Gazette makes case for concealed weapons

by Don Surber

In an editorial today (not available online) the Charleston Gazette opined: “An enraged Michigan man went on a pistol murder spree, killing seven — including two ex-girlfriends and his own daughter — before finally killing himself. Will right-to-bear-arms zealots declare that he was entitled to carry concealed guns?”

Why wonder? The answer is no. Here is the rest of the story:

Rodrick Shonte Dantzler is a convicted felon. We all agree that he should not have had a gun. Michigan has one of the strictest gun laws in the nation: no person “shall not purchase, carry, or transport a pistol in this state without first having obtained a license for the pistol.”

And yet he broke the law and shot and killed seven people and wounded two others. Imagine that. From WZZM:

Rodrick Shonte Dantzler’s streak of contacts with police ended Thursday evening when he took his own life, but it started long before he went on a murder spree killing seven people.

Court records show Dantzler’s criminal history includes breaking and entering, domestic assaults, trespassing, and lying to police.

Several women have received court protection from Dantzler since 1995 including a woman who told a judge he threatened to kill her, and her unborn child. Even Dantzler’s mother Victoria Dantzler asked for protection. Her personal protection order includes references to a problem Rodrick had controlling his anger.

We have a violent man (who did three years in prison for firing five times at another driver in a fit of road rage) whose own mother sought court protection.

She should have sought a .38 instead of a court order. Paper does not stop bullets. Every one of those women should have been armed.

So I thank the Gazette editorial board for mocking the Second Amendment in its editorial today. By so doing, the Gazette unintentionally made the case for law-abiding people remaining armed.

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Australia: Intruder shot, leaves 50m blood trail on street before dying in gutter: "A man who bled to death on a Gold Coast street this morning is believed to have been one of four intruders at the home. Police were called to Silvereye Circuit in Gilston at 1.45am where they located the dead man, age 29, lying in the gutter. Acting Superintendent Detective Tim Trezise said the man had left a 50m blood trail. Sources say the homeowner returned to the house around 1.40am to be confronted by four masked men inside. One of the men was armed with a gun. A struggle has ensued, the gun has gone off and the dead man was hit in the leg. He has not yet been formally identified. The three other men are still on the loose. A 34-year-old man, believed to be an occupant of the house, has been taken into custody and is helping police with their inquiries. Investigations into the cause of death continue, but the incident is believed to be drug-related."


Ersland gets life for shooting punk: "A US pharmacist convicted of murder in the shooting death of a teenager who tried to rob the pharmacy where he worked has been sentenced to life in prison. Jerome Ersland, 59, was giving the life sentence with the possibility of parole yesterday in spite of his defence attorney and supporters' pleas that he be set free. Ersland showed no emotion as District Judge Ray Elliott imposed the sentence recommended by a 12-member jury that found him guilty of first-degree murder in the May 19, 2009, shooting death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker during an attempted robbery at the Reliable Discount Pharmacy in south Oklahoma City. Ersland claimed he was defending himself and two female co-workers when he shot Parker after he and a second teenager came into the pharmacy wearing ski masks and demanding money and drugs. Parker, who was unarmed, was struck in the head and knocked out. Prosecutors said Ersland was justified in firing the first shot but went too far when he grabbed a second gun and fired five more bullets into Parker" {Let's hope his sentence is commuted]