MD Mall Shooting

[Robocop1051]

http://www.examiner.com/article/maryland-mall-shooting-further-erode-gun-control-myths

 

 

January 26, 2014

 

Three myths of gun control were further eroded with yesterday’s Mall of Columbia shooting in Maryland, covered here in the Seattle Times, and the incident also challenges the rationale behind a Washington State gun control measure scheduled for legislative hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Olympia.

 

Howard County Police Chief William McMahon identified the alleged mall gunman as Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, according to Yahoo News. He was armed with a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun that he reportedly purchased last month in neighboring Montgomery County, according to the New York Times. If that is the case, Aguilar should have had to pass a background check. Latest reports say police are “still reviewing the details of the purchase.”

 

The Mall of Columbia, according to National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea, is a so-called “gun-free zone” where the Code of Conduct specifically says "No firearms or illegal weapons.” That did not help Brianna Benlolo, 21, of College Park, or 25-year-old Tyler Johnson of Ellicott City. Both worked at the Zumiez skateboard shop. There is no clear motive for the attack, covered here by the Seattle P-I.com.

 

Recall that the December shooting at Arapahoe High School happened in a “gun free school zone” where the assailant, Karl Pierson, was armed with a shotgun that he had legally purchased, passing a background check. He fatally shot student Claire Davis for no apparent reason before taking his own life as an armed officer closed in.

 

Recall that the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard shooting occurred in a “gun free zone” yet Aaron Alexis walked right up to a security guard, shot him dead with a Remington 12-gauge pump shotgun he legally purchased days before — passing a background check in the process — and then took his gun and went on a rampage.

 

In none of these three high-profile incidents was there a so-called “assault weapon,” unless and until some gun prohibitionist decides to demonize one of the most common firearms in the country as an “assault weapon.” Anti-gun Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed legislation last year to ban “assault weapons.”

Tally up the score. Gun-free zones? Fail. Background checks? Fail. “Assault weapons” ban? Fail.

 

This week in Olympia, House and Senate committees will hear testimony on two initiatives to the legislature, I-594, the 18-page gun control measure that was certified last week, and I-591, the simple one-page proposal mandating that background checks in Washington comply with a uniform national standard, as they do now. In its first public foray into the dueling initiatives effort, the National Rifle Association called I-594 a “universal handgun registration scheme.”

 

In an e-mail yesterday, the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility encouraged gun control advocates to attend the hearings this week. They will have lots of company from rights activists who will oppose their measure primarily on the grounds that — as yesterday’s incident has once again demonstrated — it will not prevent violent crime but only add more burdens to law-abiding citizens.

 

 

The hearing schedule:

 

Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
, House Hearing Room A
, John L. O'Brien Building

Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
, Senate Hearing Room 1, 
J.A. Cherberg Building

[Toolndie7]

Maybe someday "they" will understand the waste of money and resources on these foolish laws. Unfortunately they just want to take away all the guns, then everything will be peacefull,  Right?

[planeflyer21]

In order for these people to live in "peace", they will need to eradicate everyone that doesn't think like them.

 

And people that don't think like them have guns and aren't giving them up.

 

That's what we call "A Mexican standoff".

[98Z5V]

Proves that "Gun Control" isn't one single bit about protecting innocent people - it's about taking away, bit by bit, the right for free Americans to own firearms.  It's ONLY about wiping out the 2A. 

 

 

 

 

Nothing more.

[Rsquared]

Amen to that.

[unforgiven]

Gun free zones = lambs for the slaughter.

[98Z5V]

Bet this assclown fukhead shooter was a registered Dem.

[BLKSHEEP]

^^^ I believe they've all been democrap wackoos :cookoo:

[blue109]

I saw a list somewhere but I can't find it...showed all the "mass shootings" of the last 10 years. Showed which ones were gun free zones (almost all) showed which were committed with legal guns (most) and which were committed by lefties (most)

Anyone have that one bookmarked?

[BLKSHEEP]

I saw a list somewhere but I can't find it...showed all the "mass shootings" of the last 10 years. Showed which ones were gun free zones (almost all) showed which were committed with legal guns (most) and which were committed by lefties (most)

Anyone have that one bookmarked?

I remember seeing that list also but can't find it, It was pretty much the same as this one> http://beforeitsnews.com/tea-party/2013/09/mass-shooter-profiles-2503666.html

[98Z5V]

I posted it someplace here... 

 

Here it is:

Edited January 29, 2014 by 98Z5V

[Zebra644]

That should be a part of the background check process. Are you are registered or do you vote democrat?  Do you believe its everyone elses responsibility to pay for health care and benefits for those to lazy to work and whose most confusing day of they year is Father's day? Any one of those should be an instant no.