The Aurora killer didn't kill himself. He set up an insanity defense before he carried out the carnage.
Control, the gunman needs control to the point where he inflicts his own death. He already made up his mind he was going to die before he killed.
What kind of people actually want these weapons? Control, right? Extreme control. I asked myself, if I decided I needed an assault weapon to control my environment from some extreme reason, would I have already accepted I am a dead person before it all happens. The answer is yes. I would have to accept the fact there is nothing I can do to control my outcome, except, to arm myself against anyone else.
What kind of thinking is that outside of 'game fantasy?' That is darn desperate stuff in a society that can't control outcomes for it's citizens. Where does that happen, realistically, where does that kind of reality in the USA exist? Crime neighborhoods where people kill rather than understand, in places where law enforcement does not exist.
Now. Should the USA tolerate that level of self-defense anywhere in the country?
If we should not tolerate that level of crime and violence in our country, then what are these weapons doing on the street?
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06/07/2013 11:53:50 PM MDT
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—A man with a semi-automatic rifle (click here) killed four people and wounded five others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city. Police shot him dead in the Santa Monica College Library.
The violence began when the gunman, acting alone despite early reports of a possible second shooter, opened fire on a house where two bodies were found, police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.
Two officials said the killings began as a domestic violence incident and the victims in the home were the gunman's father and brother. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.
Only about 10 minutes passed between the first reports of trouble and the gunman's death, but it led to hours of fear and confusion in the balmy coastal city....
Control, the gunman needs control to the point where he inflicts his own death. He already made up his mind he was going to die before he killed.
What kind of people actually want these weapons? Control, right? Extreme control. I asked myself, if I decided I needed an assault weapon to control my environment from some extreme reason, would I have already accepted I am a dead person before it all happens. The answer is yes. I would have to accept the fact there is nothing I can do to control my outcome, except, to arm myself against anyone else.
What kind of thinking is that outside of 'game fantasy?' That is darn desperate stuff in a society that can't control outcomes for it's citizens. Where does that happen, realistically, where does that kind of reality in the USA exist? Crime neighborhoods where people kill rather than understand, in places where law enforcement does not exist.
Now. Should the USA tolerate that level of self-defense anywhere in the country?
If we should not tolerate that level of crime and violence in our country, then what are these weapons doing on the street?
By
06/07/2013 11:53:50 PM MDT
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—A man with a semi-automatic rifle (click here) killed four people and wounded five others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city. Police shot him dead in the Santa Monica College Library.
The violence began when the gunman, acting alone despite early reports of a possible second shooter, opened fire on a house where two bodies were found, police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.
Two officials said the killings began as a domestic violence incident and the victims in the home were the gunman's father and brother. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.
Only about 10 minutes passed between the first reports of trouble and the gunman's death, but it led to hours of fear and confusion in the balmy coastal city....
