Other State Active Shooter at the Gilroy Garlic Festival

[Joly]

Is a possible solution...to have firearm classes in schools for children and adults to learn how to 'put down' these cowards that go to an event like this one and kill people? A licensed/approved course that stresses behaviors to take when attacked?

Seems we need more 'citizens' with firearms throughout our society to deter/stop these criminals or do we just quit going to fun social events like garlic festivals altogether. And then we just hunker-down at home ever fearful that we may be shot at any and all events, anywhere?

I am ready to suggest civil disobedience regarding these legislative guidelines/laws that put citizens in compromised scenarios. Bring your gun with you...to church, in your vehicle, to festivals, to everywhere you don't have to pass through a metal detector. Huh, metal detectors, seems the court rooms and other governmental buildings do have metal detectors and authorized people wearing guns in official capacities to protect them...what about us. How do we protect ourselves?

I've got a cpl (concealed pistol license) in WA ST and it is somewhat of a pain in the butt to carry; the responsibility, the restrictions, the discomfort...would be nothing compared to the loss of a loved one due to some idiot.

Take care of yourself and others.

 

[Joly]

Remember in the 60s being escorted through Hollister when groups on Bikes arrived in the area, but left alone in Gilroy were they had the Garlic Fest. Camped out for a week end of a party, food. fun, and every one went home without incidence. One of the local guys like us, usually attended other Fests and events like the Calvaras Frog Jump, Grape Fest, seldom was there a problem, and unlike today's people, there wasn't much of a reason to fence or bans put in place. We can see how well that works. Three dead plus the shooter, many wounded. Shooter a young man radical with hot blooded italian/Arab and like the usual FBI investigation no motive! NO AR this time, just gang banger saudi AK-47 semi auto, legally bought in another state and illegally brought into Commiefornia. Thanks to a quicker acting police officer who shot him first with a hand gun, we will not have a motive, but we will not have to feed and guard him the rest of his life!

Perhaps, if we eliminated, killed, everyone of the these sorts of cowards, we could save ourselves lots of expenses they don't deserve. And it might deter a few of those considering this sort of behavior. Maybe.

 

[zenbreath]

Tin foil hat time.



This is from tumblr. July 9th.

 

[3MTA3]

Tin foil hat time.

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This is from tumblr. July 9th.

It DOES seem to happen with great regularity. Sometimes, like cruise missile strikes to draw attention from a President under fire are obvious, others are better orchestrated.

 

[caarecengi]

Funny how the media always get so excited about these random murders, but don't give a rat's azz about the daily murders of American citizens in places like Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Chicago, et al....cities with the most onerous of gun laws.
Since most of those murdered, sometimes a hundred in a weekend, or at least tens a week happen to be Black folk, the lack of attention seems pretty, oh I don't know, RACIST, to me.
And of course since these cities with incredibly high murder rates happen to have the toughest of gun laws, and have been run by Democrats for decades, it flies in the face of their preferred narrative, which might also explain the lack of attention.
Just might ;-)

We kill 40 people daily in traffic collisions - yet that is perfectly acceptable in the minds of most Americans
We probably have a lot more TCs due to texting while driving - yet no one is calling for "cell phone control" - you know, the kind where the accelerometer in your phone could be used to inhibit the entire text messaging feature until the vehicle is stopped for at least 2 minutes.

And they tell me "firearms are the problem"

 

[RicInOR]

Gilroy festival shooter had a 'target list' with religious and political groups

The 19-year-old gunman who used an assault-style rifle to shoot people at random at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last week had a "target list" made up of religious institutions and political groups of both parties, authorities said.

www.cnn.com

 

[RicInOR]

Dealer who sold rifle to Gilroy shooter facing lawsuits from victims

The gun dealer who sold a WASR-10 to the man who killed people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California last month says he's facing approximately 15 lawsuits, and a GoFundMe page aims to raise $10,000 to help with legal costs.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[3MTA3]

Dealer who sold rifle to Gilroy shooter facing lawsuits from victims

The gun dealer who sold a WASR-10 to the man who killed people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California last month says he's facing approximately 15 lawsuits, and a GoFundMe page aims to raise $10,000 to help with legal costs.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I suppose Rosie O'Donnell is going to sue Little Debbie and Pop-Tarts then?

If they followed the law on the sale they have done nothing wrong. The only people who will win here are the lawyers. The victims and their families ultimately won't get anything. I hope the store is incorporated to protect the owner.

We need tort reform now (no, Rosie, I said tort not tart)