Richard Ray West, 37, is accused of shooting approximately 127 rounds from a 40-caliber handgun, while under the assumption that “ninja like” people were after him, on Jan. 18 between midnight and 9:28 a.m. The incident occurred in and around the property of J & R Cycle Shop, 1431 Canton Road in Marietta, near the intersection of Dickerson Road and Canton Road NE, according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department.
The longer I live on this earth, the more I strongly would vote for a law where to continue having a gun, you need bi-yearly renewals. This guy could be going through a lot. Could have been a normal guy who bought that weapon a decade ago.
And I think about how much lead and poison we get pumped with and suddenly lose it. As a gun owner, am I going to be like him? Will I have the cognitive strength to turn my weapon in? Will the millions like Richard above who one evening, the asbestos finally kills a piece of him and they pull out their gun and shoot into the darkness, harming a innocent bystander?
Many industries require renewals with an exam. Medical. Law. Finance.
Hell while I’m at it, driving license bi-yearly renewals too.
a law where to continue having a gun, you need bi-yearly renewals
Isn’t it like that in a lot of countries? Not only do you need to apply to get a gun permit in the first place and there’s only a handful of valid reasons (like being a forester) and you also have to renew it every X years so that if the reason no longer applies, you can no longer own a gun.
yeah but those countries have managed to update their laws within the last 233 years
I think about how if personal cars had been a thing when the bill of rights was written, if they would have written an amendment like "the right to travel being a vital part of the state, the right to drive a vehicle shall not be infringed ".
Today we’d have all sorts of problems. People would say driver’s licenses were unconditional. Requiring corrective lenses would be thrown out. Any vehicle inspections for safety or efficiency would be gone. People would be driving tanks around and destroying roads while screaming about their 2nd-prime amendment rights.
So I have two points. One: unbounded rules are a bad idea. Two: just because the constitution says something doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
It took 9 hours to stop him from firing rounds. 127 rounds from a .40 handgun. This wasn’t some 15 minute shooting spree. He was at it like it was his job. Hell, he probably took a lunch break.
Probably took 9 hours for the meth to wear off.
That is a stunning amount of noise. How the hell did no one call the cops? How the hell did a cop not randomly drive by and hear all that?
It’s in Georgia? I don’t know how rural that specific area is, but for context I live in the city limits of a rather populous city but I’m in a rural district. And the jackwagons behind my house regularly target practice in their back yard. On a weekend, it can go on for an obscenely long time. We just try to tune it out.
Nothing in Marietta GA is rural; it’s all suburban. Not to say that he wasn’t on a larger piece of property, but it most assuredly isn’t in the country.
Think he got paid overtime?
Not in GA.
Main stream media refuses to acknowledge the ninja epidemic this nation is facing.
That is because they are fucking ninjas. You know how hard it is to catch one of fuckers. Shit I bet most people have never even seen one. They are fast and nearly invisible.
Oh well. Nothing can be done. It would be worse to deprive him of his right to shoot at ninjas. Most people use guns responsibly anyways, I’m sure if this crazy guy with a gun actually hit someone than a good guy with a gun would’ve protected them and probably done on site surgery to save lives.
Bless you America, a literally perfect country.
That is a rough 37. Whew.
That mugshot is an inspiration
Dude looks like Simon Pegg
I was thinking budget Hue Laurie… but you came prepared with visuals aids. Respect.
I’d use it as my lemmy profile pic if I didn’t already have one. That’s grade A stuff.
It was just a bunch of Asians, innit.
If I read the article right it sounds like there was no one there and it was a closed business he broke in to.
No.
Why’d you come by to be racist?
Light thinker, I see.
Atlanta be like:
Sounds like Marietta to me
