Mom owns 10 guns for self defense and kills her children with one of them.

[ZiprHead]

http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/christy-sheats-texas-mother-mom-kills-shoots-daughters-madison-taylor-facebook-guns-husband-jason/

A Texas mother fatally shot her two daughters in the street outside of their Katy home before she was shot dead by a responding police officer, authorities say.

Christy Sheats, 42, killed Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says.

Another win for the NRA.

 

[Trausti]

http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/christy-sheats-texas-mother-mom-kills-shoots-daughters-madison-taylor-facebook-guns-husband-jason/

A Texas mother fatally shot her two daughters in the street outside of their Katy home before she was shot dead by a responding police officer, authorities say.

Christy Sheats, 42, killed Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says.

Another win for the NRA.

Andrea Yates? Susan Smith? Mitchelle Blair? Casey Anthony? Lucia Hernandez-Alvarez? Brittany Pilkington? Blame the NRA!

 

[Shadowy Man]

I guess the right answer is that her children should have armed themselves.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/christy-sheats-texas-mother-mom-kills-shoots-daughters-madison-taylor-facebook-guns-husband-jason/

A Texas mother fatally shot her two daughters in the street outside of their Katy home before she was shot dead by a responding police officer, authorities say.

Christy Sheats, 42, killed Taylor Sheats, 22, and Madison Sheats, 17, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office says.

Another win for the NRA.

Andrea Yates? Susan Smith? Mitchelle Blair? Casey Anthony? Lucia Hernandez-Alvarez? Brittany Pilkington? Blame the NRA!

In context, he must be referring to their saying, "The only thing that can stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun."

So yeah, she was eventually stopped by the police officer. Eventually.

Also, just for your personal edification, here is some additional information about the shooter:

1. Christy Sheats Had a History of Mental Illness

Police tell PEOPLE they had been called to the Sheats home prior to Friday's violence, and that the killer mother allegedly had a history of mental illness.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office had been to Sheats' home "for previous altercations" involving her "mental crisis," a sheriff's spokeswoman tells PEOPLE, declining to elaborate on those incidents.
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4. Sheats Posted Pro-Gun Opinions

On Facebook, Sheats describes herself as a Baptist and a conservative who cherished her second amendment rights to gun ownership.

She made several social media posts proclaiming her love for guns and her desire to own them so she could protect her family.

In one post, she wrote that "it would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that's exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns."

http://www.people.com/article/christy-sheats-texas-mom-who-killed-daughters-five-things

Which organization wants to block legislation regarding mentally ill people having guns?

Blame the NRA?

 

[Jayjay]

That's nine guns that the mom didn't kill her child with. Why don't the anti-gun folks ever talk about that?!

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

That's nine guns that the mom didn't kill her child with. Why don't the anti-gun folks ever talk about that?!

I know, right. That's like 90% good. In school, that'd be an A-.

 

[KeepTalking]

That's nine guns that the mom didn't kill her child with. Why don't the anti-gun folks ever talk about that?!

How do you know that she didn't kill each child with a different gun? That would only leave 8 good guns.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I wanted to post something snarky and condescending, but this actually just makes me sad. Mental illness is a tragedy and easy access to firearms makes it so easy to become even more tragic.

 

[Elixir]

I wanted to post something snarky and condescending, but this actually just makes me sad. Mental illness is a tragedy and easy access to firearms makes it so easy to become even more tragic.

Same here. So sad.
NRA will tell you that mental illness is no more than a label that almost anyone can slap on anyone else, and it will stick.

 

[Trausti]

Andrea Yates? Susan Smith? Mitchelle Blair? Casey Anthony? Lucia Hernandez-Alvarez? Brittany Pilkington? Blame the NRA!

In context, he must be referring to their saying, "The only thing that can stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun."

So yeah, she was eventually stopped by the police officer. Eventually.

Also, just for your personal edification, here is some additional information about the shooter:

1. Christy Sheats Had a History of Mental Illness

Police tell PEOPLE they had been called to the Sheats home prior to Friday's violence, and that the killer mother allegedly had a history of mental illness.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office had been to Sheats' home "for previous altercations" involving her "mental crisis," a sheriff's spokeswoman tells PEOPLE, declining to elaborate on those incidents.
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4. Sheats Posted Pro-Gun Opinions

On Facebook, Sheats describes herself as a Baptist and a conservative who cherished her second amendment rights to gun ownership.

She made several social media posts proclaiming her love for guns and her desire to own them so she could protect her family.

In one post, she wrote that "it would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that's exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns."

http://www.people.com/article/christy-sheats-texas-mom-who-killed-daughters-five-things

Which organization wants to block legislation regarding mentally ill people having guns?

Blame the NRA?

A few seconds on the google: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20151016/nra-applauds-us-rep-mcsallys-introduction-of-mental-health-bill

Not a member of the NRA and don't own a gun. But blaming the NRA for everything is embarrassing hysterics.

 

[Tristan Scott]

In context, he must be referring to their saying, "The only thing that can stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun."

So yeah, she was eventually stopped by the police officer. Eventually.

Also, just for your personal edification, here is some additional information about the shooter:

1. Christy Sheats Had a History of Mental Illness

Police tell PEOPLE they had been called to the Sheats home prior to Friday's violence, and that the killer mother allegedly had a history of mental illness.

The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office had been to Sheats' home "for previous altercations" involving her "mental crisis," a sheriff's spokeswoman tells PEOPLE, declining to elaborate on those incidents.
...
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4. Sheats Posted Pro-Gun Opinions

On Facebook, Sheats describes herself as a Baptist and a conservative who cherished her second amendment rights to gun ownership.

She made several social media posts proclaiming her love for guns and her desire to own them so she could protect her family.

In one post, she wrote that "it would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that's exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns."

http://www.people.com/article/christy-sheats-texas-mom-who-killed-daughters-five-things

Which organization wants to block legislation regarding mentally ill people having guns?

Blame the NRA?

A few seconds on the google: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20151016/nra-applauds-us-rep-mcsallys-introduction-of-mental-health-bill

Not a member of the NRA and don't own a gun. But blaming the NRA for everything is embarrassing hysterics.

The bill in question is flawed, but fixable...https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0ahUKEwie67HjosnNAhUO3mMKHf2mAAYQFgg_MAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thirdway.org%2Fmemo%2Fmental-health-and-safe-communities-act-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fixable&usg=AFQjCNEFUvsCFOIpRkzOCGKBo7zYlYnYAA&sig2=nOuPt5AO_VJ1R9JDMyPfUw

 

[fast]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

 

[zorq]

That's nine guns that the mom didn't kill her child with. Why don't the anti-gun folks ever talk about that?!

How do you know that she didn't kill each child with a different gun? That would only leave 8 good guns.

Of course this line of thought begs the question of exactly how many guns does a person need to defend themselves?

Surely if someone broke into this particular woman's home, 8 or 9 of her firearms would remain completely unused. 10 if she happened to be caught unaware and her weapons were safely locked up.

 

[Sea of red]

Another fine example of responsible gun ownership.

And these fuckers want guns so they can fight the government when they feel it's oppressive.

 

[Colonel Sanders]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

Is this sarcasm?

Because I'm thinking that an incident where a mother shoots two of her kids qualifies a thing that got "really ugly."

Same thing with Orlando, Sandy Hook, San Bernardino, etc.

 

[abaddon]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

Why is it better to have guns? How much danger do you think anyone is in (I mean, aside from people with guns)? All incidences like the OP make me wonder "Where does the besieged mentality ('danger all around!') come from?"

 

[GenesisNemesis]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

Why is it better to have guns? How much danger do you think anyone is in (I mean, aside from people with guns)? All incidences like the OP make me wonder "Where does the besieged mentality ('danger all around!') come from?"

It's when the shootouts start to happen.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

Why is it better to have guns? How much danger do you think anyone is in (I mean, aside from people with guns)? All incidences like the OP make me wonder "Where does the besieged mentality ('danger all around!') come from?"

I'm pretty sure it's from talk radio and Fox News. You don't get msnbc viewers shooting people. They just make sarcastic tweets.

 

[zorq]

It's better to have guns than not have guns. Bad things are apt to happen when guns are involved, but when things can really get ugly is when there are no guns involved.

What's an historical example of a time when things got "really ugly" because there were no guns?

 

[fast]

With guns, there are bound to be numerous regrettable instances of heartbreak brought about by use, misuse, and abuse of weaponry. With no guns, well, you don't get gun shot wounds and the carnage that ensues, and that's an advantage, but then you are still left to weigh the disadvantages in the analysis. Yes, there will be less accidental shootings. There will be less death-heat of the moment regrets, murder, life altering failed suicide attempts, etc.

Those things are awful, but it's the price or cost that comes with the benefits of having a plethora of guns and ammunition in the hands of millions.