A father and heavy drinker fatally shot his wife and two others after an argument over the washing machine on New Year's Eve in the Los Angeles suburbs.
The son, Christopher Morey, wrestled the gun away from his
father and fatally shot him. He has been arrested for murder and is being held
on $1 million bail. While such domestic shootings are particularly difficult to
predict, they are declining nationally, as are felony crimes.
I saw the story a few days ago, but not the wrinkle about the dispute over the washing machine. It's nice to see that this type of shooting is declining. We takes our good news where we can find it.
Wilfred Calzadilla, brother to victim Ernesto Calzadilla,
said his brother was a friend of the family, but he had generally stopped going
to the house because of worries about the father, who drank heavily and owned a
large collection of guns. Local law authorities had visited the house to
investigate dozens of times, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.
"Mixing alcohol and guns never ends good," Wilfred
Calzadilla told the Associated Press.
Words to live by, Mr. Calzadilla.
I don't see prayer as a long range solution to gun deaths, but it's worth a try when that's all you've got.
Pitting prayers against bullets, an armed intrusion at a
church on New Year’s Eve ended in peace.
At a eastern North Carolina congregation Thursday night, an
emotionally distraught man walked in with a rifle in one hand and ammunition in
the other. But it did not turn into a scene of terror. Instead, hugs and
prayers ensued, and the man stayed for the rest of the service before being
taken into custody by police.
I'm definitely feeling more optimistic about 2016 now.
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