Because apparently, some jurisdictions are ignoring ones already on the books.
ELIZABETH — The gunman who killed two congregants at a Texas church last month had been charged years earlier with a felony gun offense in New Jersey, where prosecutors later downgraded the crime to a low-level misdemeanor that had nothing to do with firearms.
Since the Dec. 29 shootout at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, much has come out about Keith Thomas Kinnunen’s criminal record, which seems to follow a pattern: He would get charged with serious, sometimes violent crimes, which later were pleaded down to less-consequential offenses.
While plea deals are common in the criminal justice system in New Jersey and elsewhere, this case raises questions about the effectiveness of laws meant to bar certain people from buying or possessing guns.
Despite Kinnunen’s history of mental illness — including a 2012 judge’s order declaring him unfit to stand trial — it does not appear his plea deals were enough to trigger legal provisions limiting gun ownership, which would apply in cases involving domestic violence and felonies.
I guess in a way you can lay the responsibility for the death directly at our liberals justice systems feet with their kid gloves handling of criminals.
Despite Kinnunen’s history of mental illness — including a 2012 judge’s order declaring him unfit to stand trial — it does not appear his plea deals were enough to trigger legal provisions limiting gun ownership, which would apply in cases involving domestic violence and felonies.
You’re in denial my friend. There’s no question that those whose path this deranged man crossed and did not enforce the laws that they were responsible to do, are in some manner…large or small…complicit.
It can be solved easily… Make liberalism, communism, socialism, and people with desires to kill the innocent banned from buying guns, and then take all restrictions off the rest of america, so we can buy our tanks, rocket launchers, grenades, artillery and other fun pieces of equipment.
Liberals will say why would you need artillery!!! I would ask them right back, why do you need 5 kids in cages in your basement with a leash and superman costume…