70-Year-Old Concealed Gun Permit Holder Arrested for Murder in Utah
Anymore, incidents of so-called “law-abiding citizens” with state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons shooting and killing their fellow citizens are becoming so commonplace as to merit special mention only in particularly noteworthy examples.
The Fort Hood terrorist shooter is a recent example.
The Appomattox mass killer is an even more recent one.
Then yesterday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported a 70-year-old woman has been arrested for shooting and killing a 34-year-old Head Start teacher, the single mother of two children, outside the teacher’s school:
On Friday, 70-year-old Mary Nance Hanson went looking for Tetyana Nikitina carrying a loaded gun, police said.
About 3 p.m., she found the 34-year-old teacher outside the Head Start school where she worked.
Hanson fired five shots from her .38-caliber revolver as Nikitina sat behind the wheel of her Dodge Mangum, killing her.
As the single mother of two bled, Hanson called 911 from the corner of the parking lot and told dispatchers she had just shot the woman. When asked why, Hanson replied she did not know and that was all she was going to say.
And on Friday night, she still wasn’t talking, said Unified Police Lt. Don Hutson.
“That is still a mystery to us. What may have tipped her over the edge, why the timing, that is not clear,” Hutson said. “I’m not sure we’re going to know that until the time comes for trial, because she’s not explaining.”
Police say Hanson shot at least five bullets. Nikitina was struck in the head, and her car rolled into a parked minivan. Hutson said police found five shell casings in the parking lot and five bullets in the pistol’s cylinder, noting that Hanson had reloaded the gun.
Hutson said some teachers in the school saw the shooting. Angela Crosby, a parent who was taking a child-development class at the Head Start building, heard the shots.
“When I looked out the window, the lady was in the corner” of the parking lot, Crosby said.
Crosby said Hanson was pointing to herself. Police forcibly took her to the ground, Crosby said, and took her gun. Hanson had a gash on her forehead when she was placed in a police car about an hour later.
Hanson had a concealed firearm permit issued or renewed three months ago, Hutson said….
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Just to be clear: the State of Utah just gave an accused killer — a so-called “law-abiding citizen” — permission to carry a revolver used in the shooting death of a Head Start teacher and single mother.
Apparently Utah thought that was good policy.
(Do you hear that? Yes, that’s the NRA’s deafening silence).
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You are a bunch of lying scum bags.
Lets go over this again. The gun did not kill this woman , the CCW permit did not kill her. Hell, the bullets didn't kill her.
Ms. Hanson did. Its just that simple.
And yes it is a good policy to issue CCW's.
And then to come down on things you've said.
"Anymore, incidents of so-called “ law -abiding citizens” with state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons shooting and killing their fellow citizens are becoming so commonplace as to merit special mention only in particularly noteworthy examples."
This is a total stinking lie Brady, and you know it. The examples you provide are the ONLY three to have happened recently. This means that you lied through your teeth and I will not stand for it any more.
Yes that is three in a remarkably short time. But you wouldn't want to ban cars for three accidents. You wouldn't want to ban knives or skateboards or baseball bats.
Lets play the numbers game again. It is estimated that 1% of us adults carry concealed. Pop of the US is 300,000,000. Lets drop off 40% for minors.
So we'll start with a base guesstamate of 180 million American adults. Now lets multiply this by .01.
This gives 1,800,000 CCWs. 3 out of 1,800,000 (almost two million.) is 0.000016667% Or in other words. insignificant.
Back off Brady. You have lost.
"So-called law -abiding citizens" is a direct insult to the values of those who are law-abiding. It belittles those who live by the rule of law daily and mean no harm to other law-abiding citizens.
Throwing everyone into the same category because of a concealed weapon license is like taking someone with road rage and using them as an example for all drivers. Ergo, "These so-called licensed drivers are a danger to society . We should have more strict requirements for driving . Only those with extensive training may drive."
Yeah, it's exactly like that.
There's well over 600K concealed carry licenses which are valid in the State of Florida alone. Well over the dozen or so license-holders the Violence Policy Center has reported in their numbers.
This is a highly insulting group, that relies fully on deception and lies and fancy placement of words for very existence.
Every time they post I feel this little thing that I've never felt before growing in my chest.
I believe its hate. If it was up to me their expert status would revoked. They know less about guns than the average boy scout.
I get it Brady...Life is not fair. Your man took a chance and placed himself in a very dangerous position being with the President that fatefull day. The Secret Service was there to protect the life of the President-Not your man. They did their job. Mr Brady took a gamble and lost. A nation of free, gun owning Americans greived with you and your family over the horrible tragity perpitrated on your husband by a mentally ill free American.
How dare you attempt to steal my freedoms and right to bear Arms. My familys ability to protect themselves when no one is there but the bad guys. We don't have body guards, police escorts, secret service staff. We are alone in a progresivly scary world. Our duty is to protect our selves and our way of life.
Mrs Brady, you are full of hate and have become as mentally ill as the man who shot your husband. You have become dishonest, decietfull and your husband would be deeply ashamed of your actions in his name. He served his country and gave so much as many other proud Americans have. Please don't destroy the meaningfull selflessness of your husbands service to America. I love my country as your husband did. You have become an enemy to our country. You will continue to be in our prayers.
Brady, Brady, Brady, you just don't get it. When a person has malice in their heart it doesn't matter if they have a concealed weapon permit, or even a gun. When a person has malice in their heart they are going to do what they are going to do, regardless of the law , or the availability of a firearm. This woman would have taken out her weapon even if she hadn't had the permit. And if handguns were banned altogether, she still would have had one. Even is she hadn't she would have used a different method to kill that poor woman. And if not the teacher then someone else.
The citizens of this country have spoken Brady. We will not lay down our arms. We will not allow tyranny to reign in our sovereign states. The conspiracy that you apart of will not succeed, so do our nation a favor and just go away.
If the Brady Bunch actually got all guns banned, do you think they'd try to rally against knives, clubs, and other such things that could be used to inflict violence against another person?
You hit the nail on the head. He would've been carrying the gun to kill the woman regardless of whether or not he had a CCL. And if he didn't have a gun it would've been a knife. If he didn't have a big enough knife he would've run over her with his car. Which brings up the interesting point that cars kill many more people per year than do murders by firearms .
When will the BB admit that the rate of violence committed by CCL holders is incredibly lower an by citizens without any sort of carry permit.