“A lone gunman targeted foreigners in a drive-by shooting spree Saturday in a central Italian city, wounding six people, one of them with life-threatening injuries, before being arrested,” usnews.com reports. “The suspect’s motive wasn’t immediately clear, but the city of Macerata in the central Marche region is still reeling from . . .
the gruesome killing and dismemberment of a young Italian woman [above] this week, allegedly at the hands of a Nigerian immigrant.”
Note that US News uses the word “foreigner” for the black victims of the Italian shooter and “immigrant” for the Nigerian murderer. To be fair, the story must negotiate a minefield.
The shooting spree came days after the killing of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro [above] and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme.
The head of the anti-migrant Northern League, Matteo Salvini, has capitalized on the killing in campaign appearances, and is pledging to deport 150,000 migrants in his first year in office if his party wins control of parliament and he is named premier.
Obviously, shooting random “foreigners” to avenge a killing is beyond the pale. The Italian shooter had no legal or moral justification for taking innocent life.
But it’s also true that the right to keep and bear arms is an extension of the right to keep a community safe from criminal predation. When that right is denied, the resulting sense of powerlessness can lead to bad, bad things.
The antis use this an excuse to disarm the populace. But as we saw in today’s Quote of the Day, human nature trumps tyranny. Where there’s a will, there’s a gun. For good and for evil.
the prohibition on exercising the 2A in or near parks, schools, etc. is always and everywhere but a scam to allow selective prosecutio on the poor serfs that the system wants to nail but cannot find any other reason to prosecute.
first of all, the majority of murderers who use a gun as the murder weapon are already prohibited from owning guns due to pre-existing convictions, or possessing the gun while in the course of committing of a crime or in possession of narcotics. So the bans are redundant to other laws.
Second, they simply don’t work. In Chicago, murder is primarily a black cultural problem; the city’s overall murder rate is not extraordinarily high, but if you just count South Chicago it is absolutely third world. And from what i’ve read, South Chicago has a lot of “gun free” zones designated by the city, such as sidewalks used by public school kids to walk to school and home. It ain’t working.
A S&W revolver in .357 magnum. Four inch barrel.
An AR Platform rifle in 5.56×45.
A Glock 43 for CCW.
Though one coul go with an a 9 mm Luger plan, one full size GLock, one Compact Glock and a Carbine that takes Glock magazines.
No, I am not aGlock fanboy.
When folks feel the .gov ain’t doing their jobs to protect society they get angry.
When that same .gov says that to protect society they must take guns away from those that will be victims the potential future victims get really angry.
When the .gov attempts to restrict and disarm the law abiding in order to protect the bad guys, shit gets interesting.
“The shooting spree came days after the killing of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro [above] and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme.”
The American Leftists fawning over Europe as a model of the society they desperately want to emulate here are shockingly ignorant of European history.
That particular history of how far Europeans have gone in the past when they have finally taken enough crap from from invading foreigners.
Purges and murder and slaughter, oh, My!
(I’ll take “History repeats itself more often than not” for $500, Alex…)
You’re the only one…do a deep BING search😏
A “non-lethal gas pistol” sounds like a great way to piss off that knife wielding group of invad… I mean, very friendly and law abiding “immigrants”, even more.
“Stay back, or I shall inflict mild to moderate bruising on you!!”
Ah foreigners…and they’ll get accused of xenophobia and raciss motives. Where’s the Italian Trump?!?
Looks like The Deep State Found themselves a Patsy…..
I have a buddy who ankle carries. He spends 90% of his day sitting behind desk and swears it’s his best option. As for me, I’m on my feet all day, in shorts 8-9 months out of the year, and try to refrain from mouse guns. So it’s pretty much IWB only for me
I have done it, years back.
An NAA mini in a sock while wearing jeans, inside-ankle-side.
Pretty much hassle-free, unless I clocked my ankle on something, that *hurt*.
All in all, it worked for me on *tiny* guns like the NAAs.
It was kinda cumbersome with the AMT .380 in an elastic holster. I could easily forget I had the NAA with me, the AMT, not so much…
My EDC light on my key chain is an ITP AAA at about $20 and 100 lumens on hi. Has gotten me out of a jam several times including just the other day where an occupancy sensor turned off the lights in the restroom of the local stop and rob. I dont know if ITP is even around any more. Pen light too long to be practical in a pocket IMO. Most flashlights are toys and not tools. I have Surefire lights everywhere in my house, in my vehicle and in my GO BAG. For the most part, bomb proof. Wish I could say the same for their batteries.
I wear scrubs every day as I work in health care. I carry either a Ruger SP101 2 1/4” or a Walther CCP both in hybrid IWB holsters. No problems. Only person to ever see I was carrying was a disabled vet in a wheelchair.
Random terrorist attacks? Break treaties much.
The Iroquois Confederacy maintained peace in Eastern America for 600 years. Our record?
Oh I know, “the sun was in my eyes.”
Why do you defend the settlers and US Govt of the time? It’s the past.
“They build houses and don’t respect property lines. They get drunk and shoot off guns.”
– Mexicans circa 1800 speaking of American settlers. 🙂
Learn the facts. Be free of ignorance. Want fake facts? Hillary would have been a great Pres. 🙂
Virginia resident here. The use of a mag over 20 rounds defines it as an assault weapon, which requires proof of citizenship or permanent residence. On a student visa he wouldn’t qualify. For citizens they would just need to be 21 and not a prohibited person.
There’s more to the story… The guy tried purchasing 5000 rounds of ammo. The Fox article I read reports it differently, stating that under his visa he is NOT allowed to own an AR15.
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/virginia-tech-student-arrested-for-having-assault-weapon-attempting-to-order-5000-rounds-of-ammo
This is what happens when stupidity is the law.
I was under the impression that only citizens could buy firearms in the US…
its only going to get worse before it gets better in europe
anybody interested in what it will look like google samarra iraq 2006
Looking at that pic…
Just what’s he doing (or about to do) to that female lion?
Good thing the males are dead, or they would be *pissed*…