From KOMO-TV:
A birthday party turned to chaos Sunday morning when a woman was stabbed to death by her ex-husband in front of dozens of people, and then the man was shot and killed by a man who witnessed the stabbing, Seattle police said.
Witnesses told police there were group of about 40-50 people there celebrating a birthday when a man walked in looking for his 33-year-old ex-wife, who had a restraining order against him.
They say the man found his ex, and then grabbed her and started stabbing her. Other people tried to hit him with chairs and tables to stop him, but they say the man kept stabbing the woman — even cutting other people in the process — until someone else pulled out a gun and shot him.
Medics tried to help the victim, but she had already died. Her ex-husband was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he later died.
Homicide detectives questioned the shooter and then released him. The shooter apparently did not know the man he shot or the woman who was stabbed, but police say he had a license to carry a gun.
POP QUIZ:
1. What would have happened if more law-abiding citizens had been licensed to carry a gun and had been legally carrying a gun at that party?
2. What would have happened if gun-grabbers, like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, had enacted a law such that this one person would not have been legally allowed to have a gun at this party? How many more people could have been killed? Would the perpetrator have been able to get away?
3. What laws, either already enacted under pressure from the gun-grabbers like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence or in pending legislation, would have prevented this tragedy? How many times has preventing criminals from owning guns actually stopped them from owning guns?
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