Notes from the Resistance
Home Intruder with Long Rap Sheet “Cut to Pieces” by Florida Man After Shooting Innocent Woman in the Face [More]
Yes, sometimes you can bring a knife to a gunfight, but the real question here is why did someone “with a long rap sheet” have access to guns and victims?
[Via Michael G]
Convicted killer spotted at Hamas-endorsed Syracuse University encampment before being arrested [More]
Not to worry: I mean, the very fact that he’s out means he must be trustworthy, right? Plus, it’s a “No Weapons” campus, so what harm could he do?
[Via Michael G]
Likening drug users to people who are “mentally ill and dangerous,” the ruling says barring them from owning firearms is not unconstitutional on its face. [More]
vs.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just said that the felon in possession of firearms statute may not apply to nonviolent felons. [Watch]
[Via Jess]
The FBI arrested a cruise ship employee in Juneau on Tuesday afternoon, the day after he allegedly stabbed multiple people with scissors aboard the Norwegian Encore. Ntando Sogoni, 35, of South Africa was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. [More]
At which point we can trust him with sharp everyday objects again…?
[Via Steve T]
Man sentenced to 15 to 20.5 years in prison for fatally shooting Akron mother [More]
Why, will he be safe by then?
The now 49-year-old father of 12-year-old twin girls focuses on the bad guys who end up using the guns, he said. “Guns are not the problem,” said DeVito, who plans to retire next month. “I’m an advocate of the second amendment. At the end of the day, the problem is guns ending up in the hands of the wrong people.” [More]
And there’s only one solution to that. The one nobody wants to acknowledge.
[Via Jess]
How the ATF traced guns at crime scenes to St. Charles man [More]
But it’s not as fun as going after collectors and FFLs, as you can tell by the “five years probation” sentence.
As for his untrustworthy customers…
[Via bondmen]
Man just released from prison involved in shooting in St. Pete…Small was firing at people outside with a 9 mm Glock handgun with a 50-round drum for a magazine…a short time later he was spotted firing into a home in the 1600 block of 42nd Avenue South, where a blind elderly man lives…he ran off into a nearby lot on 40th St S. Small reportedly fired two rounds at the officer. [More]
[Via Edmund M]
A woman accused of randomly shooting and killing a man Tuesday was released from prison months ago and ordered not to have any weapons, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. [More]
How insane would someone have to be to go looking for love in all the wrong places?
[Via Steve T]
Texas dad who told wife she will ‘meet Jesus’ before shooting her dead on camera sentenced to 10 years: ‘Hope it was worth it’ [More]
So in 10 years we’ll be able to trust him with a gun again?
[Via bondmen]
Dettelbach, in the AP interview, declined to comment on the specifics of Card’s case, which an independent commission in Maine is investigating. But he said it is clear that the nation needs to make it harder for people “that everyone agrees should not have firearms, who the law says are not entitled to have firearms, to get them because it’s too easy to get them now.” [More]
It’s just that there’s this “due process” thing those who would rule us don’t want to have to follow…
[Via Jess]
Related UPDATE
Herer’s a first step in the right direction, but as long as they’ve got to be let out before they can be declared safe with certainty, expect plenty of lapses.
[Via Edmund M]
During a pre-trial assessment hearing, the judge told Friese he was not allowed to have a gun. [More]
A convicted murderer with an aggravated flight history?
What do you want to bet he didn’t even have an FOID card?
I’m starting to think the same rule should apply to anyone who can’t be trusted with a gavel.
[Via bondmen]
Virginia legislative committees approve bills allowing even serial killers to seek release [More]
So much for the law when the inmates run the asylum.
What kind of “ocracy” is run by psychopaths?
[Via Michael G]
Ah, the obvious solution!
Releasing them like this, with a charge that goes off if tampered with, is the only way I can see trusting them without a custodian.
We can even go high tech.
And include everybody!
Hey, if you’re not doing anything wrong, why would anyone but a white supremacist object?
[Via Michael G]
Crumbley’s defense attorney, meanwhile, argued that Crumbley had shown signs of severe mental illness years prior to the shooting, and neither his parents nor school officials did anything to help him. They also argued that he has the potential to be rehabilitated, saying he has participated in therapy every day and is taking medication by his own choice. [More]
Sorry, but what he did is so twisted and evil I’d recommend conclusive proof that he can be trusted with a gun before opening that cage.
