Should this man lose the right to own firearms for life?

[edwardware]

And he might run them down with a car. You want to confiscate his car too? It's slippery slope and you really don't want to start down it.

Nothing like it.

A car is not essentially a deadly weapon, and getting in yours is not, in and of itself, an explicit threat

A gun IS essentially a deadly weapon, and waving yours in someone's face IS an explicit threat.

 

[Drail]

Well now you're echoing the liberal chant of "a gun is only good for killing" and " it has no other purpose". I just can't buy into that. At this point of the discussion we really do not have any idea what actually happened so we are only playing mumbly peg here. We can have a more intelligent discussion when the facts are reported and released.

 

[Drail]

Nothing "pre crime" about it. If the article is accurate, the man committed assault with a deadly weapon. A felony. Base upon the outcome of the trial, he will more than likely spend time in jail. Lose his right to own a gun, as a felon should.

If he pleas down to a misdemeanor, I would hope that comes with a psychological evaluation. Then, give him his rights back. Any future violence, throw the book at him.

A psycholgical evaluation? By a Govt. licensed "psychologist"? And now suddenly we are all at the mercy of "psychologists". You might want to read the history of the fields of psychology and psychiatry. It's pretty terrifying stuff. You got yer lobotomies and yer electro shock treatments and yer LSD and all yer other psychotropic drugs. No thanks. Look, I am not defending whatever this guy did because I have no idea what he did. If he indeed broke the law then convict him. But to strip him of his rights based on what he "might" do in the future is improper and illegal under the Constitution.

 

[Deanimator]

Nothing like it.

A car is not essentially a deadly weapon, and getting in yours is not, in and of itself, an explicit threat

A gun IS essentially a deadly weapon, and waving yours in someone's face IS an explicit threat.

I think you're coming at this from the wrong angle.

Perhaps if you try to run somebody over or create in them an immediate and credible fear of being run over, you should have your driving privileges revoked.

An automobile is every bit as deadly a weapon as a handgun. If not, no islamist would waste time on "car and knife jihad".

 

[edwardware]

There are two solutions to the extant issue:

1. Disarm and imprison the perpetrator.
2. Shoot him until he's no longer a threat.

Pick ONE.

I think it's reasonable to posit a 1.a) namely a person whom we permit to live, but not exercise the rights of citizenship, because they've demonstrated they can't be trusted. Whether or not we put them in a box depends on how dangerous we think they are.

Typically, we call this class of persons Felons.

 

[edwardware]

Perhaps if you try to run somebody over or create in them an immediate and credible fear of being run over, you should have your driving privileges revoked.

Yes, of course.

 

[alsaqr]

The guy is eaten up with political trash. He has lots of company at both extreme ends of the political spectrum.

 

[edwardware]

Well now you're echoing the liberal chant of "a gun is only good for killing" and " it has no other purpose". I just can't buy into that.

. . . but it's true!

Weapons ARE in fact, particularly and essentially for killing; that's why they are specially protected in the Constitution.

 

[Kaybee]

That article is worded as clickbait to divide the country. I don't like when they take a crazy nutjob and use that person as a representative for either conservatives or liberals. There are plenty of legitimate political complaints to be made in this country that we don't need to report on the ramblings of a lunatic in a way that intentionally stokes political anger. I see the left do this allll the time too, and crap like that is the type of thing that may have put this guy over the edge..

I wouldn't specially focus on the firearms part of his punishment, rather his overall freedom to be in public. That guy doesn't sound like a safe person to have walking around. He is mentally unstable. Hes a danger to others and also to himself. I think he should be institutionalized in the looney bin.

As far as guns, maybe after years of counseling and treatment he could get his name off the prohibited list. I don't have an answer to that because I don't know the full situation. But get that guy off the streets before he hurts someone or himself.

 

[Kaybee]

Said better than me.

The guy is eaten up with political trash. He has lots of company at both extreme ends of the political spectrum.

 

[kcofohio]

The guy is eaten up with political trash. He has lots of company at both extreme ends of the political spectrum.

We have 24/7 National Enquire mentality availability that use to be only in the checkout line. Or you could compare it to the WWII propaganda machines that demonized the enemy. And people like to see how bad the other person is, so they don't feel so bad about themselves.
Man, how I long for the days of Walter Cronkite. Only 30 minutes per day.

 

[shafter]

I'm willing to bet there's more to this story than we've been given. The media almost never gets the story straight.

 

[Robert]

Here in Colorado it is called Menacing, and using a real or simulated weapon makes it a felony. He is an idiot. Idiots do idiots things everyday. He deserves the full weight of the court system. Honestly, he is lucky he is not the coroner's problem. But again, stupid people doing stupid things are not really on topic THR.

 

[Spats McGee]

Just to kind of tie up loose ends: As it stands right now, the Defendant is charged with Wanton Endangerment in the First Degree. Under KY law, that's a Class D felony, punishable by "not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years." Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 532.060 (West). There may also be other consequences or conditions attached to his punishment.