Posted on 10/04/2015 2:10:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The father of the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college before turning a gun on himself said the shooting “would not have happened” if his son would not have been able to amass so many weapons.
“The only thing I would like to say is a question that I would like to ask is how on earth could he compound 13 guns? How could that happen? They talk about gun laws, they talk about gun control but every time something like this happens they talk about it and nothing is done,” Ian Mercer told CNN. “I’m not trying to say that’s to blame for what happened but if Chris had not been able to get a hold of 13 guns, it wouldn’t have happened.” Ian Mercer also said he had no idea his son had any guns, let alone more than a dozen. Authorities recovered an additional weapon at the shooter’s home, bringing the total to 14.
Although Ian Mercer said he wouldn’t comment on any psychological issues his son was facing, he also noted that “obviously someone who goes and kills nine people has to have some kind of issue.”....
w/ VIDEO [about 5 minutes - "Shocked....I had no idea he had any guns......"]
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I believe the ex-husband is trying to shift all responsibility and liability onto the mother.
Also mass killings in China (in schools) using knives, hammers, cleavers....
They can call it 'Dads for Sensible Gun Laws', or some such silliness. Guess I shouldn't give them any ideas...
Exactly. All his video proves is a potential source of dementia and a great case study for mental illness.
” How come we heard nothing but “he’s down”, “target is exterminated” and “brief shootout followed” ... for a full two plus days and it’s suddenly changed to “he took his own life” ? “
Because the coroner has to be sure. God help him if he had to change his verdict, the conspiracy kooks would have a fit.
heh
For the last three or four days we've had nothing but water of some kind forecasted for this area (SW PA) ... probably because the model showed we were gonn'a get hit by the effects of a hurricane .... that never developed
Not HERE, anyway .... sunny and warm all next week
So, here we have a young man who became capable of engaging with another human being, in the form of asking the question “what is your religion?”...and then upon getting a particular answer, taking his life.
What contribution did the possession of a gun contribute to the murderer’s mental condition? I’d say if all guns were indeed out of the equation, that this is a man who would simply figure out another way to kill.
Until there is an event like this at a gun show, a gun range, or an NRA meeting, I’m going to conclude that guns only play a role as a deterrent. The cause has nothing to do with the implement that is used. A bomb, a chemical weapon, or a machete would become just as lethal, if not more so, in the absence of a gun.
If we must blame, and yes, blame plays a role here, then we must look at how the perpetrator’s brain came to acquire the visceral hatred of
Christians. How was this enabled? Who played a role in devaluing life in general, and that of Christians specifically?
I’ll bet people on this forum could name a few, and that might be a more worthwhile conversation than the one about the implements used in these crimes.
"As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.[1]"
re China
Blame guns not the gunfree zone and the ONE security guard who was un armed
In a wild twist of fate, Mintz was shot up by a guy clearly on the Autism scale...and Mintz own son has austism.
This will be a double whammy on him as he faces recovery.
Another great job of parenting by LIBERALS. Nice job, liberals!!
Father reminds me of English puke, Piss Morgan.
UNPROTECTED “gun free” slaughter zone drone fires on unsuspecting populace.
Because the mother, IMHO, was a nut job that would make Adam Lanza’s mom look like June Cleaver.
Hey Mr. Gungrabbing Liberal Moron, why do I want guns for? I want them to prevent a thug from harming my family, to prevent thugs (aka the Obama administration) from trampling on freedoms and to hunt. Not that I need to tell you WHY I need to own guns!!
Always take advice from irresponsible, absentee dads. They know what’s best. /s
Nobody expects the weather to be accurate. A coroner on the other hand...
The moron’s family is proof that Americans need guns to protect themselves from the fucked up offspring of liberalism and minority entitlement.
I wonder how many times he held a son?
It’s comforting to know that had the shooter only had 12 guns the massacre would never had taken place. The father has surreptiously offered a ‘common sense’ gun control law - you can only buy 12 guns at a time. As a gun owner, I could live with that and my wife is very enthusiastic about it as well !
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