Comments on: Shooting Victim Threatens Tucson Tea Party Leader

By: MIhangel apYrs

MIhangel apYrs — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:02:38 +0000

Ben Mathis

agree, but would emphasise that it’s not an either/or between gun control and re-civilisation

By: Ben Mathis

Ben Mathis — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:37:28 +0000

While the lower gun crime in Canada and the UK, and the rest of the EU might be attributed to tighter gun control laws, and I have nothing against them, I personally believe it has far more to do with the lower wealth inequality, higher social mobility, and lower unemployment. Happy, employed, medically insured people who can buy food and make rent don’t commit gun crimes. Disenfranchised youth in the urban wastelands allowed to grow in the inner city through lack of school funding, erosion of worker’s rights, social mobility, and jobs through deregulation and outsourcing; do commit gun crimes. Oh and let’s not forget the incredibly racist judicial system.

By all means, make guns harder to get, but please put a higher priority on decreasing the reasons to commit violence in the first place.

By: MIhangel apYrs

MIhangel apYrs — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:51:08 +0000

Tim
“PTSD” maybe?

The chap had had a rather trying time and possibly behaved out of character.

Big time.

By: Tone

Tone — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:54:07 +0000

Fuller I meant. Everyone here speaks typo I think anyway.

By: Tone

Tone — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:53:05 +0000

Fully issued an apology today for his behaviour so that’s a start.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:01:40 +0000

It may very well be that the sheriff’s department wishes charges to be pressed because that is the only way that they can legally force Fuller to get psychological evaluation. In a way, Humphries may be doing Fuller a favor by pressing charges.

By: Jim Burroway

Jim Burroway — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:11:04 +0000

To add to Timothy’s comment, this looks as though Fuller has some serious anger issues. He was also combative before the shooting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/13survivors.html

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:57:44 +0000

Jim,

I think you may have left something essential out our your commentary, the last half of a sentence:

Humphries told KGUN9 News that he does plan to press those charges, at the recommendation of sheriff’s department investigators.

Because this essential information was lacking, Humphries appears to some (who chose not to read the article) as lacking in compassion.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:49:54 +0000

How fascinating.

Fuller turned around, faced Humphries, took his picture and told him, “You’re dead!” in a tone that appeared to those around him to be serious and a legitimate threat.

Yet some here seem to be finding sympathy for Fuller and hostility towards Humphries. I guess for some the objectionable nature of violent rhetoric is dependent upon who makes it and who is the target.

Sad. I would hope that BTB readers and commenters would be more principled.

By: Mihangel apYrs

Mihangel apYrs — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:37:46 +0000

oh
and gun ownership was highly regulated even before the ban on hand guns.

It involved and still involves police checks on criminal records and visits to the property where the gun is stored (my father had a locked safe in his attic) and then the licence is issued by a magistrate. This licence can be withdraw at any time.