Another shooting death in a gun free zone.

[Perd Hapley]

A British member of Parliament was shot dead today, gun controls notwithstanding.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36550304

According to the article, it was committed by someone in favor of the BrExit, so it will of course have the opposite effect of what he allegedly intended.

[makattak]

A British member of Parliament was shot dead today, gun controls notwithstanding.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36550304

According to the article, it was committed by someone in favor of the BrExit, so it will of course have the opposite effect of what he allegedly intended.

I have seen reported elsewhere that the attacker has a history of mental problems.

I'm sure everyone is shocked, if that is the case.

[longeyes]

We in the west have developed the unhealthy habit of allowing the (admittedly tragic) killing of one person to emotionally overwhelm a tragedy for millions.  No one believes the MP should have been murdered for her support of "Remain" or Syrian refugee resettlement, but her murder doesn't change the all too real consequences, cultural, political, social, and economic, for millions of Britons now and going forward.  

[RevDisk]

This won't go well for the folks campaigning to get the UK out of the EU, or anyone wanting to put limits on the refugee slash economic migrant situation. France is kinda annoyed at the UK, because a decent number of folks are camped out in France trying to get into the UK. Apparently they offer quite generous welfare and public assistance.

[Firethorn]

Apparently they offer quite generous welfare and public assistance.

Or just the ability to get a job...

You know, I'm starting to wonder if this is just a meme? 

[MechAg94]

A British member of Parliament was shot dead today, gun controls notwithstanding.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36550304

According to the article, it was committed by someone in favor of the BrExit, so it will of course have the opposite effect of what he allegedly intended.

The political views of the murderer are only relevant if they back up the preconceived views of the media and govt.  Otherwise, they are unimportant. 

[Perd Hapley]

The political views of the murderer are only relevant if they back up the preconceived views of the media and govt.  Otherwise, they are unimportant.  

I haven't looked at any other press coverage of this, but I have this feeling that there are gobs of media organs sympathetic to the victim's politics.


I may have been wrong about this hurting Leave's chances.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/06/17/exclusive-poll-eu-support-falls-after-jo-cox-murder/86031038/

[Perd Hapley]

It appears the murderer used that most heinous of military-grade assault weapons: the .22 rifle.

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/06/gun-used-to-kill-british-mp-was-sawed.html?m=1

The laws of Britain are evidently so onerous upon owners of such a fell weapon, that the suspect obtained his illegally.

[Hawkmoon]

The laws of Britain are evidently so onerous upon owners of such a fell weapon, that the suspect obtained his illegally.

How is that possible? Obviously, they need a law making it illegal to buy illegal weapons.