MA Gun Control Success Stories - vol. XVIII
Here's the scenario:
Guy wants to kill his ex-girlfriend.
Guy gets caught trying to bring a knife onto a plane en-route to do so.
Guy unable to buy gun - due to Massachusetts' onerous gun control laws.
YAY! Life saved. Problem solved, right?
Nope. Ex-girlfriend ALSO unable to buy gun to defend herself.
Guy buys a new knife and stabs her to death.
What do you know? An individual intent on murder, with no respect for the law or for human life, goes out and kills someone in cold blood - and there was no firearm involved. I'm stunned. It's a good think Ms. Lochtefeld took the moral high road and chose to be unarmed. Otherwise, this guy might have been able to grab her gun and use it against her, and then she'd be dead. Oh wait...never mind.
Guy wants to kill his ex-girlfriend.
Guy gets caught trying to bring a knife onto a plane en-route to do so.
Guy unable to buy gun - due to Massachusetts' onerous gun control laws.
YAY! Life saved. Problem solved, right?
Nope. Ex-girlfriend ALSO unable to buy gun to defend herself.
Guy buys a new knife and stabs her to death.
A day before Thomas Toolan allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death on Nantucket, the spurned beau was caught trying to smuggle a large kitchen knife onto a plane at a New York airport, according to New York authorities.
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When Toolan arrived on Nantucket Oct. 25, he bought a $13.95 knife at Brant's Point Marina, the owner told The New York Times. Toolan then hunted down 44-year-old Elizabeth Lochtefeld and killed her in her home, officials said. He was later arrested in Rhode Island.
What do you know? An individual intent on murder, with no respect for the law or for human life, goes out and kills someone in cold blood - and there was no firearm involved. I'm stunned. It's a good think Ms. Lochtefeld took the moral high road and chose to be unarmed. Otherwise, this guy might have been able to grab her gun and use it against her, and then she'd be dead. Oh wait...never mind.
