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Showing Original Post only (View all)Man Shoots Girfriend - Takes Her to Hospital - Gets Arrested [View all]
The Wall Street Journal reportsA Hudson Valley is being held without bail after police say he shot his girlfriend in the face, then brought her to a hospital.
Police in the Ulster County town of Lloyd tell local media outlets that 27-year-old Jorge Marrero used a handgun to shoot Lauren Watts during an argument last Sunday in their apartment in the hamlet of Highland.
Marrero took Watts to Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie after the shooting. The hospital then notified police that a shooting victim was being treated there.
Marrero was charged with felony counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
You have to have a really explosive anger problem to do something like that. Unfortunately, this kind of rage is not limited to criminals. A certain percentage of lawful gun owners have it too, just like all other societal ills.
One thing for sure, whether the bad actor is a criminal or a legitimate gun owner, guns are bad news for women. The gun-rights fanatics are so defensive about this, recently they were arguing that female-on-male domestic violence is a factor. They always demand statistics and proof, then when it's provided they ignore it.
There's definitely a violence problem in the US. Guns make it worse.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Cross posted at Mikeb302000
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Wow! I can finally agree with something you said! "There's definitely a violence problem in the US."
Common Sense Party
Oct 2012
#1
The tool makes the violence worse, especially a tool that is really a weapon. nt
mikeb302000
Oct 2012
#24
A clue for you, as you seem not to have gotten it yet: ANY object used violently can be a weapon.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#30
With about half the households in the US having guns if that number were even 1%
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#29