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I have a question for you guys. It stems from this story
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...-kills-wife-self-with-kids-nearby-3591113.php
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/201...-to-file-police-report-earlier-attorney-says/
In a nutshell a veterinarian filed for divorce from her husband about a year ago. He doesn't take it well. On dec 13 2011, he shows up at her office and puts a gun to her head. Staff members rush in to intervene, but the guy holsters the gun before anyone other than the victim could see it and flees the scene. The cops refuse to intervene because technically its the victims word vs his concerning the use of the gun.
So here is where it gets a little interesting for me. She successfully files a restraining order on him 2 days after the incident. He however eventually murders her at her home with a gun and then kills himself, just yesterday. This sort of thing is extremely common in my opinion: guy is forced into a restraining order because a woman fears for her life and then eventually kills her anyway with a gun. Such stories wrench my gut, but are extremely common (imo such murderers involved in such stories don't even deserve proper burials).
But that is not what I want to talk about. I'm under the impression that a restriction for gun ownership includes being under a restraining order. If that is true, how did this guy commit a murder with a gun? Why weren't all his weapons immediately confiscated as soon as the order was in place and him barred from purchasing a new gun as long as the restraining order stands?
And if I am wrong about this particular restriction, shouldn't there be a rule (and a well enforced rule at that) that if a judge sees you as a danger to another person and enacts such an order, that you should immediately have all registered weapons taken by the police, as well as a home and car sweep for weapons, and be barred from ownership for the life of the order?
Are there any other restrictions you think need to be added to who can own a gun besides criminal history, mental health, etc etc. Curious what you guys think.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...-kills-wife-self-with-kids-nearby-3591113.php
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/201...-to-file-police-report-earlier-attorney-says/
In a nutshell a veterinarian filed for divorce from her husband about a year ago. He doesn't take it well. On dec 13 2011, he shows up at her office and puts a gun to her head. Staff members rush in to intervene, but the guy holsters the gun before anyone other than the victim could see it and flees the scene. The cops refuse to intervene because technically its the victims word vs his concerning the use of the gun.
So here is where it gets a little interesting for me. She successfully files a restraining order on him 2 days after the incident. He however eventually murders her at her home with a gun and then kills himself, just yesterday. This sort of thing is extremely common in my opinion: guy is forced into a restraining order because a woman fears for her life and then eventually kills her anyway with a gun. Such stories wrench my gut, but are extremely common (imo such murderers involved in such stories don't even deserve proper burials).
But that is not what I want to talk about. I'm under the impression that a restriction for gun ownership includes being under a restraining order. If that is true, how did this guy commit a murder with a gun? Why weren't all his weapons immediately confiscated as soon as the order was in place and him barred from purchasing a new gun as long as the restraining order stands?
And if I am wrong about this particular restriction, shouldn't there be a rule (and a well enforced rule at that) that if a judge sees you as a danger to another person and enacts such an order, that you should immediately have all registered weapons taken by the police, as well as a home and car sweep for weapons, and be barred from ownership for the life of the order?
Are there any other restrictions you think need to be added to who can own a gun besides criminal history, mental health, etc etc. Curious what you guys think.
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