Posted by Shmuel Goldstein on 8/28/03

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A post from today's CNN (edited)
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Thursday, August 28, 2003 Posted: 4:10 AM EDT (0810 GMT)

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Salvador Tapia returned to the
Windy City Core Supply warehouse where he had been fired
six months ago and killed six of his former co-workers,
police said Wednesday.
Tapia, 36, was then shot and killed in the last of three
gunbattles with police, said acting police superintendent
Phil Cline.
Police tried to enter the building, but Tapia came out and
fired three shots at the officers, Cline said. Fire was
returned. One minute later, Tapia came back outside the
building and shot at police again.
Finally, after considering the injured victims inside, the
Hostage Barricade and Terrorist team was "ordered to make
an assault on the building."
Inside, authorities maneuvered through a maze of 55-gallon
drums, crates and steel containers filled with engine
parts. They found Tapia hiding behind the stored parts.
"He got up. He had the gun. They ordered him to drop the
gun. He refused to drop the gun, and that's when the
officer shot him," Cline said.
Tapia was found with a Walther PP .380-caliber
semiautomatic pistol and at least one extra clip of
ammunition.
Four of the victims died at the scene. The other three,
including the gunman, were taken to hospitals, police
spokesman David Bayless said.
According to the AP, the victims were identified as
business co-owner Alan Weiner, 50; his brother, Howard
Weiner, 59, the other co-owner; Howard Weiner's son, Daniel
Weiner, 30; Calvin Ramsey, 44; Robert Taylor, 53; and Juan
Valles, 34.
Tapia has been arrested 12 times, Cline said. He has an
arrest record dating back to 1989, including counts of
domestic battery, gun violations, aggravated assault and
driving while intoxicated.
"The problem here is easy access to a firearm," Cline told
reporters. "Here is someone who never should have had a gun
that had a gun."
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I do not have to make up scenarios dealing with baseball
bats, knives, spoons, and tofu.

We don't have to look at Nazi Germany, the USSR, or any
other either former, or hypothetical countries.

The above story is real, it is from today, and it happened
in the good 'ole United States of America, alas.

Salvador Tapia excercised his 2nd amendment right to bear
arms, and so he was able to purchase his gun, in spite of
the fact that he was arrested 12 times (!), with a record
going back 14 years.

The rights of the victims to live were sacrificed on the
altar of the 2nd Amendment god.

Repeal of the 2nd amendment would not have prevented the
police from having their weapons, but we must ask ourselves
if it would have prevent Salvador Tapia from having his?

The US Constitution is not an absolute, divinely ordained
set of morals. It is a document made by man, and as such is
fallible. Fortunately, man can recognize a mistake, and fix
it.

Let's fix the mistake.

Repeal the 2nd Amendment now, before more people die.

Re: Seven die in Chicago warehouse shooting, 10/17/05, by Dale.

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