Slouching Towards Oblivion

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Today's Eternal Sadness

Via The Raw Story:
An Illinois man reportedly fatally shot his ex-wife and her new boyfriend at a high school reunion in East Peoria over the weekend before being killed by an off-duty FBI officer.
WEEK reported that 33-year-old Lori A. Moore and her boyfriend, 36-year-old Lance E. Griffel, (pictured, above) were at The Fifth Quarter Sports Bar and Pizzeria on Saturday, when 40-year-old Jason A. Moore walked in and shot them both in the head at pointblank range.
Lori Moore was there to attend her reunion for East Peoria Community High School Class of 1999. More than 100 attendees witnessed the shooting.
According to the New York Daily News, an off-duty FBI officer shot and killed Jason Moore.
--and--
“It’s very difficult to say. You can play the ‘what if’ game over and over again, but I think it’s pretty clear in his case the presence of this officer and his ability to take very quick and very decisive action prevented a further tragedy,” East Peoria Police Chief Ganschow explained.
Exactly - it's hard to say what else would've happened, but we're speculating wildly, so here's one thing: if others had been armed, maybe that FBI agent would be dead as well.  Cuz, y'know sometimes, a good guy with a gun fucks up and stops another good guy with a gun.

And here's a coupla others:

First, isn't it just a tiny bit possible - given the climate of Self-Defense in the Extreme - that Jason Moore had absolutely every right to claim he was just 'standing his ground' against a guy he believed was threatening his right of "pursuit of happiness"?

And second, if you walk into a bar with a gun, looking for all the world that you intend to do somebody harm, how do Lori and Lance not react in an aggressively defensive way, thereby representing a legitimate threat to Jason's safety?  And so, shouldn't he have the absolute right to shoot 'em down?

That's what your "logic" sounds like to me, Ammosexuals.  Work on it.


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