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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
It's the fault of the immigrant and the lax gun laws. If this was a shooting purely out of frustration, had that person not been able to get a gun easily, I doubt it would have happened. He would have gone through a lot of trouble just to get a gun, preferably with a long cool-down period. By the time he had gotten the gun, he probably wouldn't feel the same anymore. Unless he'd gotten it from the black market, but then it's premeditated murder without a doubt...
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So, the
fact that he had a license for his guns, and had bought them legally, after a background check AND a cooling off period makes no difference??
All of your assumptions that make you "doubt it would have happened" just happen to be dead wrong.
He DID go through a lot of trouble to get his guns.
He WAS licensed to carry those guns.
He HAD the guns long before he decided to kill those people.
So, rethink your entire post. Read the
entire story before you make assumptions about something.
In fact let me quote to you from the article, which stated, in part:
Jiverly Wong was
upset over losing his job at a vacuum plant, didn't like people picking on him for his limited English and once angrily told a co-worker,
"America sucks."
It remains unclear exactly why the Vietnamese immigrant strapped on a bulletproof vest, barged in on a citizenship class and killed 13 people and himself, but the police chief says he knows one thing for sure: "He must have been a coward."
Jiverly Wong had apparently been preparing for a gun battle with police but changed course and decided to turn the gun on himself when he heard sirens approaching, Chief Joseph Zikuski said Saturday.
"He had a lot of ammunition on him, so thank God before more lives were lost, he decided to do that," the chief said.
Police and
Wong's acquaintances portrayed him as an angry, troubled 41-year-old man who struggled with drugs and job loss and perhaps blamed his adopted country for his troubles. His rampage "was not a surprise" to those who knew him, Zikuski said.
"He felt degraded because people were apparently making fun of his poor English speaking," the chief said.
Wong, who used the alias Jiverly Voong, believed people close to him were making fun of him for his poor English language skills, the chief said.
Until last month, he had been taking classes at the American Civic Association, which teaches English to immigrants and helps them prepare for citizenship tests.
Then, on Friday, he parked his car against the back door of the association, burst through the front doors and shot two receptionists, killing one, before moving on to a classroom where he claimed 12 more victims, police said.
The police chief said that most of the dead had multiple gunshot wounds. Wong used two handguns - a 9 mm and a .45-caliber -
for which he had obtained a permit more than a decade ago.
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So, he'd had these guns, licensed no less, for TEN YEARS. Is that a long enough "cooling off" period for you?