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JI7

(90,844 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 01:35 AM Aug 2016

Black Woman Shot and Killed By Man who Drives through red light causing Accident

is this what they mean by "taking our country back" ?


<At 7:20 a.m., as she was driving her Ford Taurus, she had no idea that she was living her very last moments on this Earth. Matthew Ryan Desha, a 29-year-old white man, ran a red light at an intersection and hit Pearl's car with his Jeep.

After his car flipped many times and hers was pushed into the intersection, what happened next was like something out of a horror movie.

As Deborah Pearl got out of her car to assess the situation, Matthew Desha did as well. Except he also grabbed his 5.56-millimeter high powered assault rifle. According to witnesses, Pearl then proceeded to put her hands in the air in attempt to save her life from the armed stranger who had narrowly avoided killing them both in the crash just seconds earlier.

It mattered not to Matthew Desha. A witness who called 911 reported hearing him fire off at least 12 shots. At first, they appeared to be random. The 911 caller heard Deborah Pearl, who was a sitting duck at that point, begin screaming. Desha then began aiming and firing at her. While it has not yet been released how many times she was hit, when police arrived at the scene, Deborah Pearl was found on the pavement mortally wounded and bleeding out. >


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-white-man-car-crash-shoots-kills-black-woman-article-1.2769936

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Black Woman Shot and Killed By Man who Drives through red light causing Accident (Original Post) JI7 Aug 2016 OP
The perp got off light from other Ilsa Aug 2016 #1
I'm sure the JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #2
People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Aug 2016 #3
What a horrible POS this man is. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key. nt raccoon Aug 2016 #4
the POS murderer heaven05 Sep 2016 #5

Ilsa

(62,276 posts)
1. The perp got off light from other
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:59 AM
Aug 2016

Drug and weapons charges, then he murders an innocent woman. Lock him up forever.

JustAnotherGen

(33,785 posts)
2. I'm sure the
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 03:42 AM
Aug 2016

"Apologists" will be along any moment now to "explain" that he feared for his life and how 45 years ago Mrs Pearl got an extra gumball from the machine on her nickel and didn't give it back to the black store owner so . . .

What about black on black crime?

PS she actually shot herself.

Is my sarcasm oozing or does it need further explanation?

Sancho

(9,109 posts)
3. People Control, Not Gun Control
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:20 AM
Aug 2016

This is my generic response to gun threads where people are shot and killed by the dumb or criminal possession of guns. For the record, I grew up in the South and on military bases. I was taught about firearms as a child, and I grew up hunting, was a member of the NRA, and I still own guns. In the 70’s, I dropped out of the NRA because they become more radical and less interested in safety and training. Some personal experiences where people I know were involved in shootings caused me to realize that anyone could obtain and posses a gun no matter how illogical it was for them to have a gun. Also, easy access to more powerful guns, guns in the hands of children, and guns that weren’t secured are out of control in our society. As such, here’s what I now think ought to be the requirements to possess a gun. I’m not debating the legal language, I just think it’s the reasonable way to stop the shootings. Notice, none of this restricts the type of guns sold. This is aimed at the people who shoot others, because it’s clear that they should never have had a gun.

1.) Anyone in possession of a gun (whether they own it or not) should have a regularly renewed license. If you want to call it a permit, certificate, or something else that's fine.
2.) To get a license, you should have a background check, and be examined by a professional for emotional and mental stability appropriate for gun possession. It might be appropriate to require that examination to be accompanied by references from family, friends, employers, etc. This check is not to subject you to a mental health diagnosis, just check on your superficial and apparent gun-worthyness.
3.) To get the license, you should be required to take a safety course and pass a test appropriate to the type of gun you want to use.
4.) To get a license, you should be over 21. Under 21, you could only use a gun under direct supervision of a licensed person and after obtaining a learner’s license. Your license might be restricted if you have children or criminals or other unsafe people living in your home. (If you want to argue 18 or 25 or some other age, fine. 21 makes sense to me.)
5.) If you possess a gun, you would have to carry a liability insurance policy specifically for gun ownership - and likely you would have to provide proof of appropriate storage, security, and whatever statistical reasons that emerge that would drive the costs and ability to get insurance.
6.) You could not purchase a gun or ammunition without a license, and purchases would have a waiting period.
7.) If you possess a gun without a license, you go to jail, the gun is impounded, and a judge will have to let you go (just like a DUI).
8.) No one should carry an unsecured gun (except in a locked case, unloaded) when outside of home. Guns should be secure when transporting to a shooting event without demonstrating a special need. Their license should indicate training and special carry circumstances beyond recreational shooting (security guard, etc.). If you are carrying your gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you lose your gun and license.
9.) If you buy, sell, give away, or inherit a gun, your license information should be recorded.
10.) If you accidentally discharge your gun, commit a crime, get referred by a mental health professional, are served a restraining order, etc., you should lose your license and guns until reinstated by a serious relicensing process.

Most of you know that a license is no big deal. Besides a driver’s license you need a license to fish, operate a boat, or many other activities. I realize these differ by state, but that is not a reason to let anyone without a bit of sense pack a semiautomatic weapon in public, on the roads, and in schools. I think we need to make it much harder for some people to have guns.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. the POS murderer
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 11:40 AM
Sep 2016

will find a lawyer that will enter termorarily insane because of the trauma of the accident. He'll be free again, probably sooner rathar than later.

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