WI Deadly Hunter Shooting Spree Update

WEAU TV 13 ^ | 11/22/2004 | Andrew Fefer, Paige Pearson, Anna Wagnild, Trevor Luetke

[quietolong]

Watch the news conference at 1pm they have released more info should be in print shortly

[Paleo Conservative]

Though Vang's background isn't entirely clear, his criminal history is, and includes multiple run-ins with Twin Cities law enforcement.

St. Paul police have responded to four incidents at Vang's Fourth Street address. The matters have involved domestic abuse and possible thefts.,

So why was he allowed to even get a hunting license or own a weapon? I believe in the 2nd amendment, but I think criminals do lose constitutional rights once they have been convicted of crimes especially violent crimes.

[MEG33]

Tragic..May God be with the loved ones and those he wounded.

[Welsh Rabbit]

"I was shocked, I thought I was in a dream or something. I thought I'd wake up and nothing would be wrong," says Vang's brother who wished to be unidentified.

Sad. I know exactly how that feels (not that any of my relatives have ever done anything this horrible!).

[supercat]

So why was he allowed to even get a hunting license or own a weapon? I believe in the 2nd amendment, but I think criminals do lose constitutional rights once they have been convicted of crimes especially violent crimes.

Where did it say he was convicted?

[atomicpossum]

So why was he allowed to even get a hunting license or own a weapon? I believe in the 2nd amendment, but I think criminals do lose constitutional rights once they have been convicted of crimes especially violent crimes.

It doesn't say anything about convictions. And a response by law enforcement does not neccessarily mean that he was doing anything-- it could have been thefts of his stuff, even. Frankly, the way this story is worded could be completely unfair (acknowledging, of course, this person is apparently guilty of the shootings alleged).

[brbethke]

So why was he allowed to even get a hunting license or own a weapon?

According to the local news, he was never charged and convicted in any of those previous incidents, therefore his right to possess a gun is unrestrained.

Oddly enough, though, the local stations are reporting that he was convicted and fined for poaching last year, which may explain why he was hunting in Wisconsin: he probably couldn't get a license in Minnesota.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

No felony convictions.

The left and ACLU types protect these while blasting lawful gun owners.

[Tench_Coxe]

Bookmarked

[E. Pluribus Unum]

At least the gun-grabbers will keep their mouths shut about this one, since the perp is a minority and the victims were non-minorities.

[joesnuffy]

I have lived around the Hmong for nearly 20 yrs and one thing (of a great many things) they seem to have little respect for are game laws...and private property..

[Grassontop]

This man deserves the death penalty! Anyone else feel the same way that my wife and I do?

[Flatus I. Maximus]

No, they won't. They're already nattering about how this wouldn't have happened if people weren't allowed to own "high-powered automatic assault rifles."

That, and I've already heard one chattering idiot of a radio commentator say, "He must have been provoked," and this was all caused by those racist redneck yokels.

[Flatus I. Maximus]

Nope. Too short.

[glock rocks]

Sad the poacher wasn't given an opportunity to drop his weapon before exiting the tree stand at gunpoint. Lives would have been saved.

[FrankRepublican]

Another illegal alien with 10 children on welfare kills a bunch of tax paying Americans.

They should deport his whole effing family.

[claudiustg]

What makes you think he was here illegally or that he has 10 children? The story clearly states that he has 6 children and served in the US Army.