A woman kills herself and her son in a shooting gallery. Wow. That was not only premeditated, it was guaranteed. Who would have ever thought.
How do you tell an arms 'rental' agent he shouldn't be renting guns. Renting guns.
Did you catch the video? I could not believe my eyes. She killed her 20 year old son with one shot. She not only thought up a completely horrible scenario to carry out a demented act, but, she must have studied some anatomy.
The shooting deaths at Virginia Tech revealed a the shooter to be a young man with a history of mental illness. So, the gun laws were tightened up to prevent those with such a history from purchasing weapons. But, this isn't even purchasing them. This is renting them. She not only rented one gun, but, two. One to put in her son's hand to distract him while she killed him with the other. Wow. It was well thought out and no one knew?
I can understand gun ranges like this. People that own weapons need to use them correctly, so they should practice handling and firing them, aiming. But, how does a mentally disturbed woman enter a gun range with her son and rent two weapons and proceed to kill both of them. What law is going to prevent that? It can't. The 'rental' agent would have to run credentials as if she were purchasing a weapon in order to find out this information. I believe the rental agent is liable, big time liable. I can't believe people can actually rent guns. I don't believe in renting guns even when in a shooting range. At the very least, when renting a gun it should be done with an instructor. This is really a very poor practice.
Then there is the pilot that wanted to be shot down by F-16s. I wonder if he should have thought about renting an F-16 and a jet pilot for 'war games' in order to be shot down? What makes people tick these days?
Man who stole plane in Canada trying to commit suicide (click here)
April 7, 2009 11:18 AM EDT
Posted by Sarah Harlan
(NBC) - A man accused of stealing a plane in Canada and landing it seven hours later in Missouri told authorities he was trying to commit suicide.
Authorities said 31-year-old Adam Dylan Leon took off from a flight school in Thunder Bay and headed south.
American F-16 fighter jets intercepted him as he approached Wisconsin, and the state capital building was evacuated for a short time.
The pilot landed on a dirt road in rural Missouri and was arrested at a nearby grocery store.
Leon told a state trooper he hoped he would be shot down.
Another murder-suicide in Oklahoma. This is getting rough. It is people that primarily know each other and see violence as a friend in resolving personal issues.
Man dies; deadly Oklahoma City shooting becomes apparent murder-suicide (click here)
From Staff Reports
Published: April 8, 2009
A man suspected of fatally shooting a woman before turning the gun on himself in a suspected murder-suicide attempt has died.
Police say Darrin Smith , 48, died Monday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound he received Sunday night, police said.
Officers went to 2219 N Quapah Ave. about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and found Jackie Lee Miller, 48, dead from a gunshot wound, according to Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow.
Police say Miller and Smith knew each other, but the nature of their relationship remains unclear.
And look at this. Four teens committed suicide because of bullying. The latest one was attempting to leave her school by seeking a private tutor at home.
Student bullied before suicide, aunt says (click here)
By LAUREN STANFORTH
Staff writer Last updated: 4:43 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
SCHENECTADY - One of the four female students who recently committed suicide was bullied so severely she was awaiting a tutor in order to leave Schenectady High School, according to the girl's aunt.
Shana Davis of Latham said her niece must have had other problems to see death as a reasonable way out. But the bullying she endured at the hands of other girls must have been a contributing factor, said Davis, who said her sister, the teen's mother, is too distraught to speak publicly.
"She didn't want to be there," Davis said about her niece. "It was very clear she struggled."
It has been rumored that bullies plagued some of the students who committed suicide. The first death occurred on Nov. 25. Others followed in late February and, most recently, April 2. All the students were black females, which is counter to typical suicide trends. More commonly for teens, white males commit suicide.
A Harvard University suicide and trauma expert is helping organize community response to the tragedies, bringing together school staff, public and mental health experts, clergy and police to devise an outreach plan....
AND THEN THERE IS THIS ! "FOX" consented to 'the idea' that suicide is a remedy when one of their stars decided to leave the show for a career in politics.
'House' Shockeroo: Kutner Suicide (click here)
...Out of the blue - a death on one of TV's biggest shows. A shot to the head. Never saw it coming. Neither did House. Nor did anyone else.
Now the valid question: Did Fox, or "House," set up this departure responsibly, or was it so shocking, so unexpected, that even viewers need help to deal with it right now? Hard do say, but Fox has actually set up a "mourning" site that viewers can access this morning. I've never seen anything quite like this - it lets viewers mourn the dearly departed while perpetuating the curious myth that Kal Penn's character is "real," and MUST be mourned....
Here is the funeral site, video and all. (click here)
It is a known fact that when suicide is reported on television, especially television, it causes mimics. I believe FOX has issues with giving permission to suicide. This occurred without any history of the character having a mental illness or life stress that would drive him to such an act. I believe they are completely irresponsible to the public and the episode needs to be reviewed for inappropriate and violent content. There is no rating system for television. The FCC needs to seriously examine the 'content' not only of this FOX program, but, of the current reporting content to the extent there is an escalation of violence in the country and any correlation.
There are absolutely too many guns on the street.
