Apparently one of the Writers on the HuffPo stabbed her former lover to death with an assault screwdriver (i.e. phillips head, or double vodka, depending on context). Two hundred and twenty two times! She then shot herself. I anxiously await her colleague at the HuffPo, Paul Helmke, to condemn this senseless act of screwdriver violence.
Category: Crime
What’s This World Coming To?
Skinheads who look like girls? As Jules Crittenden says “Damn. That sure is one pretty Nazi. He’ll be popular where he’s going!”
Via Instapundit
Giving Us All a Bad Name
Police have picked up a man who critically injured another motorist in a shooting on the Schuylkill Expressway:
Squillaciotti does have a permit to carry a firearm and can legally own guns in his home, police said. Authorities are still investigating whether all the guns confiscated, including a Russian SKS rifle, are legal.
I hope they throw the book at him. This guy should not be walking the streets after what he’s done.
Unpossible
A black man gets murdered shot with an firearm airgun while wearing an Obama t-shirt. In London. I thought only the USA had racist gun toting assholes in it.
UPDATE: I really either need to take time to carefully read stuff, or take a break from blogging while I’m doing election related stuff in the evenings. Sorry about the inaccurate description here.
Dear Governor Rendell,
I would like you to explain why it took the death of four police officers before you thought it might be a good idea to review the practices of the Pennsylvania Parole Board? The other officers that were killed weren’t murdered by Boy Scouts. This has been a systemic problem, and it’s outrageous that only after Philadelphia has buried four officers you now feel the need to actually start looking at the problem.
Sincerely,
A Very Angry Sebastian
Looks Like Philadelphia …
… isn’t the only city practicing catch and release to the detriment of the safety of its police officers.
Nutter Problem
Robb beat me to another one. This one is from The Bulletin:
Here’s a quick lesson in the law. If you’re a convicted felon, as Giddings was (and a very dangerous one at that), you can never legally buy a gun again. Never. That means that the weapon he used to kill Officer McDonald was obtained illegally. So no matter how tough you make it to buy a gun in Philadelphia, hardened criminals like Giddings will still obtain them illegally.
At least the media is starting to perhaps, finally, pull back the curtain to see what’s really behind it.
Guilty Plea For Gun Buying Mom
A mother who bought her kid a 9mm carbine has plead guilty:
The mother who bought an assault rifle for her teenage son who was plotting a Columbine-style attack at his high school pleaded guilty yesterday to endangering the welfare of children.
I’m going to guess they didn’t pursue weapons charges, since it’s not actually illegal to buy a rifle for your kid as long as it remains in your possession and control. It would be tough to prove that the firearm was actually transferred to the juvenile. Of course, it seems to be this woman wasn’t buying her kid a gun to teach him responsibile gun use, and his dad seems to have been charged with weapons violations himself, and was a prohibited person. No good was going to come from this situation.
Latest Rapsheet
In my continuing series of exposing the criminal records of infamous Philadelphia criminals, I present you with the criminal record of Philadelphia’s latest cop killer, Daniel Giddings. Daniel Giddings was responsible for the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Patrick McDonald this past Tuesday. Giddings was killed when police returned fire.
Giddings record compared with those of other cop killers in Philadelphia is not as extensive, and only includes one arrest for aggravated assault and weapons charges that was Nolle Prossed (which means charges weren’t pursued). Six months after that, he’s picked up on similar charges. While awaiting trial, it would appear he was picked up on aggravated assault once again, and charges were withdrawn. In 2000, he’s finally confined to prison for a six to twelve year sentence. I would appear that he served eight, rather than the maximum he pretty clearly deserved.
But Daniel Giddings will be commiting no more crimes thanks to the Philadelphia Police. But it’s a tragedy we had to lose an officer in the process.
Gun Trafficking in New Jersey
Thanks to reader Chuck, who sent me this while I was in Virginia, and I am not just getting around to posting, we have a look into the world of black market gun trafficking in New Jersey:
Milgram said Kinston, who was out on parole on an eluding conviction, managed to lead hundreds of gang members across the state despite being monitored with a locator bracelet as a condition of his prison release in January.
However, on Aug. 16, state police with the help of 16 different law enforcement agencies learned that a shipment of stolen handguns would be arriving from North Carolina at Kinston’s residence in Burlington City, Milgram said.
So the guy was out on parole, had a locator bracelet on, and yet somehow was managing to run an elaborate gun and drug trafficking network. Would Bryan Miller care to come on here to describe how exactly other states are to blame for the fact that New Jersey can’t keep its violent gang members in prison where they belong? It’s a simple equation. Gang members who are in prison have a harder time running a black market gun business. But somehow the gun control crowd thinks trying their failed policies everywhere else is the answer.