Pennsylvania state police believe a man fatally ambushed a state trooper responding to a domestic dispute, and also killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, investigators said Wednesday.Lt. Col. Lenny Bandy said a man police couldn't see yelled from a window as two troopers responded to a dispute at the home of Michael J. Smith, 44, shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
When the troopers yelled back for the man to present himself, a man they believe is Smith instead fired one shot, striking Trooper Paul G. Richey as he attempted to enter a side door, according to Bandy.
When the police eventually stormed the house they found the two dead bodies. All the details are not in of course, but this sure sounds like another gun owner who, up until the moment of cracking up, was simply part of the group which has nothing to do with murder or misuse of weapons. How can the rest of that group, the lawful gun owners, continue to disavow any knowledge or involvement in these incidents. They don't want stricter laws and more restrictions, yet they don't want to take responsibility when one of their own does something like this. It doesn't seem right to me.
What's your opinion? Cannot these guys who kill their wives with guns, and who kill anyone who interferes with their doing that, be weeded out? Isn't there a way to identify them before they act? For example, don't you think the friends, the fellow gun owners and the neighbors might have known something was wrong with this guy and that he was unfit to have guns?
Shouldn't gun owners be more responsible in policing themselves, especially since they don't want the government to do it?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
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