Let's see. Darren Mack, a millionaire pawn shop owner, allegedly stabs his ex-wife to death, after dropping off their 7-year-old daughter with a friend, then allegedly shoots a family court judge with a sniper rifle before disappearing.
The subtext of the thread seems to be that the judge was not a good judge. Guess what? Half of all litigants leave the court room disliking the judge. Then we have the post which claims that the media is "anti-gun" because a newspaper article refers to the Bushmaster rifle as "high-powered" rather than "high-velocity". The Bushmaster was indeed the model rifle used by Malvo and Muhammed to gun down eight or nine people at random in suburban Washington. Whether it is the weapon of choice among snipers, it has been unquestionably shown to be effective.
Am I the only one who thinks that whether or not the judge is good, bad or about average is beside the point? That maybe the murder of a mother should not be ignored? Or that mistaking "high velocity" with "high powered" does not necessarily represent an attack on the Second Amendment?
Here is a thoughtful analysis of the case by a Slate's Dahlia Lithwick who was once Darren Mack's attorney.
The Fall of The Father Of the Year