The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Syndrome

 So what is a 19 year old American kid to do when his Mom calls the authorities and tells them he has gone a little funny in the head? In March of last year that is exactly what Brandon Hole's mother did. She had become so concerned over her child's mental stability she believed he might pick up his pump action shotgun then in some way provoke the police into killing him. It's an act known as, "suicide by cop."

Her concerns were taken seriously. The FBI dropped by for a little chat with Brandon and shortly thereafter his shotgun was confiscated. At that point the state of Indiana had two weeks to prove in court young Mr. Hole was too bats to possess his weapon, or any other.

That is when things went awry. For one reason, or another the court hearing which would determine Brandon Hole's competency to own a firearm was never held. So even though the police hung onto the shotgun it remained perfectly legal for him to go out and buy another weapon of his choice.

Which exactly what he did--twice. Once was in last July, then he bought another in September. They were, of course, assault style rifles capable of far more efficient carnage than his shotgun.

Hole showed up Thursday at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis carrying them both. In the end he didn't wait for the cops to shoot him. He saved them a few bullets by blowing his own brains out, but only after he had killed eight innocent people simply because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. 

In the United States The Wrong Place, at the Wrong Time Syndrome has become an increasingly common cause of death. Currently the cure for it continues to elude us even though it is out there, right in front of us.

Yes, thanks to the legislative prowess of the gun fetish crowd this insane shit isn't going to stop. On Thursday in Indianapolis even their, "good guy with a gun," nonsense was proven just that. According to one survivor someone in the FedEx parking lot attempted an armed response to the attack. That person ended up becoming part of the body count.

There is some minor disagreement on what a mass shooting is, however most sources define it as four, or more victims excluding the perpetrator in the same approximate location around the same time. Through March of this year, according to Wikipedia, there have been 126 mass shootings in the United States. 148 people have been killed and another 485 wounded.

Indeed, the price of freedom , as they say, is high. 

Especially if you end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

4-18-21