The shooter is going to wish the cops hit the mark when taking him down. Gonna be a rough time in jail til his execution. Supposedly the mom was a Leon County Sherrif Deputy, and he used her service weapon. Not gonna go good for her either.
It was not her current service weapon, it was her previous and now retired service weapon.
True, but still going to be many questions from LE on how the kid had access to her weapons. Anytime someone commits a crime with your weapon there's going to be some explaining to do. Especially if you're a LE type.
He is a 20 year old adult that worked with the Sheriff's office. If my adult son was living with me, he'd have access to my guns.
DIdn't I hear somewhere that the mother is no longer with the Sheriff's Dept but is a Resource Officer now?
I read that she is the Resource Officer at Raa Middle School but she’s likely still with LCSO.
We have a retired Deputy Chief of JSO here in Jax who is an advisor on one of our news channels. He said that since the alleged perpetrators is 20 he is an adult and there is no law or requirement for police with no minors at home to secure firearms.
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He holds dual citizenship because of his biological mother, and for that reason I would think he’d be denied bail.
A gun is a mechanical object that requires input to fire. If there were no people in the house, you would be even safer. It's not the gun, it's the nut jobs that shoot people and the people that don't use them properly that's the problem.
Sure, he could have and might have. They allegedly found an AR-15 style weapon in the car as well so he could have. And yes, many people have access to other folk's weapons, but the question is should they and what is a reasonable about of security? In this case the son had mental health issues which were likely known to the stepmother so does that change the dynamic? I have weapons at home, but they are not open access unless you know how to access them. As for her job I think she was transferred to property crimes from a resource officer. Connected? Maybe but she could have requested it.
I would doubt it as well. Especially considering there were reported mental health issues and meds. If true I would assume she didnt know either.
One would be curious as to how the woman handled it. Did she report his harassing behavior? Was it in a classroom setting and was it tolerated by others in the class? Was the Professor/TA aware of it if it occurred in class?
Guns in the home increase the deadliness of both spousal violence and suicide. That much we know and of course makes sense.Precisely.
Owning Guns Puts People in Your Home at Greater Risk of Being Killed, New Study Shows
A new study shows that people living in homes with guns face substantially higher risks of being fatally assaulted.time.com
I can’t disagree with you on the last part because it’s an unknown.
Impossible to measure.
This is like saying the easiest way to reduce traffic deaths is to ban cars. Of course it would reduce traffic deaths. I don't totally disagree with you though. Guns should not be easily obtained; it should be difficult to own a firearm complete with rigorous background checks, training and disqualifying factors such as past DV issues and mental health. We as a society are too quick to hand a firearm to just about anyone then complain when something like this happens. If you want to keep the guns, then tighten things up. Right now, it's harder for me to transfer ownership of a car than a gun. Thats wrong in my opinion but cars are easier to control. Fixing this mess starts with the individual and the laws that enable our behaviors.
