Murder in Gun-Free DC:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A lone gunman killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being wounded himself by return fire from other guards, sources confirmed to CNN.Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot and killed while working at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday.
The suspect was identified as James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist from Maryland, two law enforcement officials told CNN.
The museum identified the guard as Stephen Tyrone Johns.
Our deepest sympathy to the family of Stephen Tyrone-Johns.
About all you need to know and about I am going to say, from Clayton Cramer:
That couldn’t have happened–DC still has very strict gun control laws!More seriously: when I took my family to DC some years ago, we went to the Holocaust Museum–and they had a very large and obvious sign at the entrance warning that concealed weapon permits from other states were not valid in DC, and that anyone found with a weapon on them (as they passed through the metal detectors) would be arrested and charged. This was the only place in DC where I saw such a sign, and I thought it was a bit odd.
Of course, it also meant that the shooter knew that he was attacking a place where he was guaranteed that only uniformed personnel would be able to shoot back. Another triumph of gun-free zones
Say no to victim disarmament zones. They kill.
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