Today is sentencing day for Jared Loughner. He’s the young man who plead guilty to shooting 6 people dead, and wounding 12 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).
The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty three months ago to 19 federal charges under an agreement that guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Today, many of his victims will face their attacker and make victim statements. Rep. Giffords is expected to have her husband read hers.
Now, please understand. The man has already plead guilty. This is just sentencing. Of course, I know if someone shot me, I’d like to face them in court.
But, it’s mostly for show. I expect the media to be there. (snark)
This means one of the other issues has again surfaced. Mental disease and the right of gun ownership. It’s expected that the current administration will soon make some-kind of appeal to change current firearms law to somehow invade medical privacy to make certain whacky folk can’t get their hands on a firearm. Legally. Of course, nothing would prevent them from using knives or bombs. Or stealing one. Or a dozen. And we all know how efficient such a system will be. Like the one that put Ted Kennedy on the No-Fly List.
And, you can bet there will be attempts to make seeking counseling or other mild mental health assistance to make it’s way to the governmental no-guns-allowed list.
Yeah, I’m certain it’ll work well to protect us all. Just look how safe New York and Chicago are from gun-related crime. (snark)
For the last time, class, repeat after me: “It’s not about guns. It’s about control.” I know we’re all tired of repeating it. Perhaps us trying to teach them is as pointless as them trying to cry wolf.
Posted by Rev. Paul | November 8, 2012, 9:25 amNot disagreeing at all.
And, Rev., I think we’re preaching to the choir, here. But we gotta do it, anyway!
Posted by guffaw1952 | November 8, 2012, 10:41 amSigh, control is what its all about.
I’m looking for ways to opt out of some of this, but it’s a pretty fixed system and not going to happen. Yes there are things you can do at this point to opt out, but most of them will get you so much attention from the government, that you have basically made your situation worse than it was to begin with.
Posted by Matt | November 8, 2012, 10:43 amPerhaps if you prepped before 9/11, and bought firearms before 1968…
Yeah, right.
Posted by guffaw1952 | November 8, 2012, 10:48 amGuilty on the 9/11 comment and they wouldn’t sell to newborns that year,
Posted by Matt | November 8, 2012, 1:28 pmGol’ darn young whippersnappers!
Posted by guffaw1952 | November 8, 2012, 1:54 pmJust as the DSM V used to diagnosed mental illness has come under heavy fire for inaccuracy.
Posted by ProudHillbilly | November 8, 2012, 11:55 amOf course, this assumes that Ted Kennedy didn’t BELONG on the No Fly List. I, for one, believe he did. In fact, if there was a No Talk List, he would have belonged on that, too.
Posted by Henry Bowman | November 11, 2012, 12:36 pm