Saturday, August 29, 2015

White House concedes new gun laws wouldn’t have stopped Va. gunman

Washington Times

 In this framegrab from video posted on Bryce Williams' Twitter account and Facebook page, Williams, whose real name is Vester Lee Flanagan II, aims a gun at WDBJ-TV television reporter Alison Parker as she conducts a live on-air interview in Moneta, Va., on Aug. 26, 2015. Moments later, Flanagan fatally shot Parker and cameraman Adam Ward and injured Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed. The station said Flanagan was a former employee at WDBJ and appeared on air as Bryce Williams. (Vester Lee Flanagan II/Twitter via Associated Press)

 . . . "Law enforcement officials said gunman Vester Flanagan used a Glock handgun in Wednesday’s shooting, one of two that he bought last month. He legally bought two Glock model 19 handguns from a Virginia dealer.


"Mr. Earnest said the White House has never suggested that one piece of gun legislation would prevent all gun violence in the U.S. But Mr. Earnest said the proposal on background checks, which failed in the Senate in 2013, would prevent other shooting deaths around the country every day.

“There are similarly shocking acts of violence that don’t get as much attention that could be prevented … if Congress weren’t scared of the NRA,” he said.

"Flanagan opened fire on WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday, killing both of them. He later killed himself as police closed in.

"A third shooting victim, Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed when Flanagan began shooting, was upgraded from stable to good condition Thursday in a hospital." . . .

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