A 22-year-old man was injured after a gunman opened fire at a community basketball game in Dorchester.
Dozens of kids were in the gym at the Marshall School at the time of the shooting.
Police said the man came in and targeted the victim.
"They saw this person trying to pull out a gun," said Boston police superintendent Rafael Ruiz. "They heard at least one gun shot and someone running out of the gym and bleeding."
Someone was shot. In Boston. In a school. Obviously this news report is erroneous. MA has the toughest gun laws in the nation. "MA: You're more likely to live here", that's what the billboards tell us. Schools are gun-free zones - it's in all the laws, both state and federal, and there are signs posted. SIGNS, PEOPLE. Obviously the news is wrong. This shooting never happened. Sumdood didn't obtain a firearm illegally He must be one of the select few folks in Boston with an unrestricted Class A LTC. He then didn't illegally carry that firearm onto school property. He then didn't start shooting at his intended victim in full view of a gym full of people in clear violation of many state laws to the contrary.
All kidding aside, someone please enlighten me as to what other gun laws could be passed that would stop someone like this. The gun wasn't obtained at a "gun show". It wasn't purchased through legal channels, I'll guarantee you that. I'll bet $50 that this thug doesn't have a MA LTC. The gun-free school zone was meaningless to him. The "no shooting people you have a disagreement with" law was meaningless to him. In fact, I'll wager another $50 that this gentleman has a distinguished criminal record and was most likely out of jail on parole at the time of the shooting...
What's one more law to a psychopathic hoodlum to break?
This is why gun control fails every damn time. Laws aren't going to stop someone intent on shooting a rival in a damn gym full of kids. Finding the person responsible for the shooting, throwing the damn book at them, and making them serve 20+ years of hard time? Now that might have a snowball's chance in hell of working. It's a pity that we do not have the intestinal fortitude to take the measures needed to correct this error.
I'd say that this is why I carry a gun, except that I obey the rules and wouldn't have been carrying in a school. I'd have been at the mercy of the psychopathic thug with vengeance on his mind and no thought of the innocent folks he endangered with his blood quest. However, I harbor no illusions about the "safety" of a "gun-free zone", and as such would most likely not have been in that gym in the first place, but that's another discussion.
Laws only work if we enforce them and put teeth behind them - we ignore this truism to our detriment.
That is all.
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Sorry, I disagree with your statement "Laws only work if we enforce them and put teeth behind them ...."
I believe that laws only work when people CHOOSE to obey them - which is why we have courts (to prosecute those who break them).
Wasn't Midnight Basketball supposed to be the fix...........not the cause.
The only "gun control Law" that would have any effect on thwarting Sumdood would be mandated carry for all eligible adults (and yes, I recognize the subjectivity of "eligible"), and especially for School personnel.
Any public facility geared toward children and their activities, where the safety and protection of everyone's offspring should be on the top ten list of priorities, should have some citizens (read: not a dedicated police force) trained and prepared in techniques to protect.
There are mandates on first responder training for medical emergencies,... what about the other emergencies?
The latest message we're getting up here in Maine is that all of the illegal guns in Massachusetts come from here, and we need to adjust our laws so that Mass can maintain its firearm purity.
Anyone coming up here for that has better bring a lunch. Just kissing a million or so asses will take some time.
I love it when your snark gets righteous.
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