I have no idea who Jennifer Hudson is. Apparently some famous singer / actress or whatever. Sadly, some members of her family have been shot to death. Seems like the guy suspected of doing the killing was already not legally able to own a gun, but should have been in jail during the time these murders were committed.
Balfour was paroled after serving seven years for a 1999 attempted murder and vehicular hijacking conviction. On June 19, police pulled over Balfour's car after hearing gunshots in the area, according to the officers' report. They found a rock of cocaine in plain view on the driver's seat, the report stated. It had a street value of about $100. A parole supervisor declined to issue a warrant to revoke Balfour's parole after the arrest, records show. "Per supervisor ... no warrant," the report reads. "Agent to monitor offender, impose sanctions."
Balfour was paroled after serving seven years for a 1999 attempted murder and vehicular hijacking conviction.
On June 19, police pulled over Balfour's car after hearing gunshots in the area, according to the officers' report. They found a rock of cocaine in plain view on the driver's seat, the report stated. It had a street value of about $100.
A parole supervisor declined to issue a warrant to revoke Balfour's parole after the arrest, records show.
"Per supervisor ... no warrant," the report reads. "Agent to monitor offender, impose sanctions."
You see, what we need is a system that allows a cretin like this to walk around the streets, unsupervised while at the exact same time making it impossible for him to obtain a gun. The problem is that the background checks aren't intrusive enough. Where this guy got his gun apparently didn't run the proper 4473 paperwork!
It's almost like if the guy had actually stayed behind bars, or at the very least went back to jail after violating parole, those people might be alive today. Granted, he's only a suspect right now. I can't say he did it. However, when you check out the vast majority of murders each year, they're not generally committed in the heat of the moment but rather by people with long rap sheets, clearly indicating that "gun control" is a complete failure when "criminal control" is what's required.
But hey, at least elderly women with disabled husbands can't buy a .22 revolver.
likeibelievethat wrote:You know, State Police Superintendent MacLeish is not a very good liar."The electronic records never posed a threat, MacLeish said. 'The info was in an electronic file that no one did anything with,' MacLeish said."And yet..."An employee in the state police Firearms Transaction Approval Program noticed Vansickle's age and gender, and brought the sale to an immediate halt... MacLeish said the initial call taker 'was concerned this individual never purchased a weapon before.'"So nobody knew about this file and nobody did anything with it... yet this clerk not only knew about it,. but knew how to access it so swiftly and automatically that he was able to bring a sale to an "immediate halt."Superintendent, please be on the lookout for your pants, which are on fire.