Originally posted by: Pillbug
Good. We know that there's a far lesser chance of a Luby's happening in Ohio now.
Originally posted by: Wiki
On October 16, 1991, 35-year-old George Pierre Hennard, an unemployed merchant seaman who was described to others as angry and withdrawn, with a dislike of women, drove his 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's cafeteria at 1705 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen, yelled "This is what Bell County has done to me!", then opened fire on its patrons and staff with a Glock 17 pistol and later a Ruger P89. He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people while wounding another 20 before committing suicide by shooting himself. About 80 people were in the restaurant at the time.
The first victim was local veterinarian Dr. Michael Griffith, who ran to the driver's side of the pickup truck to offer assistance after it came through the window. During the shooting, Hennard approached Suzanna Hupp and her parents. She had a handgun in her vehicle outside. Her father charged at him in an attempt to subdue him but was gunned down; a short time later, her mother was shot and killed. Another patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw himself through a plate-glass window to allow others to escape. Hennard allowed a woman and her four-year-old child to leave. He reloaded several times and still had ammunition remaining when he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after being cornered and wounded by police.[2][3][4]
Responding to the massacre,[5] the Texas Legislature in 1995 passed a shall-issue gun law, which requires that all qualifying applicants be issued a Concealed Handgun License (the state's required permit to carry concealed weapons), removing the personal discretion of the issuing authority to deny such licenses. To qualify for a license, one must be free-and-clear of crimes, attend a minimum 10-hour class taught by a state-certified instructor, pass a 50-question test, show proficiency in a 50-round shooting test, and pass two background tests, one shallow and one deep. The license costs $240 to $290, depending on the added instructor's fee.
The law had been campaigned for by Suzanna Hupp, who was present at the massacre where both of her parents were shot and killed. She later expressed regret for obeying the law by leaving her firearm in her car rather than keeping it on her person in an establishment that served alcohol.[6] She testified across the country in support of concealed handgun laws, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996.[7] The law was signed by then-Governor George W. Bush.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_massacre
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i could cite a lot of shit that could prove we should all drive around in armored hummers with mounted machine guns, heat-seaking rockets, and self-propelled explosive shells.
i could also gladly cite a lot of shit that could prove that you, pillbug, would be safer in a 18 inch steel encased bunker, with lots of canned goods, and shut off from the outside world. incommunicado.
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