Tuesday, December 25, 2012

How did he get the guns?


What happened in Webster, NY yesterday could have happened anywhere.  It could have been people I know, people I am related to, could have been any of us in slightly different circumstances.  It was, a couple of years ago, again here in NY when an EMT was shot and killed at a house he tried to enter on a call. 
“Police say Spengler was convicted in 1981 for beating his grandmother to death with a hammer and was released from prison in 1998. They’re trying to determine how he had weapons in his possession.
“Spengler was a convicted felon. He’s not allowed to possess weapons. Did he legally possess those weapons? No,” said Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering.”
So then how did he get the guns?  If there are all the background checks every time someone gets a gun, how did this man possess them?  How does anyone with criminal intent get a gun?  We’re not talking the gritty city streets where guns get stashed in trash cans for anyone in the neighborhood to use, and a lot of people can supply a weapon of choice for the asking.  We’re talking a quiet almost rural town, like the one I’m in and many of you are in.
How did he get the guns?   

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