If you can’t control your temper, you shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun

Indiana man shoots and kills 13-year-old neighbor for laughing at him

This story is exactly why I think psychological profiling ought to be mandatory for would-be gun owners. There are far too many people who react with anger during times of emotional distress.  When you add a gun to the mix, it becomes a lethal combination.  People who cannot manage their anger such that they don’t reach for their firearm when they become enraged should not be allowed to possess a gun. I’m sympathetic to the guy being robbed. I’d be angry too.  But to then take that anger out on someone by fucking shooting and killing them?  The fuck is wrong with this person?!

According to the Gary Post-Tribune, police have not released the shooter’s name, but said that he shot Kobe Jones, 13, nine times. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:31 p.m. on Friday by the Lake County Coroner’s office.

Gary Police Lt. Thomas Pawlak told the Post-Tribune that the gunman’s home was broken into and robbed some time on Friday afternoon. The man arrived home around 5:00 p.m. and discovered the robbery and flew into a rage.

As he was having a noisy tantrum in his back yard, a crowd of neighborhood residents gathered. Jones made the mistake of laughing at his neighbor’s histrionics, which drove the man to even greater heights of rage.

He produced a gun and shot Jones nine times, killing him. The shooter and his girlfriend fled the scene in a car, but returned at around 7:00 p.m. and surrendered to police.

He shot an innocent teenager 9 times.  Because he laughed at him.  I just can’t even process that.

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If you can’t control your temper, you shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun
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