun while-off duty at a bachelor party in August.

The sheriff's department says Friday that an internal investigation found that Deputy Anthony Blodgett violated two department policies at the Aug. 7 party in Rhinelander.

Blodgett remains employed by the department. A news release says the department will have no additional comment.

I wonder what that disciplinary action was exactly. Do you think he's been stripped of his weapons and assigned to the property shed in the basement? Somehow I doubt it.

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Pennsylvania State Trooper Nicholas Petrosky

Gun-friendly Pennsylvania has had its share of gun stories lately, but this one has a couple of interesting angles to it.

The 4-year-old son of a Belle Vernon Pennsylvania State Trooper accidentally shot himself in the leg with his father's gun Thursday night.

According to Donora police, Trooper Nicholas Petrosky was drying his son after a shower when the little boy grabbed his father’s gun, which had been placed on the bathroom counter.

Police said it was the trooper’s personal gun, not his state-issued weapon, that went off.

I'm not sure why the State Police felt it was important to clarify that it was his personal weapon, but it made me realize that the police and gun owners in general are not distinct and separate groups. This is where they overlap.

Apparently, State Trooper Pertosky was one of those guys we've been talking about lately who believe in carrying a gun in the home. I suppose, during certain intimate moments even these guys must briefly disarm themselves, as Petrosky did. That's where the trouble comes in, at least in this case.

Another interesting aspect is one that comes up every time I call for the future disqualification of someone responsible for a gun "accident."  He's learned his lesson and will never let that happen again, they say, they, being the die-hard pro-gun guys who will never give an inch in the argument.

In other situations they call for punishment, severe and swift.  But with gun stupidity, anyone can make a mistake, right?

One strike you're out, is what I apply to anyone who allows his 4-year-old son to shoot himself with a gun. By "out" I simply mean permanent disqualification for owning or using firearms for life.

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Florida Shooter Killed by Police

The action took place in Jacksonville, Florida.

Investigators say the man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding two others was shot 28 times by Jacksonville police.

New details were released Saturday about the police-involved shooting that left 33-year-old Christopher Scott Kilgore dead. Police say the shooting most likely lasted only a few seconds.

Law enforcement had been looking for Kilgore since Monday. Clay County authorities said he fatally shot his brother and a friend. Kilgore also shot his parents, but they survived. 

Officers were following up on a call about a suspicious person Friday when they confronted Kilgore, ordering him to give up. He refused. The officers then shot him. Kilgore had been armed with a handgun and a shotgun, but never returned fire.

I know, if you don't want to end up shot by the police 28 times, you shouldn't go around shooting people yourself. Wait a minute, isn't that like blaming the victim? Don't I always get called on that one about gun theft and other matters?

In this case, let's see, he made victims of his brother, a friend and his parents.  Then the police made a victim of him. The police should answer for that.  Our friend Kevin H. told us that in order for the cops to hit him 29 times they'd have to have fired 50 to 100 times.

I call that an excessive response to a non-life threatening confrontation. And they know it too, don't you love this justification.

Police say the shooting most likely lasted only a few seconds

What do you think?

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