2 dead in shooting outside California Social Security office

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

SALINAS, CALIF. -- Police say a man is in custody after a shooting outside a Social Security Administration office Thursday that left his estranged wife critically injured and her aunt and uncle dead.

Salinas Police Department Cmdr. Vince Maiorana said that the suspect, 50, will be booked into Monterey County Jail on multiple counts of murder.

The suspect's wife, 32, is in a hospital in critical condition. Her cousin, 28, is also hospitalized with gunshot wounds. At an afternoon press conference, Maiorana declined to identify the victims or the suspect until next of kin could be notified.

Maiorana said it appears the wife had left her husband in Southern California, but he tracked her down and confronted the family in the parking lot. "This incident was purely domestic violence," he said.

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[SheilaT]

1. Just three of the thirty

murdered every day by guns. Just wish there would be wall to wall coverage about each and every incident, because each and every one is a tragedy and need not happen. It's not just guns, although they're a huge part, but the culture of violence that pervades this country.

[Historic NY]

17. The Daily Body Count...

we used to get it on the nightly news now its fairly silent .

[mnhtnbb]

2. Oh, if only the wife, aunt and uncle had been armed!

This country is going down the toilet. I am so sick of hearing about these shootings...and afraid of encountering
some crazy, mean, armed a$$hole while out and about--since I live in an open carry state.

All this death and violence is so unnecessary. So sad.

[Laurian]

3. "Purely domestic violence." As if that makes it less horrible.

That statement sounded rather dismissive. Ho hum....just another day, another (or two, or three) gun deaths from your basic everyday domestic violence.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Isn't that stupid? Totally disgusting.

Looks as if the writer thinks you should be prepared for whatever comes at ya, if you dare to tick off the husband.

[shenmue]

4. PLEASE STOP

[TeddyR]

6. Are you seriously advocating

That someone shoot another person?

[Plucketeer]

8. Did I forget that sarcasm thingy again?

Dang, dangit! Of course, I person CAN fantasize, can't they?

[shenmue]

18. No.

Not like that. Disgusting.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Nice try. Someone who thinks the NRA should be held responsible isn't violent, him/herself. n/t

[GGJohn]

22. Apparently the jury thought so.

[beevul]

7. Unpossible.

CA has strict gun control laws.

[Darb]

11. Not nearly strict enough.

Nor does the rest of the US. One of the least regulated? Virginia. NowhatImsayin?

[beevul]

12. Sure, I get what you're saying.

Doesn't mean I buy it though:

murders by gun:

Ca with strict gun laws: 1,811

VA one of the least regulated: 250

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state

[MyNameGoesHere]

13. So we are to settle for only 250?

Is that where we are?

[beevul]

14. I think we need to discuss the failures first. N/T

[PSPS]

15. LOL. Spin much?

California has almost five times the population of Virginia. The per-capita rate of gun deaths is about the same (4.0 vs 4.9 per 100K -- CDC 2013 figures including suicides.) The national rate is 5.1.

Homicides by firearm per 100K:

USA: 2.97

Canada: 0.51
France: 0.06
Germany: 0.19
England/Wales: 0.07
Spain: 0.20
Italy: 0.71
Australia: 0.14
Japan: 0.01
S. Korea: 0.03

[beevul]

16. It also has the strictest gun control in the nation...

It also has the strictest gun control in the nation, which doesn't seem to be working very well, as evidenced by VA having about the same rate without all that CA gun control.

[MyNameGoesHere]

19. you do realize California

has about 30 million more people than Virginia? Or did that escape your studies?

[beevul]

20. See post 16. n/t

[MyNameGoesHere]

21. Good answer

not. What is an acceptable murder rate to you? Come on now. Since we need as many guns as the stars in the sky, how many murders are just peachy with you?

[beevul]

23. Non-sequitur.

What is an acceptable murder rate to you? Come on now. Since we need as many guns as the stars in the sky, how many murders are just peachy with you?

Non-sequitur.

Address Californias gun control failure, and I might think about addressing your anti-gun talking point - which is strait from the anti-gun talking point manual.

Besides, there is no 'we', when it comes to owning guns, just as there is no "we" when it comes to criminals making criminal choices.

Theres just individuals who are free to make their own choice good or bad.

Leave us alone if we are good, prosecute us if we aren't.

[MyNameGoesHere]

24. Actually my agenda is to take away

all your guns. I am not even close to the anti-gun agenda. And yes I don't mind prying things.

[GGJohn]

25. So will you be one of the ones attempting to physically confiscate firearms?

I mean in the highly unlikely event of an all out firearm ban?

[beevul]

26. Spectacular.

Actually my agenda is to take away all your guns.

At least you're honest about being on the fringe and well away from the mainstream on the issue within the Democratic Party itself, not to mention the mainstream of America.

I am not even close to the anti-gun agenda.

What does that even mean? It appears contradictory, since the anti-gun agenda is to take away mine and everyone elses guns.

And yes I don't mind prying things.

Ahhh. So you'll be participating in the gun raids yourself then will you?

Right at the front of the stack?

If so, please bring lunch, and lots of it. I prefer new York strips, baked potatoes and sweet corn on the cob. You may, however, want to take a survey, because while tens of millions may agree on the right to keep and bear arms, we have a very diverse palate.

[Supersedeas]

27. You make a strong argument