That is one sick bastard. The thing is, if a gun wasn’t available, he would have done the same thing using some other mechanism like a machete. See Larry Singleton for another example.

One time he chewed me out for using a 20 gage to kill a Rattlesnake that was climbing – I didn’t want to miss Dad said I should have killed it with one shot from my 22 and kept the venom from being spread all over – besides he rightly pointed out we didn’t have a nice skin for the hat band and I wasted the “meat.” Although I never liked rattlesnake and several of the things we had to eat sometimes. Mandatory rule, if you kill it, you clean it and it will be part of a meal.

Don’t laugh – he trained me well. When I went to Air Force basic training (in TexasFred land) and went to the firing range to qualify with the M-16, after we fired our 5 practice rounds, the Range TI stopped everyone and came over and kicked my boot, and asked where did you learn to shoot. I said I grew up with a gun in my hand. He had me look through his range telescope. I had placed all my shots closely together dead center. He smiled and told me to return to my shooting position. That day I qualified as expert – no problem. If I had been in the Army, I probably would have been a shooter but in the Air force, I was on the was to supply school.

While attending OTS (again in TexasFred land ), I qualified as expert with a pistol with first time – no problem.

In the story, the shooter was obviously both very pissed off and crazy. If the shooter was a friend of the victim, he would have put a bullet to the head. A sadistic bastard would shoot a person several places before killing the person. Let me assure you, if anyone raped or brutally murdered one of the ladies (which includes my granddaughters), I would opt for a few wasted bullets in appropriate places. Maybe they should investigate for a real the motive in this situation besides craziness or PTSD. Also, PTSD does NOT account for this situation. PTSD may lead one to depression, flashbacks, and potential to some dissociative disorder that might lead to violence – but if this young man had been in combat, he would know how to finish the job a whole lot sooner than 45 shots. PTSD – don’t thinks so. Hatred & rage – maybe? Cause — not reported.

Ozark Guru

I’d HATE to see the mess that 45 rounds of 230gr .45 HP’s would make too…

And I don’t think he’d have lived thru the first 32 rounds either…

Seriously though. That many shots leads me to believe that even the “PTSD” is no excuse.

When I was growing up you couldn’t shoot inside the city limits other than at the Oceanside Gun Club, or at the trap range that had been set up between the harbor and Camp Del Mar. There was however one exception, and in fact, the stated that if you were armned, you had to shoot mad dogs, skunks, and porcupines. Hydrophobia was no excuse for allowing them to live. I see little difference between PTSD and rabies when it comes to things like this…