Man kills eight at US care home

[tlillard23]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7971065.stm

A gunman has opened fire at a nursing home in the US state of North Carolina, killing six people at the scene, and two others who died later in hospital.
A police officer and the gunman were among those injured in the incident in the town of Carthage, police said.
Police units at Pinelake Health and Rehab Center, where the gunman opened fire at 1000 local time (1500 GMT).
A 45-year-old man is under arrest, and will be charged with eight murders, a local district attorney said.
Police Chief Chris McKenzie describes what happened at the nursing home in Carthage
"At this time the suspect, Robert Stewart, is in custody facing these eight counts of murder, felony assault on a law enforcement officer, and other charges are pending at this time," said Maureen Krueger, Moore County district attorney.
The man is not believed to be related to any of the residents at the home.
Seven residents and one nurse were among the fatalities.
The facility, about 60 miles (100 km) south-west of Raleigh, has 90 beds and specialises in caring for people with Alzheimer's disease.

[rrr70]

WTF is going on latelly? All of a sudden there ate multiple murders involving firearms every day.

[rabagley]

My theory: the horrific economy is pushing those who are close to the edge, over the edge.

Just as in the general population, many people who are borderline mentally ill are firearms owners too.

We're seeing the effects of desperation on an increasingly large fraction of the population that wouldn't be diagnosed as mentally ill, but are clearly close enough that when bad news piles on top of horrible news, they crack.

More and more of this is going to happen. And the media is going to be jumping on each and every one of them. Soon, someone is going to make a timeline of 2009 mass murders and murder-suicides and it will be made to look very bad for guns.

[remington]

Looking at the pictures on the net, it looked like some kind of bolt action?

[stormy_clothing]

strap him to a chair and light him on fire and broadcast it.

I don't understand people who think jail time is either an appropriate consequence or deterrent to murder.

murder is not humane and neither should be its equal penalty.

[K1LLROI]

That sucks..for us..
They're just hyping up these stories everywhere. To get weak minds to agree on confiscation..