Gun management disarms victims, not criminals. Two very high-profile assaults in Europe previously 24 hours show that time eloquently, however sadly received’t change minds of gun management radicals in America or wherever else. In Slovakia, a would-be murderer shot a highly regarded (and populist) Prime Minister. In the meantime in France, a drug gang shot up a prisoner transport staff, killing at the very least two guards and wounding others.
In comparison with most (however not all) jurisdictions within the U.S., the Europeans have extraordinarily sturdy gun management schemes. It tends to assist preserve the themes there disarmed and helpless within the face of terrorists, criminals and authoritarian governments.
Even with all the gun management on this planet, there’s nonetheless no scarcity of “gun violence” in these nations. Or high-profile crimes like these.
First, from Slovakia, courtesy ZeroHedge:
Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico has been shot, in response to breaking information studies, after which he was rushed to the hospital and seems to be alive in response to early studies. However some studies have listed his situation as “very severe” and that he needed to be airlifted.
In line with rising particulars in The Related Press, Fico “was injured in a taking pictures and brought to hospital. The incident befell within the city of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, in response to the information tv station TA3.”
🇸🇰 Particulars on the assassination try on Slovakian PM Robert Fico:
The shooter was hiding within the crowd that had gathered on the constructing the place the Prime Minister was talking. He fired from throughout the crowd, presumably 3-4 occasions.
He then tried to flee however was apprehended by… pic.twitter.com/jS3waHm9q0
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) Might 15, 2024
Fico gained in recognition by telling the globalists to pound sand. He opposes Ukraine’s admission to NATO. Fico additionally publicly recommended that Ukraine must quit territory to finish combating with Russia. In any case, that’s what folks dropping a struggle do after they give up.
Fico additionally opposed unlawful immigration, informed WHO to buzz off and controlled non-government organizations to restrict their capacity to facilitate unlawful actions together with unlawful border crossers.
In the meantime, in France this occurred.
From the AP:
PARIS (AP) — A large manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a jail convoy, killing two jail officers, severely injuring three others and springing the inmate they had been escorting. The prime minister vowed the gang can be caught, saying, “They are going to pay.”
“We’re monitoring you, we are going to discover you and we are going to punish you,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal stated in parliament, to applause from lawmakers. “They are going to pay for what they’ve completed.”
The escaped convict, Mohamed Amra, 30, has an extended legal report, with at the very least 13 convictions for theft and different crimes, the primary when he was simply 15, prosecutors stated.
French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin stated “unprecedented” efforts had been being deployed. Lots of of officers had been mobilized within the seek for Amra and for the assailants who laid in look ahead to the jail van transporting him, ramming a automotive into it earlier than opening fireplace on Tuesday.
The violence of the assault shocked France. Jail employees held moments of silence Wednesday outdoors prisons in Paris and elsewhere to commemorate the officers who had been killed.
Clearly the criminals in France don’t have any issues getting weapons, ammunition and talent units amid strict gun management regimes.