if there was a one question application you could fill out before someone could buy a pistol, a little girl might still have her father, and a nutjob would be out of the criminal justice system.
instead, sadly, that is not to be.
the question: “is there a vast conspiracy to harm you lurking in the shadows just outside of your peripheral vision?”
“In the picture, Wright’s arms are spread out in a gesture of apparent disbelief. He is holding a bag of garbage and some cooking utensils. He is wearing a polo shirt, shorts and sneakers.
Stermole told the jury that he interpreted the gesture as an invitation to a gunfight. He believed Wright was wearing a bulletproof vest, was packing two handguns and had a sniper backing him up.
“He was making a statement,” Stermole said. “He’s not there to take out the garbage. He’s there for me.”
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"The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was there when it began. This is a scandal. Such a scandal for the human race that it is indeed capable collectively, out of spite, of hastening the end of the world by all means just so it can enjoy the show."
-Jean Beaudrillard