Gun Liberty vs. Assault Rifle Death

The Declaration of Independence:
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."

Thank you, US Constitution, Amendment 2, for the deaths of a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, and a 22-year-old young man yesterday in Gilroy.

Read the LA Times report today.

California outlaws assault rifles--so this killer bought his semi-automatic weapon in Nevada earlier in July.  The Supreme Court refuses to ban these rifles throughout the USA.

The Gilroy police responded in less than one minute--though they only carried handguns and the killer carried a semi-automatic rifle, illegal in the state of California.  He could have killed many more, but the police killed him within 90 seconds after he began.

The mayor of Gilroy, the sheriff, and others just held a press conference to report on the murders.  The details are heart-breaking.  7,000 people entered the gates, being checked for weapons.  One man cut a hole in a chain-link fence and entered with the assault-style rifle.

California Penal Code §25850 defines what constitutes a loaded weapon.

Semi-automatic firearms that the state has classified as assault weapons; .50 BMG caliber rifles; and large-capacity magazines (magazines that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition) may not be sold in California. The ban on large-capacity magazines was ruled unconstitutional March 29, 2019^[11] but the ruling is on hold while the case is under appeal.^[12] Possession of automatic firearms, and of short-barreled shotguns and rifles, is prohibited without a Dangerous Weapons Permit, that is received from the California Department of Justice pending a good reason for their possession such as: manufacture, repair, collecting in limited cases (pre-1990), movie prop guns or dealing to police/military.

Here's Amendment 2.  May it be repealed or its current interpretation defeated in the Supreme Court.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Three young Americans lost their lives, their liberty, and their pursuit of happiness yesterday evening--thanks to the access of a crazy man to an assault rifle in the state of Nevada and thanks to the National Rifle Association and all those who support continued access to guns and rifles, not by a well-regulated militia, but by any insane fool who decides to buy a gun.

Fight these mass killings! Fight the NRA!  Vote out of office all those who support this wrong interpretation of the Second Amendment--including our fool of a president.

Note: this shooter's grandfather had been a Santa Clara County supervisor, and the shooter himself had connections on his social media to misogynist and racist views.