So, they had years of warning that this guy was bonkers, but kept letting him go?



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The American Legal system is a complete joke anymore.

Hasn't the American legal system always been a joke?

People like that shouldn't be let back out. How can someone who's seen what this guy can do, just let him out, trusting in the assumption that he won't do it again?

How sad, that the security guard was just doing his job, showing up to work, planning his retirement and some psycho walks in and ends all that with one bullet, for no reason. The security guard probably knew there was a danger of that when he took up the job, but does anyone really expect something like this to happen at a memorial museum?

I guess its...fortunate that no one else was hurt during the shooting.

It costs money to keep people in jail. and it costs money to keep people in a mental hospital.
So they just let them go.
But that's just sad. People are so close minded about things. It peeves me off.
Damn racists!!

I think its not only the closed mindedness, but the self righteousness of people like the gunman that causes crimes like this to happen.
This guy obviously thought this was a perfectly ok way for him to demonstrate his beliefs.
I also dislike closed mindedness(is that even a word?), but I dislike the self-righteousness even more. I hate people who think their way is the absolute truth and refuse to even listen to anyone else. I guess by that definition the two are related.

"mindedness" is a word Lolita.

My stepfather told me about this, I didn't realize how wrapped up in the fascism this old topper was though. My only true bizarre thought was how most of these supremacists are all talk and hot air, but an 88 year old actually gets something done. The greatest generation lives on, even if their actions are awful. 28-year old supremacists and anti-Semitics are too busy buying the new i-thingy and talking racist smack on YouTube, but elderly man murders someone in a national event.

["We know what Mr. Von Brunn did yesterday at the Holocaust museum. Now it's our responsibility to determine why he did it," said Joseph Persichini, assistant director of the Washington FBI field office. "We have to ask ourselves did all these years of public display of hatred impact his actions."] From today's Update: Authorities: Gunman to be charged with murder

Huh???

^^Um.... he's an racist extremist, he thought he was a martyr, and he hates jews and everything (he thinks) they stand for.

Son of Accused Holocaust Museum Shooter Issues Statement Concerning His Father

Following is a statement by Erik von Brunn, a son of James von Brunn, the 88-year-old man accused of a shooting attack at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.:

My father's beliefs have been a constant source of verbal and mental abuse my family has had to suffer with for many years. His views consumed him, and in doing so, not only destroyed his life, but destroyed our family and ruined our lives as well.

For a long time, I believed this was our family's cross to bear. Now, it is not only my families lives that are in shambles, but those who were directly affected by his actions; especially the family of Mr. Johns, who bravely sacrificed his life to stop my father.

I cannot express enough how deeply sorry I am it was Mr. Johns, and not my father who lost their life yesterday [Wednesday]. It was unjustified and unfair that he died, and while my condolences could never begin to offer appeasement, they, along with my remorse is all I have to give.

While my father had every right to believe what he did, by imposing those beliefs on others he robbed them of their free will. His actions have taken opportunities away from many people and forced decisions not expected, nor warranted, to be made that otherwise would not have been necessary.

For the extremists who believe my father is a hero: it is imperative you understand what he did was an act of cowardice. To physically force your beliefs onto others with violence is not brave, but bullying. Doing so only serves to prove how weak those beliefs are. It is simply desperation, reminiscent of a temper tantrum when a child cannot get his way. Violence is a cop out; an easy answer for an ignorant problem.

His actions have undermined your "movement," and strengthened the resistance against your cause. He should not be remembered as a brave man or a hero, but a coward unable to come to grips with the fact he threw his and his families lives away for an ideology that fostered sadness and anguish.

I apologize to friends and family who have been inundated with the media blitzkrieg you have been suffering through. While I understand it is the media's job to report as much as possible, I can only hope they have the restraint to curb the sensationalism they have thus far been reliant upon.

Again, my father's actions are unforgiveable. I do not expect, nor will I accept forgiveness for what he has done. I realize there is nothing positive to be taken from this incident. It is empowering, however, to know our country's resistance and intolerance for such acts of hatred has been bolstered in the face of this tragedy. I humbly ask you respect our privacy and allow us to grieve and attempt to rebuild our family, along with the other families affected by what has happened.

Erik von Brunn

Wow. Reading that just leaves you rather speachless.

It was good of him to come out and say to any thinking his father a hero for doing what he did that he wasn't. He used the word "imperative." You don't often hear of people using that word. It's as if he is giving a military command. Just imagine what it must have been like growing up.