As I noted elsewhere, the salient points: 1) even though he was already adjudicated mentally deficient and the govt took his guns away, he was still armed, so I dunno how you make it illegaler for him to be armed, and 2) he was stopped by–you guessed it–people with guns.
The only reason NZ media would run this is because they’re desperate to show a correlation between death and firearms ownership. We have graduated licensing in NZ, but we don’t have any bans on semi-autos and that’s what they want. They want a actually “NO, YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS THING” law.
They reported on another one in Aurora, CO a couple days ago. Different crime, no connection, different behavior all together, but they just couldn’t resist pointing the finger at guns and fear-mongering. Sad sacks of shit run the media here. Same as everywhere, I guess.
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:41 pm
The shooting was in Switzerland, not New Zealand.
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:49 pm
this is what happens when you have too many tabs open.
January 3rd, 2013 at 1:03 pm
From reading the article, it sounds like the suspect used a K31. I thought only assault weapons drove people insane?
January 3rd, 2013 at 1:17 pm
As I noted elsewhere, the salient points: 1) even though he was already adjudicated mentally deficient and the govt took his guns away, he was still armed, so I dunno how you make it illegaler for him to be armed, and 2) he was stopped by–you guessed it–people with guns.
January 4th, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Gee … a bolt action rifle shooting spree. Ran out of rounds in the magazine.
Might have gotten six if he had fitted a bayonet.
If the cop hadn’t shot his ass off, one of his neighbors would have.
January 6th, 2013 at 7:27 pm
The only reason NZ media would run this is because they’re desperate to show a correlation between death and firearms ownership. We have graduated licensing in NZ, but we don’t have any bans on semi-autos and that’s what they want. They want a actually “NO, YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS THING” law.
They reported on another one in Aurora, CO a couple days ago. Different crime, no connection, different behavior all together, but they just couldn’t resist pointing the finger at guns and fear-mongering. Sad sacks of shit run the media here. Same as everywhere, I guess.