Husband Of Virginia Beach Shooting Victim: I Think The Shooter Was Told To Leave His Job...Over A Year Ago

In July, Virginia will have a special session on gun control. It’s going to be another wave of trash anti-gun policies that could pass. The legislature is majority Republican but by a hair. All 140 seats in the House of Delegates are up in November. Democrats could take over and with the state trending blue—politicians’ survival instincts kick in. And by that, we mean that the GOP will cave on some things. They could hold the line. They did this past winter, but this session is being called in the wake of the tragic shooting in Virginia Beach, which left 12 people dead on May 31. The perpetrator, DeWayne Craddock, had recently submitted from the city’s government. He later came back and opened fire, armed with two handguns.

Craddock had not been forced out or fired, but we do have some reports that he wasn’t a pleasure in the office. In fact, he worried one of the victims of the shooting, Kate Nixon, though he was not the main cause of concern. Her now-widowed husband said it was another man who gave her even worse vibes. He did not disclose his identity, but he did suggest to his late wife that she should bring her firearm to work. Mrs. Nixon refused, citing the city’s gun-free zone policy for its workers.

The Left likes to mock Second Amendment supporters, but good guys (and gals) with guns stopping violent criminals is a daily occurrence. Anti-gun liberals know this; they just choose to ignore it. I’m not suggesting Mrs. Nixon would’ve stopped Craddock outright if she had been armed that day. No one has a crystal ball, but there is a strong possibility that there could’ve been a different outcome. Once again, we have an instance where someone intending to do harm did not abide by the law. This painful case shows that gun-free zones are not only ineffective; they’re dangerous. And keep law-abiding citizens bottled up shooting galleries. Yet, in the immediate aftermath, Nixon’s husband, Jason, wants a full-blown investigation into this awful incident, specifically all records relating to Craddock (via The Virginian-Pilot):

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