A sickening story.
Another g-damn loon with a g-damn gun who probably g-damn legally acquired it has killed a good man. Scratch that. A great man. A hero to a small town. A town that just went through the trauma of being leveled by a tornado. A town that saw it’s collective spirit picked up by this great man. Now he is lost. Brutality murdered in front of children. By a gun. The chickenshit who did this didn’t have the physical strength to kill this great man on his own, either, so don’t give me that “guns don’t kill people” bullshit. This loon NEEDED a gun to do what he did, and get a gun he did.
And also don’t give me your whiny “conceal carry” bullshit…because you will then need to remember and then justify how “conceal carry” – legal in the state of the murder – didn’t save this man’s life, and how “conceal carry” won’t help the thousands more traumatized by this senseless cowardly act.
F’en guns.
And before you NRA A’holes jump in, NO, I do not want to ban guns. If you want a rifle to hunt with, and you’re willing to go through a bunch of hoops to prove you can handle it responsibly and have the mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong, then you should be able to have all the rifles and shotguns you want (there is no need for handguns on this planet, outside of law enforcement). But “conceal carry” is a g-damn joke and today’s so-called gun laws are an absolute g-damn joke, too.
I’m not trying to take YOUR guns away (if you’re not a g-damn murdering loon), but you can damn well bet I’m in favor of making it a helluva lot tougher to get one.
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Chef Kevin
// Jun 28, 2009 at 8:43 am
I was shocked to read this. Didn’t know the guy, but obviously a positive influence on the community and its youth. And you’re right, the gun laws in this country are a joke. They do nothing to get the illegally possessed guns away from those who shouldn’t possess them. They also do not punish those harshly enough for their illegal use and possession. Don’t think so? The kid who shot up Woodruff High School a few years ago is out and walking around!! Why? I don’t know about anyone else, but this enrages me. You shoot up a school, endangering lives of students in an enclosed stairway 4 years ago and he is out?I’m not saying there aren’t people who legally own guns that probably shouldn’t, but I bet illegal possession and use are far more the problem than the few legal owning whack jobs out there.
And the shooter doesn’t have a gun permit..”Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson has confirmed Becker did not have a gun permit….”
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bjstone
// Jun 28, 2009 at 9:15 am
Correct, he did NOT have a permit, but there are dozens of stories about how he had easy ACCESS to a gun. His father had a permit…and guns. Maybe, then, the gun laws should start to include those who leave their guns accessible.
Maybe this freak’s father should be charged with accessory to murder, and get convicted, and do serious time. Maybe then some of these so-called “responsible” gun owners would start to take more caution.