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Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter after fight over NFL game: Don't shoot me'
(www.usatoday.com)
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Yeah, so maybe, just maybe the drug using alcoholic with anger management issues should not have had a gun. But no, we can't restrict gun ownership, can we. Some old guys a about 250 years ago said we shouldn't do that. So, sorry folks. All you can do is get your own gun and hope you're fast enough to shoot any crazy fucks who come at you before they can shoot you. It's the American way.
Are you suggesting the ambiguously worded will of the slave owners and their enablers from 250 years ago should be adapted to modern reality? What kind of filthy commie talk is that?
It's not ambiguously worded.
This man was clearly part of a well-regulated militia.
Well, I... um.. er... Hey! What in the world can that be?!
*runs off serpentine fashion in case you are about to pull out a gun*
More relevant is that people who needed to hand pack and load every mystery ball one at a time after every inaccurate shot couldn't possibly imagine a reality in which everyone has easy access to high velocity semi-automatic weapons that hold a dozen or more rounds and can be reloaded in seconds.
There's kinda a big difference between 3 rounds a minute and 3 rounds a second.
We do restrict people’s rights to own guns though absolutely no one wants people in jail to have them.
It’s only when you talk about common sense gun restrictions that people lose their minds.
I think if you have a gun you should have to carry liability insurance on it too.
NY has some pretty clear laws about mental health history and pistol permits and I've seen Delaware county judges issue them regardless.
the guys 250 years ago also said something about "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State..." as if to qualify their following statement.
Dude had no criminal record so nothing preventing him from owning a gun, BUT... as a coke head, if he was using at the time he bought the gun, he would have had to have lied when filling out the purchase form and that would have been a blocker.
Florida does have a red flag law that could have been used to seize his gun(s).
https://www.fighterlaw.com/how-do-floridas-red-flag-gun-laws-work/
"In 2019, National Public Radio reported that Florida courts had approved 2,500 risk protection orders to confiscate firearms over a period of 1.5 years. That equals out to nearly five people per day that had their firearms seized due to red flag laws–more than any of the other 17 states that have adopted a similar regulation."