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10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say (apnews.com)
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Brandon O’Quinn Rasberry, 32, was shot in the head in 2022 while he slept at an RV park in Nixon, Texas, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Antonio, investigators said. He had just moved in a few days before.

The boy’s possible connection to the case was uncovered after sheriff’s deputies were contacted on April 12 of this year about a student who threatened to assault and kill another student on a school bus. They learned the boy had made previous statements that he had killed someone two years ago.

The boy was taken to a child advocacy center, where he described for interviewers details of Rasberry’s death “consistent with first-hand knowledge” of the crime, investigators said.

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[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Well, Timmy can't take the military issue ammunition home, but there are next to no restrictions for him to buy ammunition. All he needs is a passport (doesn't even need to be Swiss) and a clean criminal record that is no older than 3 months.

Well, there's a pretty good example of why virtually unrestricted gun ownership is a bad idea in the USA.

Only if you mistake symptoms for causes. The US is a great example though, because no other western nation has such an extreme wealth distribution, poverty, and dysfunctional welfare. And no other western nation has violence problems to that degree.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

because no other western nation has such an extreme wealth distribution, poverty, and dysfunctional welfare. And no other western nation has violence problems to that degree

Do we define Brazil as western generally or no

[-] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I'm no swiss law expert, but that's not what wikipedia says regarding buying ammunition. And even what you describe is already more than what is needed in the USA isn't it?

[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Add-on:

And even what you describe is already more than what is needed in the USA isn't it?

I'm no expert on US gun law, but what I do know, is that blanket statements on US gun law are almost always wrong. Gun legislation varies highly between states. There are places where it is rather lax, and then there are places where it is really strict. It's been a while (read decades) since I read about it more in depth. From the top of my head: a third to a half of the states has gun legislation comparable to that of Germany (comparable in "strictness", not wording). New York and one or two other places have even (much) stricter legislation than Germany.

No idea, if that comparison to Germany helps you, but it is the best reference I have.

[-] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah I'm aware legislation can vary a lot between states, I suppose I'm more talking about what one might call a minimum federal standard? To take an example, legal drinking age is technically free to be set by states, but the federal government will stop paying for highways if it's below 21, or something along these lines.

[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm no swiss law expert, but that's not what wikipedia says regarding buying ammunition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland

In order to purchase ammunition, the buyer must fulfill the same legal rules that apply when buying guns (art. 15 WG/LArm). Foreigners with citizenship to the following countries are explicitly excluded from the right to buy and own ammunition: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Algeria and Albania.

The buyer must provide the following information to the seller (art. 15, 16 WG/LArm; art. 24 WV/OArm):

  • a passport or other valid official identification (the holder must be over 18 years of age) (art. 10a WG/LArm).
  • a copy of their criminal record not older than 3 months, a weapons acquisition permit which isn't older than 2 years, or a valid European Firearms Pass, if asked by the seller (art. 24 § 3 WV/OArm).
[-] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I seem to have misread the license part as an additional requirement rather than an optional one with the criminal record, thanks for the correction

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