[lbo-talk] Jared Lee Loughner, the conservative/liberal axis and the mentally ill...

[Mark Bennett]

Give me a break. Is that what it's come to around here now?  Is
victimization a seal of approval, a merit badge of virtue now?   "[T]here
was no reason for him to bother trying to get a firearm in other-than-legal
ways."  Except that every classmate he had at Pima CC was scared to death of
him and he couldn't even hold a job as a dogwalker.  The fucker was crazy
and no sane person would have sold him a gun.  But I guess that's cool.  No
big deal; hell give everyone a Glock 9 with a couple of 30 round mags.
That'll keep the banksters in line, right?

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>wrote:


> Mark Bennett asks:
>
>  Buckpassing by whom?
>>
>
> You.
>
>  a culture that believes it is the inalienable right of any
>> person to possess a fireman ...
>>
>
> Funny typo.  But: I don't think your characterization jives with current
> law.  In particular your use of "any" -- plenty of people are prohibited
> from possession of a firearm.  Let's round off and call it "millions" ...
> Notable in the group is "convicted violent felon" -- of which there are
> millions in the US.  Of course that law doesn't stop the vast majority of
> gun crime from being commited (see DOJ stats on who commits gun crime in the
> US; I'll save you the lookup: mostly it's violent felons).  Also notable in
> the group of "prohibited persons" is anyone who gets a court order related
> to being a danger to themselves or others.
>
> About the only thing you can say about this guy is there was no reason for
> him to bother trying to get a firearm in other-than-legal ways.  If you
> wanted the clerk to stop him, you should find a way through your fantasy
> narrative to get him either convicted of a felony or have a court decide
> that he was a danger to himself or others.
>
> Thus: buck-passing.
>
>
> /jordan
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