Forget the Creep

Townhall.com ^ | July 26, 2012 | Emmett Tyrrell

[hummingbird]

“...and does anyone think that western cowboys, for instance, would have given up their guns easily?”

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Horses were so valuable in the west; I think you could shoot a horse thief dead for trying to make away with your horse or cattle.

[absalom01]

Well, that’s the question: were Loughner and Holmes sufficiently symptomatic before they killed a bunch of people to have faced a civil committment hearing (doubtless brought by their own families). I have so little regard for the media, that I can’t say that we’ve been told, or not.

That was one of the points of Cramer’s book about his brother: though he never “snapped” as spectacularly, he exhibited plenty of behavior that would have made him subject to mandatory treatment, and possible institutionalization. One wonders if the same wasn’t the case with the Loughner and Holmes. I doubt that we’ll ever know, though...

[absalom01]

Well, that’s the question: were Loughner and Holmes sufficiently symptomatic before they killed a bunch of people to have faced a civil committment hearing (doubtless brought by their own families). I have so little regard for the media, that I can’t say that we’ve been told, or not.

That was one of the points of Cramer’s book about his brother: though he never “snapped” as spectacularly, he exhibited plenty of behavior that would have made him subject to mandatory treatment, and possible institutionalization. One wonders if the same wasn’t the case with the Loughner and Holmes. I doubt that we’ll ever know, though...