Dec 06 2007
Sadness in Omaha
Today, some guy decided to go out of this life in style by shooting up a mall.
Days like this I really hope there is a God and a hell.
Police Identify Gunman in Deadly Westroads Shooting
Nine people are confirmed dead - including the gunman - following the shooting at Westroads Mall this afternoon. Five others were hurt, including two who are still listed in critical condition Wednesday night. Police have identified Robert Hawkins of Sarpy County as the alleged shooter. Sergeant Teresa Negron says he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the store. Hawkins was 20 years old. At one point he attended Papillion-La Vista High School. Sources tell Action 3 News Hawkins recently tried to get in the Army, but wasn’t accepted.
Police Chief Thomas Warren says five of the victims are female, three are male. He would not disclose the ages of the victims, but says the group appears to include both Von Maur employees and shoppers.
This just sucks. Why these people think they need to depart this mortal coil with a body count is beyond me. My sorrows to the families.
But now I am waiting. What will likely stir much debate is this:
Officers have recovered the gun. They say it was an SKS assault rifle.
An SKS is a Russian designed carbine rifle. I am sure we will find out if it was modded to make it more assault like or if it was just a conventional semi auto rifle, but the immediate cry will be for more bans on assault rifles, as that is how it was described. The 7.62mm cartridge is really the same essential size as a Winchester 30-30 or a 30.06, both of which are used in hunting daily across the country, both of which can be used in semi auto configuration, and both of which will make people dead.
But the news media would not stoop so low as to say that some crazed lunatic was shooting up a mall with a deer rifle. It stirs the passions to make sure it is an assault rifle.
So the anti gun crowd will start again. They always do.
Sigh. I don’t know what else to say. I don’t want to deal with the gun issue too much now, not until the facts are known.
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