[GovernmentShrinker]

Most likely, it can be traced back to one thing: this guy has a history of arrests and/or convictions for "minor" violent crimes, and was not locked up for a long, long time as he should have been. I wish somebody would do some research on this aspect of the "gun violence problem", as I'm pretty sure the hard data would show that in nearly all cases there had been prior opportunities to get the perp off the streets.

[yay]

Joseph Best used to sing and play drums for his church choir.

He also committed armed robberies.

After a seven-year stretch in prison, Best rejoined
Fellowship Evangelistic Church in West Philadelphia. He 
had not been attending regularly in recent months, his 
mother recalled. But Best vowed to her, "Mama, I'm going to 
make sure I go this Sunday."

He did.

Later that day, a snowball incident outside the church grew 
into a street fight involving Best's daughter and her half-
sister. Best, 32, returned later that afternoon with a 
woman identified by police as his wife and opened fire, 
police said. One of the bullets hit 10-year-old Ebony Smith 
in the head, police said.

Direct from Inquirer (gag)