The Mexican said the gun went off accidentally. I believe him. ANYBODY mishandling a weapon on a public pier could have done the same thing. Yes he had entered the country illegally FIVE times. Yes he was in possession of a stolen G Man's pistol. BUT did he set out that day to shoot an innocent American to death? Probably not. Any really stupid lowlife could have done the same thing. No I am not taking the really stupid Mexican's side but is this tragedy really about illegal entry? There are many more tragedies caused by illegals where they kill people ON PURPOSE. I just can't see him as the poster boy for illegal entry to the U S. I'm far more concerned by the illegals that get drunk and kill someone on our freeways. This gun toting illegal is an anomaly. It's a freak accident.
Yes there is the question of HOW he acquired the weapon. AND what was his true purpose in having the gun anyway. Did he know the gun was stolen from a Federal Marshal? That seems like a pretty big risk to take and for what? What was he really doing on this public pier with a stolen gun? Certainly it was NOT to kill Katy.
I guess my point is that the chances of the average American coming to harm by a dufus that has entered the country FIVE times with a stolen Government issue pistol is incredibly small. He seems a lot more like the typical seasonal lettuce picker than the random Mexican assassin he is being painted as.
How many random gun killings happen in public places by illegals like this guy? Not many if any others I would guess.
It's not like in Chicago where standbyers get wacked in drive bys every day by gangland shootings.
Frankly I am far more concerned that this Federal G-Man didn't secure his weapon any better than that. OK his car was broken into. I get that. SOOoooo.. the Gov couldn't afford to supply it's officers with automobile lock boxes for their weapons that couldn't be easily broken into? I am seriously more interested in the actual circumstances on how someone can break into a G-Man's vehicle and walk away with a loaded pistol.
Three times?
What a dumbass....
Thanks for the well thought out response to my post.
I cant believe you typed all that crap for nothing...unless of course you think the gun went off all by itself....THREE FUCKING TIMES!!!!!
The gun was fired THREE FUCKING TIMES? At a complete stranger? That's hard to believe.
Officer Rodney Joseph Johnson Houston Police Department Texas
How about a criminal pedophile, previously deported, who shot a police officer to death.
The officer probably saved the lives of the man and other minors in the car because
the man was drunk and could have had a wreck.
And this is how you repay someone who saves your life?
By shooting them pointblank in the face seven times out of fear of being deported again.
HUGGY I am all for being open to working with all people to offer equal opportunities.
But WHERE is the responsibility for making sure that these people are getting
help for mental and criminal illness, and are getting education and training to be self sufficient.
Set up the campus systems to house and train workers, and we won't have this problem.
The workers can organize at sites designed to help people and families in transition,
and be registered just like students are enrolled with set housing and health care services
so this isn't randomly dumped on others to pay for with no responsibility for the costs.
Here are the campus plans I am asking to replicate along the border.
http www.houstonprogressive.org
Earned Amnesty
Democrat leaders censored and demolished these plans in Freedmen's Town where they were designed
to create sustainable campuses to break the cycle of poverty and crime in historic Black districts.
But if we can restore these plans they can be modified to any community to reform
the prison system, mental health, VA, or border communities to stop crime, trafficking and other illegal issues
by investing restitution for past crimes into developing longterm solutions that the residents themselves will take
ownership of so their labor is no longer exploited but is invested in their own business, education and social programs.
If Donald Trump will fund an Apprentice contest for future Presidential, Governor and Senator candidates
to try to set up 4-5 citystates along the border, I would really like to see the political talent of our future leaders
featured as a political reality show, taking the crime ridden border and turning it into teaching hospitals and
military prisons with maximum security that creates jobs and security along the border at the same time.
he could fund a contest and see who i swilling to take up the challenge
Which of our Presidential candidates can run a team that can build something in a year that will solve the
immigration crisis and use that as their platform to run for the White House.