An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice in his backyard on Christmas is believed to have shot and killed an elderly woman a few blocks from his home, authorities said.
Cody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting, court filings show.
The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche when she was shot Thursday afternoon, according to the probable cause affidavit. She was holding a baby in her left arm while seated on a love seat when she was struck in her right upper arm, according to the affidavit. The bullet then entered her chest cavity, it said.
It’s insane to me how many people think that taking guns away will actually increase the violence… like the people that would normally shoot up a place would suddenly become experts at building bombs and take out WAY more people… when the reality is that those people would probably be more likely to blow themselves up trying to build a bomb… guns are so simple to kill with, a toddler could do it. Building a bomb or something equivalent is much harder than pulling a trigger.
Most school shooters obtained their guns from family members. Its literally a crisis enabled by easy access to weapons.
The shear amount of accidental shootings combined with the amount of violence that really wouldn’t occur without easy access to guns is the main reason I’ll never own one. A gun is an implement of death. It is designed for one thing only, to most effectively rip a piece of metal through a body in a deadly manner. Any situation that a gun is introduced to becomes a potentially deadly situation. I’ve heard it suggested to apply the concept of Checkovs Gun to real life, that once someone pulls out a gun even as a “hey check out my cool new gun!” assume it will be fired by the end of the scene and leave before you can find yourself a part of that ending.
I also fully recognize that as a middle class white male, my safety is about as guaranteed by society as it can get. Many people are not so lucky and may very well be on their own when it comes to personal safety. I respect that, but I beg all firearm owners to please take every possible precaution. Regularly take self defense trainings, make sure that your firearm is not going to just be turned on you, make sure that you’re legally clear in defending yourself with it, and be absolutely certain that it is appropriately locked and protected from anyone else in your household or who enters your dwelling from taking it. Also have a plan should your own mental health take a downturn. Have a trusted individual who can convince you to sell your firearm or otherwise ensure you don’t have access to it until your mental state improves sufficiently. By owning a firearm understand you are owning a potential for death, appreciate that gravity and take every precaution necessary to minimize that potential
Name and shame em
If the polive was actually useful, then maybe getting rid of guns could be a good thing.
But as an Asian American. I know about the Korean Americans during LA Riots who had to protect their stores by themselves because the authorities didn’t give a shit.
Asian Diaspora are one of the most vulnerable groups. Because a lot of us have successful bussinesses and racists are jealous and like to target us.
So I’d prefer well regulated militias than police. Especially in the context of America where cops are horrible.
The well regulated militia is now ICE. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
Ice is a government policing agency following federal orders. Not sure if I would call them “well regulated” or a militia. They’re just the strong arm of authoritarianism, a special police force. Hell really its just the same old police force with new directives.
I think perhaps you’re missing the point. There is no well-regulated militia; the National Guard is supposed to be that entity.
As it stands, there is only ICE at the moment and we can all see their atrocities.
Some states do have active Militias last time I checked, and of course there are some weird fringe militias. ICE has government leadership and pay checks, they are the government.
The National Guard is a state organization that can be LEGALLY activated at a federal level.
Right and national guards don’t carry badges and enforce domestic laws do they. Im just saying ICE aint a militia and damn sure aint the military, it’s a federal police force enforcing federal laws. This is important when it comes time to pay for their crimes. Their superiors are your elected officials. They are not citizens acting in support of the military. They are domestic police force.
I feel like you’re thinking I’m defending these cunts when I’m not.
I’m saying the entire system has been subverted. It doesn’t work the way as intended because there are no consequences for breaking or ignoring laws/the system.
Especially since we have a model of what that society looks like, with places like Japan and great britain, most of Europe etc. They de-escalate to knife crime picking up the majority.
vehicle ramming attacks are constantly increasing. people who want to kill will find a way to kill with whatever tools they have available.
I’d choose you trying to run me down with a vehicle over shooting at me with an AR15 any day of the week.
Well I think most of the population would think guns. Judging by how we use firing squads for capital punishment and not Dodge Rams. You might be able to sell this idea to the prison/auto industries. Have you considered consulting or lobbying?
Then perhaps we should not let those people possess guns. Or vehicles , now that I think of it.
Perhaps give them no weapons. Yes, yes, that’s it. Take weapons away from crazy people. Hey! I got it! Let’s get them into a database so we can see if they have murderous tendencies. Perhaps a test of some sort in order to own any weapons.
What do you think?