Today's news headlines are about shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland, where a Department of Homeland Security employee on leave killed his wife and others in a two-day rampage.
Eulalio Sevilla Tordil, 62, a Federal Protective Service police officer, killed his estranged wife yesterday, when she was picking up their daughters from school. She had obtained a protective order against him, which cost him his badge and duty gun.
Had he been served with that protective order? If so, was he asked if he had other guns? The judge certainly should have questioned her about how many guns Tordil, as a police office, had. And those serving the protective order should have known. But, had he been served?
We all know the great power of that piece of paper. Zip! Nada! Zilch! Nothing.
But Mrs. Tordil wouldn't have been able to get a concealed-carry permit quickly in Maryland, if at all. Maybe as a teacher, she didn't like guns, anyway. But, if she had had a loaded gun and knew how to use it when he walked up to her car, at least she would have had a fighting chance.
And so might the others or passersby, except for the Ostrich Syndrome in the State of Maryland.
I don't know what those clowns in State Government in Maryland think people are supposed to do when they are in danger. Oh, maybe that's it. They don't think.
Suzanna Gratia-Hupp would blame the legislators, as she did in From Luby's to the Legislature. I shall, too.
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3 months ago
3 comments:
First of all, when battered woman come to me seeking an OP, I advise them on the steps required to obtain one. And obtaining one is an important part of the process. But I also tell them to remember one thing. An OP is nothing more than a sheet of paper if the batterer decides to return. It will not stop a knife or a bullet and that they should remember that and act accordingly. I also tell them that they need to do whatever is required to prevent themselves from becoming further victimized. I am pretty clear and expressive in my message to them and I believe that so far all of them have heeded my advice. Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
Your advice is spot on. A woman I know was a victim years ago. A friend was going to loan her a gun. When she admitted she wouldn't pull the trigger, he refused to loan it.
Your advice is spot on. A woman I know was a victim years ago. A friend was going to loan her a gun. When she admitted she wouldn't pull the trigger, he refused to loan it.
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