A psychiatrist's patient ranted about a gun ban at a suburban medical complex before opening fire there, killing his caseworker and grazing his psychiatrist before the doctor pulled out his own weapon and fired back, authorities said Friday.
Dr. Lee Silverman emptied his gun's chamber, striking patient Richard Plotts several times, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said. Plotts by then had shot the caseworker in the face and fired several shots at Silverman, including one that grazed his temple and another that struck his thumb, he said.
Plotts had 39 unspent bullets on him when he was wrestled to the ground at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, just southwest of Philadelphia, and police believe he had planned to use them.
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That should piss-off the anti-gun crowd. Some radical right wing gun nut stopped a mass murder. Think of all the lost headlines.
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Gee, feel so sorry for them.......:)
ReplyDeleteHe's still gonna lose his job.
ReplyDeleteNot in a sane world. :)
DeleteThis doctor has now been fired, although hopefully will not face charges since he had a gun in a 'gun-free' zone. This being Filthadelphia and all.
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"There's a sign on the door that says you have to check your weapons at the front," she said. "But you can't expect every crazy person to do that."
And of course, the cops got to put those SWAT tactics in use and cause wide scale panic, as well as use those war toys that DHS is foisting on them.
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This doctor has now been fired,
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I also have not yet found he has been fired yet but he may have been. However, with all the very positive publicity including praise from the police they may find it difficult to dismiss the doctor. The public backlash may be enough for them to think on their actions. That said if they are good little Nazis they will fire the good Doctor anyway for disobedience to their authority. He should have obeyed and died.
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He should have obeyed and died.
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The journalist did allow, "But police say Plotts may have done more harm had Dr. Silverman not intervened." As for Silverman, "...Authorities say it is legal in this state for him to have a gun" and he will not be "the subject of a criminal investigation in this matter.
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