A Monday night sighting of the convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago jolted the surrounding community into high alert and prompted school closures Tuesday, after police warned the inmate now has a weapon.

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    1 year ago

    Apparently some idiot left his garage door open and the convict got a hold of his “.22” rifle from the corner of the garage.

    Dude should never be allowed to own firearms again.

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      There is no “illegal gun fairy”. If a known criminal has a gun, it was either the fault of a legal gun owner or gun laws that are so dogshit they can’t even deny a sale to a known criminal.

      But don’t worry, the gun lobby profits the same from both.

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      Dude should never be allowed to own firearms again.

      I would argue that, generally, one isn’t responsible for the crimes that another commits – the perp would have had to have trespassed, and stolen the rifle. What one does on their own property is generally of their own concern. This is assuming, of course, that the reason in which this occurred has no laws on the storage of firearms (whether such laws are justified, or not is separate argument, ofc).

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        Turns out you can edit comments so no need to try again. You probably didn’t know that