Clipse, I think events like this, however tragic, are good remedies to "gunshop commandoism fever" that breaks out from time to time in the form of "homes being free fire zones" or "the 4 rules should be ignored in fights and it's O.K. to sling lead everywhere" or "I'm going to seek out EVIL like Batman and hunt down `criminals' lurking about in my home."
If anything positive can be gleaned from this horror, it is that the answer to all three axioms above is a very loud "NO!"
Just think if our purported shooter had received training or even thought about the horrorific consequences of violating Rule #4. This would not have transpired and the couple would be making plans for a long and happy life together.
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"Arguments of policy must give way to a constitutional command." Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 602 (1980).
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