Somebody please explain to me how this mutt walks up to the second floor of a busy mall with a loaded shotgun.
We do not know that he walked up there “with a loaded shotgun”.
Consider this. Break down shotgun into two parts. Place in gym bag. Put ammunition in gym bag. Carry gym bag into mall. Assemble shotgun and load (under 1 minute).
Jan 26, 2014
Well, guess how Maryland Governor Oh-Mao-Lee sold his litany of strict gun control initiatives in early 2013?
The threat of gun violence “will never go away,” O’Malley said, “but the actions we take may well prevent another tragedy like that in Newtown, Connecticut. . . . It is possible we can make a difference.”
And, Governor, it’s possible your state’s strict gun control was the reason this angry ex-boyfriend of one of the victims thought he could get away with murdering her and her new boyfriend without any meaningful resistance.
He brought a Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun into a “No Guns” mall, pulled it out of a skateboard bag in a dressing room, then hunted down the defenseless victims and shot them with buckshot in cold blood. He then, being the brave soul he was (that’s sarcasm there), turned the gun on himself.
Via: Guns Save Life
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=10625
My tactical shotgun would fit under a longish coat. Or in a big duffel. Or in a long cardboard box. Somebody carrying a long cardboard box wouldn’t be noticed in a mall.
I don't know about Maryland or this particular mall.
But the sporting goods store where I shop is in a mall and I walk in and out of there with a cased gun all the time.
Winter time, long coat.
“He brought a Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun into a “No Guns” mall, pulled it out of a skateboard bag in a dressing room, then hunted down the defenseless victims and shot them with buckshot in cold blood. He then, being the brave soul he was (that’s sarcasm there), turned the gun on himself. “
Via: Guns Save Life
I shop there. There are ground level entrances on the upper level. You don’t have to walk far. People are involved with each other or with their kids, bags, food, phones. They may not notice. Even if they did, all they can do is call 911; your average shopper can’t very well disarm a gunman. And this only took a few minutes.
Frankly, the Howard County cops are the super-courteous traffic patrol type, not tough guys. They aren’t the sort you turn to in a major crisis. Howard is still mainly rural and mainly full of nice people who get along.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-id-assailant-in-columbia-mall-shooting/2014/01/26/e9cf39ec-8696-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html
I have one with tactical grips. Overall length is less than 36 inches.
Where he was is not far from the walk-in 2nd level to the whole mall or through Sears, same end. Basically the back of the mall is all 2nd-floor walk-in. I go in that mall entrance all the time to get my son’s hair cut, past the merry-go-round at the doorway. Lots of kid things on that end. Scary.
BTW, even if he entered on the 1st at the food court, the escalators are just 100 ft from that entrance with the up direction right at your feet.
If I put the pistol grip back on my Mossberg 500 and put on my duster (long leather coat) I could put it on a tactical sling and no-one would know. Out west here no-one gives people in dusters a second look.