Saturday, September 1, 2012
What Would the Founders Do (WWFD)
Here's the first of four ideas:
I never put much stock in what the Founding Fathers said or might have said, being misogynist slave-owners and all. I certainly don't put them on the pedestal that many gun-rights folks do, but maybe I've been looking at it all wrong. Maybe Sanjay has the right idea.Limiting Firearm OwnershipThe Founding Fathers, though idealists, were also fierce pragmatists and knew that freedom could not be maintained without law and order. In this spirit, I believe they would have used common sense as their guide to limit the number of firearms that civilians could own, perhaps to the tune of a single gun for every adult in the household, with children automatically becoming eligible when they reached a certain age, and with certain exceptions for hunting.
What do you think? Please leave a comment.
New Jersey Pathmark Shooting - 3 Dead
This one is a mass shooting in all but the body count. And that was only an accident.A supermarket worker left his overnight shift here then returned with an AK-47 assault rifle and killed two co-workers before fatally shooting himself, officials said on Friday.The gunman, a former Marine, re-entered the Pathmark Super Center on Route 9 about 4 a.m., firing the rifle wildly and shattering the store’s windows, the authorities said. The co-workers he killed appeared to be random victims, said Bruce Kaplan, the Middlesex County prosecutor. One was an 18-year-old woman, and the other was a 24-year-old man, officials said.Local authorities identified the gunman as Terence Tyler, 23. He was discharged from the Marines in 2010. The victims were identified as Christina LoBrutto, 18, and Bryan Breen, 24.Mr. Kaplan said the police did not know what precipitated the shooting in this community about 30 miles south of Manhattan. He said the gunman, who lived in an apartment building just behind the Pathmark, had been working the overnight shift with more than a dozen other employees before he left and returned with the rifle and a handgun.
The shooter, like they usually do, chose the place of his grievance regardless of whether that place might allow guns or not. There was no attempt to select a carefully chosen gun free zone in order to have the advantage of sitting ducks.
Of course there are those who will argue that New Jersey is one big gun free zone. But, the truth is random spree killers don't care about that one way or another.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Accidental Shooting Death - A Strange One
When officers entered the home, they found a man lying face down on a fan with a pool of blood around his head and a black revolver next to his right hand, the report said. The victim was identified as James Gagum, 43, who was pronounced dead at the scene.Witnesses said the victim was in the recliner and had been watching a movie, then picked up his gun, held it to his head and stated, “That’s not how its done,” the report said. He began pulling the trigger when, on the third pull, the gun went off.
Sgt. Robert Kegler, public information officer with Horry County police, said the shooting was accidental.
Gagum was in the news last spring when he shot and killed one of three suspects who broke into his home, threatening him and his wife at gunpoint and demanding money and valuables, Kegler said. Gagum did not face charges in the incident.
I suppose it's just an interesting coincidence that he'd been the author of a successful DGU in the past. You don't think that has anything to do with this, do you?
What about alcohol or drugs, do you think he was under the influence?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Accidental Shooting by National Guardsman at the Republican National Convention - No Charges
via The Huffington Post
Even if you're a trained professional who should know the basic rules of gun safety, there are usually no charges, since it was only an accident.
This is wrong. Anytime a gun is negligently handled the responsible person should be held accountable.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
This is a perfect example of the way it works. If you shoot someone "by accident" you can generally expect no consequences at all, as long as you don't lie about it or try to cover it up.Authorities say a member of a Florida National Guard unit assisting at the Republican National Convention has been accidentally shot while examining his personal revolver in a hotel room with another guard member.The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said 21-year-old Michael Wdowiak was showing his handgun to Jeffrey A. Spurr when it discharged a single round while in Spurr's possession. The sheriff's statement said Wdowiak was hit in the upper body and left hand and required surgery. There was no immediate report on his condition.The sheriff's statement said alcohol did not appear to be a factor and there were no charges. It added at least three others in the room were not hurt. Wdowiak and Spurr are with a guard contingent from Ocala staying at the hotel, it said.
Even if you're a trained professional who should know the basic rules of gun safety, there are usually no charges, since it was only an accident.
This is wrong. Anytime a gun is negligently handled the responsible person should be held accountable.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
PA Mom Arrested for Covering up Shooting
Local news reports
It's natural for a mother to want to protect her young son. But obviously Angelina Deabreu hasn't been reading the gun blogs. If she had, she would have known the only sure way to get in trouble after an accidental shooting is to lie to the cops. Tampering with evidence gets their attention too.
What usually doesn't bother anybody too much is leaving guns around for kids to play with. And when something terrible happens, it can always be explained as "just an accident."
But if you try to make it look like a drive-by, you're asking for trouble.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
It's natural for a mother to want to protect her young son. But obviously Angelina Deabreu hasn't been reading the gun blogs. If she had, she would have known the only sure way to get in trouble after an accidental shooting is to lie to the cops. Tampering with evidence gets their attention too.
What usually doesn't bother anybody too much is leaving guns around for kids to play with. And when something terrible happens, it can always be explained as "just an accident."
But if you try to make it look like a drive-by, you're asking for trouble.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
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