A Woman Scorned

Erin Patterson, 50, was found guilty in July of murdering three people, including the parents, aunt and uncle of her estranged husband, Simon Patterson, with a beef wellington meal she had deliberately laced with death cap mushrooms picked near her rural home in the state of Victoria in 2023. [More]

Good thing Australia has such strong gun laws!

But 33 years…? Assuming she’s still with us, will she be safe to cook meals again by then?

[Via Michael G]

Take the Gun?

A Scripps News investigation found more than two dozen law enforcement officers — including some of the shooter’s military superiors — were aware of his access to firearms and his violent threats ahead of the shooting, but no one followed through with actions to remove the shooter’s guns from his possession using extreme risk protection order laws. [More]

So… their answer is to remove the guns but not the maniac?

I’m more of a life imitates art kinda guy…

[Via bondmen]

About Those Four Rules

David only stuck his arm into the room and kept his head outside the doorway to avoid a possible ricochet. The bullet struck the buzzard, passed through the bird, exited a window, and struck Emma, who was outside. [More]

How would his every moment thereafter not be a nightmare hell?

Is it too soon to talk about becoming a Train SMART lecturer?

[Via bondmen]

Time for a Popcorn Run

“The nggs go fight back… There are over 100,000 gangs in Chicago by the city.” [More]

[Via WiscoDave]

Tangentially-Related UPDATE

Then again, there’s a lot to be said for just letting them self-immolate… and not making federalized intervention the standard after Republicans blow it…

[Via bondmen]

An Ounce of Prevention

True. Although, rather than every kill beginning at Kays or going to Jared, I prefer the Lance Thomas solution.

Thing is, at 88, the best he could have hoped for would be to take a few of these animals with him.

Think any of these young worthies had priors?

And who needs an “assault weapon”?

There Oughta Be a Law

A “career criminal” is facing federal charges in Minnesota after he allegedly went on an armed carjacking spree Thursday morning that ended when he slammed a vehicle into another car. Prosecutors said the crash killed two women in their twenties and seriously injured a 6-year-old boy. [More]

45 and still pulling this $#!+… in spite of those prior restraints on you and me.

Those who kept letting him go share culpability.

Tangentially Related:

Decarlos Brown Jr. says “Hold my malt liquor.”

And Leave the Disarming to Us!

US appeals court reverses lower court, approves Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit [More]

No doubt when he commutes, Biden appointee Judge Joshua Kolar is “comfortably situated” in a private luxury vehicle and doesn’t need submit himself and his loved ones to this.

[Via Jess]

Still Useless After All These Years

2 charged in connection to deadly mass shooting outside Minneapolis school… Police said ShotSpotter detected 30 rounds that had been fired. [More]

So, it stopped nothing, played no part in capturing the two suspected henchpersons, and “Bino” is still at large…

It’s always worked about as well as everything else that Chipman character has tried to sell.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Judged by 12

Deadly triple shooting at apartment complex stemmed from robbery, Sacramento sheriff says… The sheriff’s office said all four men involved in the shooting had prior felony convictions and were prohibited from possessing guns. [More]

Being on probation with an ankle monitor was a nice touch.

And yeah, he absolutely had a right to defend himself. If they all had been in custodial care where they belong, guns would not have been part of the equation.

Why is it I get the feeling the goal isn’t really to reduce “gun violence”?

[Via DL]

South of the Border, Down Mexico Way

TikTokker and singer Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, 32, husband Roberto Carlos Gil Licea, 36, son Gael Santiago, 13, and 7-year-old daughter Regina were discovered murdered inside the abandoned gray Ford Ranger in Guadalajara on Aug. 22… [More]

Democrats want their killers to be able to cross the border and embed themselves in our society at will. And they want us to be defenseless.

[Via Michael G]

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