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“Santa Claus Shooting” points out California gun law failures

December 28, 2008 |  Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

We don’t have all the information yet on the Christmas Eve massacre of nine people in Covina, California. The killer, Bruce Jeffery Pardo, was apparently desperate, because of a recent divorce settlement and previous job loss. The murderer killed himself after fleeing the mass shooting and arson at the Ortega residence, home of his former in-laws.

We do know that this tragedy happened in California, a Liberal bastion of gun control. The California semi-automatic weapons ban didn’t prevent this massacre. California laws against arson and murder didn’t stop the killing. There was apparently no armed adult with a concealed carry permit in the household to stop the slaughter. (California discourages armed self-defense.)

Mr. Pardo was apparently the “typical” case of the “normal” person who “snapped.” What happened?

Often in these cases there is a documented or undocumented history of mental illness, frequently paranoid schizophrenia. Was Pardo receiving psychiatric treatment? Was he on medication?

What in this man’s background, education, and psychological make up caused him to believe that mass murder was his best option? Money found on his body and an airline ticket to Canada seem to indicate that he intended to flee. Pardo was painfully burned when his incendiary device went wrong at the crime scene. Finding escape impossible, he chose to end his life, after setting an ineffectual booby trap in his vehicle.

This killing is not a “gun” problem, although that is undoubtedly the way that it will be perceived and portrayed by many on the Left. As long as our society fails to promote the idea of armed self-defense, we will be vulnerable to this kind of mass murder.

“Understand!” as our incoming “Ruler” is fond of saying. A gun is a tool that can be used for good or evil. Much of the endemic genocide in Africa is carried out with machetes and agricultural tools. The Heaven’s Gate Cult managed suicide without guns. The Jonestown murder/ suicides overwhelmingly occurred through the use of poisoned fruit drink. In gun-free Japan, a religious cult attacked the Tokyo subway system with nerve gas. Multitudes of Japanese kill themselves with charcoal braziers. (See my reference to Japanese suicides under the Category “Foreign Gun Laws.”)

Look for massive Liberal handwringing and calls for yet more gun control. The Liberal Mainstream Media will perseverate over this case. The obsessive publicity will provide a type of immortality for the killer, encouraging other disturbed individuals to “show” society that they can strike back against perceived victimhood and oppression.

“Understand!” Insanity really is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result. For a change, let’s focus on preparing honest citizens to defend themselves.

Def Mech


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