Police records showed the man who shot and killed his two teenage children in a domestic assault in Sydney’s northern suburbs had been violent towards or stalked four prior domestic partners and one of his other children.Doesn't this indicate that the system should be capable of being marked "guns to be surrendered and never to be obtained again"?
In 2010, John Edwards was refused a gun licence due to a prior AVO, the coronial inquest into the deaths heard on Monday.
But despite a long history of stalking and assault charges registered on the central police system known as the “COPS” database, Edwards was able to successfully apply in 2017 for a “Commissioners Permit” to undergo gun safety training at Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai gun clubs...
The inquest into the deaths of John, Jack and Jennifer Edwards has heard Edwards had an extraordinary relationship history, leaving behind six partners before Olga and 10 children in total.Police interviewed all but one of the former partners, and found Edwards had a constant pattern of violence, control and stalking. Several former partners and one of his children had made police reports over decades.
Olga herself had reported two incidents to police, including an incident in February 2017, when she had been separated from Edwards for a year, and he stalked her in her "hot" yoga class....
Ms Richardson also told the inquest that Ku-ring-gai Pistol Club refused Edwards membership in 2016 after he was threatening to an officer of the club.
The Ku-ring-gai club informed the Hornsby Gun Club it had refused Edwards membership but did not let any authorities know. Edwards, who owned five firearms, completed his training at St Marys gun club, which had no knowledge of his history.
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
System failure of the worst kind
This guy (who stalked and shot his teenage kids in their house, following the daughter from her bus to find out where they lived) just sounds like he lived his entire life as a dangerous sociopath (but of the kind who could con women into having relationships with him):
"Doesn't this indicate that the system should be capable of being marked "guns to be surrendered and never to be obtained again?"
ReplyDeleteYou would think so. But then again how do we stop mass-murder under occupation by a foreign power, or alternatively mass murder under Bolshevik takeover????
Your advocacy and analysis must leave nothing out. All data is to be included here. I see the United States being ripped to pieces before my eyes, to an extent that only rifles have prevented a takeover and culling. But sure. I don't like to think all these crazies could be packing.
Nothing left out of the analysis Steve.