06-10-2013, 02:58 AM
From some friends:
Santa Monica shooter
By David Hardy
Tucson attorney
Of Arms and the Law
9 June 2013
http://armsandthelaw.com/
Clayton Cramer has interesting thoughts. Reports indicate that the
shooter had (surprise!) serious mental health issues, which led to his
commitment (unknown if it was voluntary or involuntary, but if the
latter it's a bar to gun possession and should have flagged him).
California has had an "assault weapon ban" since the year he was born,
requires all sales to be after a background check since he was a
toddler, and banned transfers of larger magazines since he was eleven.
In short, he's an example of why (1) passing gun laws will not affect a
murderous mental case and (2) why we really need to fix the mental
health system.
* David T. Hardy is a private attorney and has practiced law since 1975.
A graduate of the University of Arizona Law School, he previously served
as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington,
D.C., for ten years and now lives in Tucson, AZ, where he practices law.
He is an ardent defender of the Second Amendment, as well as of the
First Amendment.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_T._Hardy
The Mass Murder at Santa Monica College
By Clayton Cramer*
Clayton Cramer's Blog
June 9, 2013
http://claytonecramer.blogspot.com/2013/...llege.html
Police had contact with the gunman in 2006, but because he was a
juvenile then, authorities couldn't release further information, Santa
Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told
CNN on Saturday that the gunman had suffered mental health issues. A few
years ago, he was hospitalized for treatment after allegedly talking
about harming someone, according to the official.
It's not clear whether the state government or his family committed
him for treatment or whether he committed himself. It's also unclear
under what circumstances he was released.
And yet California has had an assault weapon ban since 1989 (the year
the shooter was born) and on transfers of high-capacity magazines since
2000 (when the shooter was eleven years old). It has required all
firearms transfers to be done through a background check since 1991
(when the shooter was two) and it appears that the shooter had been
committed at some point -- which is one of the things the California
background check includes.
* Conservative. Idaho. Software engineer. Historian. Increasingly,
frustrated with how the greed of a small number of lawyers is making
life unreasonable for ordinary people.
Santa Monica shooter
By David Hardy
Tucson attorney
Of Arms and the Law
9 June 2013
http://armsandthelaw.com/
Clayton Cramer has interesting thoughts. Reports indicate that the
shooter had (surprise!) serious mental health issues, which led to his
commitment (unknown if it was voluntary or involuntary, but if the
latter it's a bar to gun possession and should have flagged him).
California has had an "assault weapon ban" since the year he was born,
requires all sales to be after a background check since he was a
toddler, and banned transfers of larger magazines since he was eleven.
In short, he's an example of why (1) passing gun laws will not affect a
murderous mental case and (2) why we really need to fix the mental
health system.
* David T. Hardy is a private attorney and has practiced law since 1975.
A graduate of the University of Arizona Law School, he previously served
as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington,
D.C., for ten years and now lives in Tucson, AZ, where he practices law.
He is an ardent defender of the Second Amendment, as well as of the
First Amendment.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_T._Hardy
The Mass Murder at Santa Monica College
By Clayton Cramer*
Clayton Cramer's Blog
June 9, 2013
http://claytonecramer.blogspot.com/2013/...llege.html
Police had contact with the gunman in 2006, but because he was a
juvenile then, authorities couldn't release further information, Santa
Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said.
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told
CNN on Saturday that the gunman had suffered mental health issues. A few
years ago, he was hospitalized for treatment after allegedly talking
about harming someone, according to the official.
It's not clear whether the state government or his family committed
him for treatment or whether he committed himself. It's also unclear
under what circumstances he was released.
And yet California has had an assault weapon ban since 1989 (the year
the shooter was born) and on transfers of high-capacity magazines since
2000 (when the shooter was eleven years old). It has required all
firearms transfers to be done through a background check since 1991
(when the shooter was two) and it appears that the shooter had been
committed at some point -- which is one of the things the California
background check includes.
* Conservative. Idaho. Software engineer. Historian. Increasingly,
frustrated with how the greed of a small number of lawyers is making
life unreasonable for ordinary people.