Attitude and young people feeling no attachment to society and suffering mental health problems is more at fault than the weapons.
So 203 people have died this year in the U.S. in mass shootings while over 600 have been murdered in Chicago alone this year. 35,000 have been killed by guns in the U.S. thus far in 2023. Yet you’re focusing on the 203? Makes sense 🤷♂️. I’m ready to talk about gun violence and those places where it’s rampant. Also reason to talk about way to reduce said violence in those areas.
In a bit of a twist, the shooter was a 67 year old career college professor who apparently had his job application turned down by UNLV. Weapon used was a handgun.39
UNLV mass shooting: 3 killed, 1 hurt in attack on campus
A suspect is dead after three people were killed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.abcnews.go.com
Hate crime. Not surprised Yahoo isn’t reporting the motiveHouston shooting. Neighbors did all they could months before the shooting. US gun laws protect the shooters not the victims. Insanity. And 40 years ago it would never have happened.
Texas neighbors said they tried to sound the alarm about Houston church shooter for months
Years before a shooter opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, residents in the small neighborhood said they had run-ins with the suspect, who frightened them.news.yahoo.com
Which is worse indiscrimanent murder or discriminent murder?Hate crime. Not surprised Yahoo isn’t reporting the motive
Lakewood Church shooting: AR-15 had 'Palestine' sticker, antisemitic writings recovered, police say
A pro-Palestinian message was written on the gun belonging to a woman who opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston.
According to our current Justice system…discriminant crime.
Not crime… murder. Why is killing someone for no reason better than killing them for a flawed reason? Lol
Since “hate” motive has been deemed as an aggregating factor when it comes to murder convictions as it relates to sentencing….yes, our current judicial system views it as worse.
When the ultimate penalty is the death penalty either way, it really doesn’t matter to the criminal. All capital offenses are equal to capital criminals. Ultimately, it’s just an extra symbolic wag of the finger in Texas.
My comment wasn’t restricted to Texas but across the country…state and federal. Very few murderers receive the death penalty. “Hate” is considered an aggravating factor which often leads to an increased sentence. Again…the answer to your question is yes. Our current judicial system is set up to recognize a murder where “hate is a factor to be worse
when was the last time a mass murderer or serial killer was tried, convicted, and executed?
Why didn't you just say when was the last time one was executed. If they aren't tried, and convicted then they wouldn't be executed. August, 2019.
To be fair, I do know one where tried and convicted hadn't happened yet but the execution sure did....on live TV by the son's dad.
To be fair, they call that (justified?) homicide, or a revenge murder, not an execution.
Not a single gun used in the parade shooting was purchased or was being carried legally. Current gun restrictions prohibited both. You’re again ignoring the societal issues which lead to teenagers packing backpacks with automatic weapons, taking them to a parade, and then firing them indiscriminately into a crowd of people. These are kids carrying around automatic weapons in backpacks to parades like they were snacks.Despite the recent shootings at the Chief's KC victory parade, both Kansas and Missouri push for ever looser guns restrictions. Next up: unrestricted , unlicensed concealed weapons public transportation. Meanwhile shooting deaths up in KC year after year.
Super Bowl parade shooting occurred between two states that staunchly support gun rights
Kansas and Missouri politicians were present when more than 20 people were shot at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebration.www.cjonline.com
And the 36 other countries ahead of us? England, France, Denmark, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Japan, etc. etc. We beat out Costa Rico and that's it.
Not a single kid involved in the KC shooting acquired or was carrying those guns legally. How many of the bad guys in Chicago purchased and are carrying their guns in that city legally? I’ll help you out….close to zero. If laws were the answer to the gun crisis in our cities then Chicago would be one of the safest places in America. You think kids who pack up illegally acquired and carried automatic weapons to a parade in a backpack with the intent to kill a rival give a damn about the laws we pass? Societal issues my friend. Solve our problems with violence and the utter disregard for human life.
It’s hair splitting but some federal hate crime statutes include the racial animus alleged as an essential element of the crime directly in the statute. Like the death penalty for interfering in the free exercise of religion that results in death. A good example is 18 U.S.C. §249, which includes life in prison as an option for aggravated battery. Other federal statutes allow the federal sentencing guidelines to include hate as an aggravating factor in the penalty phase. For instance, let’s say the worst type of human being I can imagine decides to shoot with the intent to kill two black men on a street corner. He films it and makes it clear to his viewers he is committing this crime solely due to their race. One victim is a member of the uniformed division of the U.S. Capitol Police. The other is delivery man asking for directions. He hits both of them but neither is killed. Prosecutors would likely elect to charge Count 1 regarding the civilian victim as a 249 crime requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt the victim was a member of a protected class (Black) and the crime was committed with the intent to deprive the victim of his civil rights. That’s punishable by up to life (PBL). The prosecutors could choose to charge the shooting of the cop either as a 249 or use the agg batt on a LEO statute, which has fewer elements and you wouldn’t have to prove he did it to deprive him of his civil rights — only that the cop was acting within the scope of his employment and not walking home. BUT, if convicted, evidence of the racial animus could be used to aggravate the penalty upwards, but would be beneath the upward range of PBL that you get with a 249. And that’s the rub, it’s not always clear BARD that acts are done with the requisite criminal intent to violate civil rights or with racial animus, etc. So a lot of crimes that are obviously hate crimes to you and me are not charged that way because it’s difficult to prove BARD what the state of mind of the defendant was. And therefore the racial animus evidence comes in at sentencing as part of a battery trial rather than an element in a civil rights trial that involves a battery. It makes accurate statistics on hate crimes in America very difficult to track.
Civilian ownership and use of automatic weapons without authorization has been illegal since the 1930’s when the federal government struggled to respond to rampant gun violence. Violence that has continued for 100 years uninterrupted.
Again….societal issues. Kids bringing guns to a mall and killing each other. Assuming gang related although story doesn’t say. These stories also never say how the minors acquired the guns. Where the hell are the parents? You’re telling me you don’t know your 15 year old son is packing a gun ?
In many cases, the parent(s) are current or former gang members or live in fear in gang dominated neighborhoods so they feel powerless to prevent their children from joining.
In most of the neighborhoods that Lawpoke is likely referencing, these things you talk about are the rule, not the exception.
