The Latest: Suspect in factory shooting had gun carry permit
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: Suspect in factory shooting had gun carry permit
Updated 11:23 am, Friday, September 23, 2016
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on a fatal shooting at Tennessee factory (all times local):
11:30 a.m.
A man identified by law enforcement as having shot two colleagues at an eastern Tennessee factory had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Susan Niland confirmed Friday that Ricky Swafford, who was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, had an up-to-date carry permit and no previous criminal record.
Swafford was a 15-year employee at the Thomas & Betts plant in Athens.
Under a state law enacted in 2013, workers with carry permits are allowed to store firearms in vehicles parked at work regardless of their employers' wishes.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Suspect-in-factory-shooting-had-gun-9241958.php
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Sure, not owning a gun, or hanging around people who do own them, decreases your chances of getting killed by one. But there's always the unknown factor. In this case, it's a co-worker, with the assurance that the gun's owner is a good guy, with the right to carry one wherever he pleases.
Saw a sticker the other day, it said "a society with guns is a polite society," or something to that effect. This is true, be nice to people here in the U.S., if you piss them off, it may cost you your existence.
Squaredeal
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cer7711
(502 posts). . . until they're not.
And THAT is the crux of the problem, right there.
hack89
(39,171 posts)and start leaning on them hard. Stop and frisk for sure. Perhaps surprise home "inspections" with SWAT teams.
cer7711
(502 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)can we? We need to treat them like we treat all potential drunk drivers. Or potential rapists. Need to be consistent in our contempt for pre-criminals.
hack89
(39,171 posts)makes sense.
KG
(28,751 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...when identifiable members of that religion do wrong.
Sand Rat Expat
(290 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)lastlib
(23,140 posts)( ) Wayne LaPeeError approves.
ck4829
(35,037 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Response to milestogo (Reply #15)
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roamer65
(36,744 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Its going to take us a couple of generations to undo the damage the nut-jobs have done to the state (including Michigan's once "more" sensible gun laws)