Life under gun control

May 9, 2008 at 11:21 am | In Gun Control, Victims of Crime |

Daily Telegraph - A man who allegedly shot his former girlfriend at Star City Casino had been convicted of stalking her four years ago, a court has heard. Todd William Devaney, 37, was not brought up from the cells below Central Local Court this morning as he faced five charges arising from yesterday’s alleged shooting in Pyrmont, including attempted murder and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. [snip]

Court paperwork revealed the alleged victim of yesterday’s shooting was Holly Graham, a fitness instructor at the Star City Casino’s gym, who Devaney had previous been found guilty of stalking in 2004. She had taken out an apprehended violence order against him at the time. [snip] Documents tendered to the court stated Devaney had a string of convictions for firearms offences, stalking and armed robbery dating back more than a decade.

This is the reality for stalking victims under a nation with strict gun control laws, if some slimeball decides to take an unhealthy interest in you and doesn’t really care whether you feel the same way then you’re pretty much hung out to dry. If you know that the fellow is a violent slimeball and is capable of violence, all you can do is tell the cops, go to court and get that worthless AVO (apprehended violence order), then you start whistling for some actual protection. Apparently she is much safer this way.

You will never be allowed to legally own a firearm to defend yourself when he comes looking for you, like this woman. The longer it takes for him to come after you, the lesser your chances of getting the state, no matter how well-meaning, to protect you. As you can see, the justice system failed this woman, the cops failed her, the gun control laws failed her. The only saving grace was the Lord made this fellow a crap shot, so she wasn’t fatally shot and killed, she got lucky. Thank you gun grabbers.

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  1. MK, yes she was failed by the system. There are plenty of us who are going to feel the sting of government policy before we leave this planet. And I don’t think it’s going to change much in the short term.
    Incidentally, as you say, thank goodness she’s still alive. I hope she and those around her think soberly about how blessed she is.

    Comment by Aurora — May 9, 2008 #

  2. good grief..how many more horror stories must we endure MK before real change?!! :)

    Comment by Angel — May 9, 2008 #

  3. A question i often ask myself Angel, i’d say countless more before we demand change. I’m 100% sure it won’t be just given to us, no government will give us our rights back willingly, that’s for sure, because it’s simply not in their interests for us to be truly free.

    Comment by MK — May 9, 2008 #

  4. “..no government will give us our rights back willingly, that’s for sure, because it’s simply not in their interests for us to be truly free.”
    And there–in a nutshell–is the whole problem.
    Rights must be demanded under the threat of massive civil violence, not granted by governments.
    Government is our master, not our servant and until they learn to fear the citizens, they’ll continue squeezing and choking until they’ve achieved what they intend for us…slavery with enough bread and circuses to fool the population into thinking they’re free.
    And most people don’t think deeply enough about it to either be aware or to care.

    Comment by KG — May 9, 2008 #

  5. Lofter made a comment about something similar. The government should be afraid of the people.. something like that.. yes, rights must be demanded there are truly too many with their own sense of power and self interest that they will not give it up easily..

    Comment by Angie — May 10, 2008 #

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