Loughner not competent to stand trial
A federal judge ruled, after an outburst from Jared Loughner in the court room, that the little worm isn’t competent enough to aid in his own defense according to the New York Times;
The ruling by Judge Larry A. Burns of Federal District Court means Mr. Loughner will be sent to a federal psychiatric facility until Sept. 21, when a hearing will be held to determine whether he understands the 49 federal charges against him and can help in his defense.
He was competent enough to practice some measure of marksmanship, he was competent enough to hide his intentions, he was competent enough to point the gun and pull the trigger and hit his intended targets. He was competent enough to resist when he was tackled during his rampage. He was competent enough to convince Pima County LEOs he wasn’t a threat to anyone.
But now since it’s time to face the consequences, suddenly he’s incompetent? I guess it’s the gun’s fault…and, oh, the high capacity ammunition.
Category: Gun Grabbing Fascists, Legal
Too bad that the one person who was armed didn’t get a chance to take the little bastard out before he was tackled at the scene. Then, this would all be academic.
Welcome to Bizarro World folks. We can’t call him crazy, but his attorneys can?
Aside: Our PC world view is really that bad.
According to the NY Times article, it took a shrink 9 hours of interviewing to determine he was a mental case. I read one article and figured he needed to be locked up in a padded room and the village idiot placed in charge of the key.
Guess Code Pink can still process his membership application.
Oh, goody. Since when did “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” become a legal defense? Tell ya what, the little fucker better be laughing like Woody Woodpecker every damn day for the rest of his life or I’ll throw the switch myself.
Either way, he’s BETTER NOT be out on the streets.
Well, after years of the PC, I guess I must fall prey. The guns, just like the SUV’s were responsible for killing people. And each night, guns and SUV’s go to bed and think about killing…don’t they?
Yeah, if we ban the guns, I’m certain the drug cartels in nearby Mexico won’t start smuggling weapons in with the dope they already ship into the U.S.