At the risk of offending…
No, wait, strike that.
At the delightful prospect of enraging the state’s conceal and carry crowd, the case of Adrial White should be exhibit A in why we should be discouraging people from carrying guns around for “self-defense.” Thankfully, the jury found him guilty.
From JSOnline:
MONDAY, Nov. 13, 2006, 12:32 p.m.
Jury finds Racine man guilty in shooting
Racine - Rejecting the defense's argument of self-defense, a jury today found Adrial C. White of Racine guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of attempted homicide in the shooting death of a young Racine man and the wounding of another in a case that has divided the community.
The verdict means that White could face life in prison when he is sentenced.
White had contended that he was acting in self-defense when he went outside his house early Jan. 18 and found three teens attempting to break into his girlfriend's car. White testified that he felt threatened when he confronted the young men and one of them raised a tire iron above his head.
Prosecutors, however, contended that White had no right to use lethal force to defend property.White was accused of shooting to death Christopher "Eric" Cabajal, and shooting at two other young men, seriously wounding one of them.
Some in the community thought White had acted like a vigilante in the shooting; others thought he had the right to take a stand against crime in his neighborhood.
The basic story here isn’t hard to understand: Some gun-wielding hot head decided to play Judge Dredd, and waste the lives of two people over some minor property damage to a car.
How much harder would this case have been for prosecutors if we had been a conceal and carry state?
Monday, November 13, 2006
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Not at all. The weapon in question was not concealed, and I don't think Adrial C. White was the type to undergo the required training class. Had he gone through the training, he would've understood that having scared the car thieves off he should not have fired.
I am having difficulty stopping the laughter. That last line is precious. Thanks, James. As I've said previously, you are one of the wittiest guys on-line.
So you're saying you doubt Mr. White would've taken the training class to get the concealed carry permit, too?
Nope. My comment had nothing to do with the first part.
Hey, I hope you are right. If we do ever get conceal and carry, I hope everyone who takes that class will be judicious in their use of their weapon.
But, we humans aren't built that way and someday, somewhere, some nut will pull a gun ... regardless of how much training and/or brainwashing he/she has received.
The result of conceal and carry is simply more guns out on the street. And the danger quotient creeps higher.
Frankly, I'm more afraid of some of the nutbags who yelp for conceal and carry than the crooks out there.
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