Another tragedy in iowa

[General Roman Malaise]

The screaming/yelling lesson I get. The stabbing in the eye part? Jesus Christ.

Do you know how many kids that get abducted go home? Whatever it take for my kids to come home, what other options does a 7 or 10 year have against an adult?

The recovery rate for the estimated 115 children abducted by strangers each year, a very small but alarming segment of children reported missing annually, is less heartening. Allen said an average of 57 percent of them come home alive and 40 percent are killed. The rest remain open cases.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ways-make-it-home-alive-idUSBRE83P14020120426

Look, I understand and don’t argue with those stats. I have two small kids myself and the thought of anything like this happening to them makes me lose my appetite. That’s not really my point.

My question is, do you feel it’s worth instilling a very traumatic, stress-inducing thought (stabbing an adult in the eye) in your young kids’ heads on the infinitesimally small chance they’re actually in that position someday? I mean, let’s play it out...

1. One or both of your children are accosted (sorry for even typing this)
2. Yelling/screaming (again, totally on board with this lesson) doesn’t work
3. They happen to be carrying a pencil/other sharp object
4. They’re able to reach said object in the struggle
5. They have the mental and physical strength to stab the attacker well enough to render him and whatever weapon(s) he may have overpowered

What do you honestly think the odds are of all 5 of the above happening? High enough to make the harsh lesson worth it? If so we’ll agree to disagree.

 

[BubsFinn]

This was a real tragedy. A woman was deprived of her future by a loser without one.
Homeless camps are dangerous places. Allowing them to remain in any one place for too long is a recipe for disaster.

 

[DodgerHawki]

If you want people to spend life in prison for whatever charge you can name, then the legislative branch of government is more than capable of handling that issue. In fact, the Code of Iowa that courts are bound to follow at sentencing comes directly from your state senators and representatives...

iclone has it right. It's likely he was sentenced and/or incarcerated commensurate with the law. There are not infinite resources to jail people for their rest of their lives for crimes like intimidation with a deadly weapon or theft. Could more have been done to prevent this? Maybe, but don't know enough to say at this point.

 

[hawkeyeguy69]

Yes, you are right. My bad. Arm them all! Not that it would have saved her, as she was ambushed. But the more guns the better! It obviously works well in America.

BS.

 

[tomhawk80907]

If someone is willing to kill on a golf course I doubt that they have the sense to worry if their victim has a gun. I've read far more stories of children being killed because guns weren't properly and safely stored, or people who committed suicide because they had easy access to handguns. I've nothing against people who want to carry guns legally and safely, assuming they don't use drugs aren't crazy and aren't felons, but it is not a solution to curbing violence. That myth is not statistically supported.

Doesn’t have to be the solution to solving violence for everyone. It just has to be the solution for me when I need it.

 

[Stranded Hawk]

Yes, you are right. My bad. Arm them all! Not that it would have saved her, as she was ambushed. But the more guns the better! It obviously works well in America.

Get off your soapbox, this is about some young girl who lost her life.

 

[JoelBittner]

I play a lot of golf, I tend to play alone and I almost always walk. Bottom line is that when you are thinking of your game and you inherently feel safe, no amount of protection/deterrence will help - you will be surprised by a lurker coming up on you from an unsuspected place. It’s a terrible thing, but I don’t believe arming the population is the right answer (and i’m not at all against owning guns). Sometimes being in the wrong place at the wrong time counts for more.

WTH? Who said gov't should force people to carry weapons? It's about their rights which you said you support. SMH at some of the illogical posts made on HR.

 

[joelbc1]

The suspect:

“Criminal records show that Richards has been charged with at least a dozen crimes, starting in 2014, including domestic abuse, assault, harassment, intimidation with a deadly weapon and theft. He was also charged with a misdemeanor in 2016, accused of carrying a knife that was longer than five inches.”

Explain to me how a criminal with dozen incidents over four years is free to kill someone, sad and negligent on behalf of our court systems.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna910551

Because there is no place to put him? You can’t keep cutting taxes if you want to address the nation’s growing mental health problem. This is largely a political problem and not exclusively a criminal issue.

 

[WestIAHawk]

The suspect:

“Criminal records show that Richards has been charged with at least a dozen crimes, starting in 2014, including domestic abuse, assault, harassment, intimidation with a deadly weapon and theft. He was also charged with a misdemeanor in 2016, accused of carrying a knife that was longer than five inches.”

Explain to me how a criminal with dozen incidents over four years is free to kill someone, sad and negligent on behalf of our court systems.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna910551

Liberal judges...

 

[markfromj]

Yes, you are right. My bad. Arm them all! Not that it would have saved her, as she was ambushed. But the more guns the better! It obviously works well in America.

No. The BS is that we live in “a horrible world”.