Read other letters about this article

• Tuesday, April 17, 2007 01:03 PM

  actually it happens pretty often

  .....you may find this educational. http://www.vpc.org/press/0605amroul.htm

  First of all, the subcategory is not 100,000 incidents of domestic violence -- it's more like the 1,200 yearly fatalities caused by domestic violence. And if you look at the state-by-state data, it's not unusual to find at least 10% of domestic violence disputes involving multiple homicides. That's not a small chance.

  Most murder-suicides with three or more victims involved a �family annihilator��a subcategory of intimate partner murder-suicide. Family annihilators are murderers who kill not only their wives/girlfriends and children, but often other family members as well, before killing themselves.

  But you don't even need the numbers or the stats. If law enforcement were thinking, they'd realize that one person who has just used a gun to kill two people is likely to use it again. You should tell people he's out there, find him and stop him. That's just common sense. The only thing that stopped VT/local cops from thinking like logical law enforcement is that they had a prejudice that "domestic disputes" somehow created less of a need for a response. Even if two people died, and even if there were bomb threats the week before. They could have seen it, but didn't, because they didn't consider domestic violence a real crime and the perpetrator a real criminal.

  —bibinewyork Read bibinewyork's other letters
  Permalink
  Flag
  Click "Submit Flag" if you feel this post is inappropriate. Explain why below if you wish.

  Cancel