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The Aurora Colorado Mass Shooter, and Shall Issue

crossposted from Penigma.blogspot.com It has now come to light that the college psychiatrist who had been treating the (alleged) shooter in the Aurora, Colorado theater showing the latest Batman movie had alerted law enforcement that James Holmes presented a danger to others weeks before the shooting. Under ‘may issue’ practice, law enforcement can be more [...]

Conservative Dementia: Deny Voting Rights to Legal Voters,
But NOT Guns to Mass Murdering Shooters?

cross posted from Penigma.blogspot.com  Today Jared Loughner was found sufficiently competent, although neither cured nor sane, to make a plea bargain deal in court for his life, agreeing to life in prison for the shooting of 19 people in Tucson, Arizona, including the attempted assassination of a serving U.S. Congresswoman, the injuring of 13, and [...]

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Vigilante on Vigilante Gun Violence in Utah,
Consequences under a better Stand Your Ground law..
The differences with Florida’s law are significant.

crossposted from Penigma: A 2009 shooting in Utah demonstrates the problems with Shoot First laws, as drafted and promoted by ALEC and conservative Republican legislators that expands the ability to shoot upon belief of threat off the premises of one’s own property.  This was exactly the kind of incident that law enforcement, prosecutors and opponents of [...]