Man kills his own daughter, and his own six grandchildren, then himself

He did not use a knife.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/us/florida-deadly-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

Re: Man kills daughter, six grandchildren, himself

The Tree of Liberty had a rough summer - you know, droughts and all.

 

Re: Man kills daughter, six grandchildren, himself

Whose daughter and grandchildren did he kill?

 

Sounds like a heckuva guy and a totally responsible gun owner:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/don-spirit-kills-daughter-six-grandchildren-bell-florida-n206861

 

Disciplinarian.

 

Ms. Jackson thinks he did a fine job.

 

Sentencing story from the hunting accident that involved shooting his son with a high-powered rifle he wasn't legally allowed to have.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-01-24/news/0301230612_1_son-kyle-spirit-christine

 

Sounds like he should have been punished for that.

 

What's the Santa Barbara quote that MC always brings up when something like this happens? Something about how someone's life is not worth giving up his Second Amendment rights?

 

From the article:

Don Charles Spirit pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon just as his trial was set to begin, in exchange for the minimum sentence.

On a separate note, this is an example of why I never believe those statistics that "X % of people are in prison because of drug possession.."

Everything gets bartered, negotiated and pled. This guy killed his son and got a possession of firearm charge.

Prison stats are the worst stats.

 

"Your dead kids don't trump my Constitutional rights." -- "Joe the Plumber."

 

And if he'd gotten the maximum sentence, he'd still be in prison. But then plenty would argue that a trifling felony conviction shouldn't bar him from exercising his God-given Second Amendment rights.