And as with the armed BLM protester, this piece of garbage who would surely have killed said officer if given the chance, saved California taxpayers huge sums of money on both a trial and his what should be decades long incarceration. But reality being what it is, and with California DA's being some of the most liberal in the country, said suspect, if caught, would probably have gotten away with but a slap on the wrist, if even that.
And then last Monday, former intern and now full-time associate and portfolio banker Connor Sturgeon, age 25, casually walked into the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky and killed five people (with one dying of their wounds in hospital)...including both a police officer and two close friends of Kentucky's Gov. Andy Beshear...and injured nine others. And why...simply because he had recently been told that he was being “let go.” Thankfully, this but yet another, in my opinion, piece of human garbage died in a shootout with police...police who arrived on scene within 3-minutes of receiving the call that a shooting was in progress at the bank.
But instead of focusing on the victims and the lives the police action saved, liberal media news sites instead kept pointing out that Kentucky is one of 26 states that allow “permit less” carry of firearms for “eligible” adults”...“eligible” as in non-felony convicted adults. In fact, Kentucky passed a law back in 2019 that removed the provisions that mandated state gun owners pass a background check if they were going to “conceal carry” a firearm. Simply, in Kentucky, as per the law, most adults over 21 can purchase and carry a firearm and take said firearm to most places in the state without a license. Too bad no one in the bank that day was “carrying”...more lives probably would have been saved and injuries prevented even before the police arrived on scene.
So here we have three cases of “good guys” with guns taking out “bad guys” with guns, but in the Texas case the “good guy” Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, was deemed to be the “bad guy.” And why...because prosecutors said Perry had plenty of choices, including driving away, but instead chose to fire his legally purchased revolver no matter that Garrett Foster approached him and pointed an AK-47 rifle directly into his car...an assault weapon more deadly than any revolver will ever be.
Excuses again being made for a perpetrator's actions...excuses made by prosecutors who align with the left as the perpetrator becomes the victim and the true victim morphs into the perp.
And here I must thank our great Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for on July 1st, permit less “concealed carry”...aka “Constitutional Carry”...goes into effect...giving new meaning to the old adage “behind every blade of grass.” And while the great state of Texas allows “open carry”...no concealing of firearms is necessary...I actually believe that concealing one's firearm is better. Why so...because the “bad guys” won't know who other than the police might have a firearm on their person which in itself might lead to reduced crime numbers for even the “bad guys” don't want to be blown away by their would be victims.
But at this point I think the best we can hope for is that more states amend whatever gun laws they have in place and adopt into law “Constitutional Carry.” Why so...because the firearm haters and misguided gun control loons see no sign of abating any time soon. And while the anti-gun numbers remain basically unchanged over these past few years, those who still cannot accept the reality that “guns don't kill people, people kill people,” seem to be more vocal than ever. In fact, the blame game once again has fallen on Republicans whom Biden blames for the recent increase in gun violence. “Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence,” he tweeted after the Kentucky shooting adding that, “Jill and I pray for the lives lost and impacted by today's shooting. Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives...when will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?”
In fact, prior to the Kentucky bank shooting, in the first 3-1/2 months of this year alone, there were at least 145 mass shootings here in the U.S. with many committed by so-called “career criminals” whose previous sentences were barely served. And this is according to data from the “Gun Violence Archive,” who defines a “mass shooting” as one in which at least four people are shot and killed, excluding the shooter. And in Democratic cities and states...both having the strictest gun laws...sees them having the highest murder rates and shootings in the U.S. proving that “gun control doesn't work.”
Why so? While some claim that even with a fair amount of gun control laws already in place that certain key factors contribute to the current rise in both murder rates and mass shootings...especially in workplace shootings. And it's things like domestic violence; political and religious extremism; undiagnosed and/or untreated mental illness; overly lenient laws regarding the purchase of firearms; along with the rise in color-based hate groups that these folks use as excuses. But the simple fact is that those determined to commit murder, for whatever reason, don't give a damn about old let alone newly proposed gun control laws and never will, rendering excuses made but fodder for the gullible and Second Amendment haters alone.
And until these folks do...until those relishing in what is actually a form of blindfolded justice...until families act on the warning signs many killers taunt their family and friends with before they commit unspeakable acts...the number of mass shootings of innocents and murders in general will continue to rise. And it's the “good guys” with guns... meaning the police...who will be the one's left to shoulder the blame and have to answer for the “take down” of folks who in reality are simply better off dead. Harsh words I know, but reality and truth often does tend to be unkind. Case closed.
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