Little-Acorn
06-08-2015, 02:28 AM
This woman's "boyfriend" is charged with her murder. If convicted, he is clearly the major criminal in the case.
But he's not the only one.
There are laws against murder. Those laws call for very harsh penalties, as they should.
But there is also a law against government interfering with a person's right to keep and bear arms.
Unfortunately, that law doesn't call out specific penalties for those who violate it.
Though the person who stabbed the woman to death is clearly the one most at fault, others also contributed to her death... by banning her from owning or carrying a defensive weapon for months while she was in danger, despite her not breaking any laws or causing any problems. They clearly violated the 2nd amendment, which forbade them from infringing her right to carry a weapon to protect herself. And in doing so, contributed to her death.
Along with the murderer, shouldn't those others also be held responsible for their part in causing her death?
If not, why not?
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http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/04/woman-fatally-stabbed-berlin-twp/28461361/
Ex-boyfriend sought in woman's slaying
Jim Walsh, @jimwalsh_cp
3:44 p.m. EDT June 5, 2015
When Carol Bowne felt the threat of domestic violence, the petite hairdresser took steps to protect herself.
The Berlin Township woman got a restraining order against a former boyfriend, installed security cameras and an alarm system to her home and began the months-long process of obtaining a handgun, friends said.
But it wasn't enough.
Bowne, 39, was stabbed to death in the driveway of her Patton Avenue home on Wednesday night.
Her former boyfriend, 45-year-old Michael Eitel, was charged with her murder. Eitel, a convicted felon, was a fugitive Thursday, being sought by a U.S. Marshals Service task force.
Bowne's death shocked her friends and neighbors, who described her as a bubbly, well-liked person. But her slaying also embittered some, who felt the system had failed to protect a woman in danger.
"She did absolutely everything she was supposed to," said Denise Lovallo, a fellow hairdresser at O'Hara and Co. in Somerdale.
"Do they have enough now to get him?" she asked of Bowne's attacker.
Salon employees said Bowne was meticulous about her appearance, but had struggled recently with problems in her personal life.
"She got a restraining order about a month ago, and right after that her car windows were broken," said O'Hara.
Court records show Eitel pleaded guilty to a weapons offense in 2008 after being indicted in 2006 on a charge of aggravated assault with bodily injury. He received a five-year sentence for that offense, which neighbors said was related to an assault on a former girlfriend.
Berlin Township Police Chief Leonard Check said Bowne applied for a gun license on April 21, and that she had inquired Monday about her request.
The application process typically takes two months or more as police collect information on the applicant, including fingerprints and reference checks. "We did not get the fingerprint information yet," said Check.
Police went to the home around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, when they found Bowne lying in the driveway with multiple stab wounds. Bowne was taken to Virtua Hospital in Berlin, where she was pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m.
But he's not the only one.
There are laws against murder. Those laws call for very harsh penalties, as they should.
But there is also a law against government interfering with a person's right to keep and bear arms.
Unfortunately, that law doesn't call out specific penalties for those who violate it.
Though the person who stabbed the woman to death is clearly the one most at fault, others also contributed to her death... by banning her from owning or carrying a defensive weapon for months while she was in danger, despite her not breaking any laws or causing any problems. They clearly violated the 2nd amendment, which forbade them from infringing her right to carry a weapon to protect herself. And in doing so, contributed to her death.
Along with the murderer, shouldn't those others also be held responsible for their part in causing her death?
If not, why not?
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http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/crime/2015/06/04/woman-fatally-stabbed-berlin-twp/28461361/
Ex-boyfriend sought in woman's slaying
Jim Walsh, @jimwalsh_cp
3:44 p.m. EDT June 5, 2015
When Carol Bowne felt the threat of domestic violence, the petite hairdresser took steps to protect herself.
The Berlin Township woman got a restraining order against a former boyfriend, installed security cameras and an alarm system to her home and began the months-long process of obtaining a handgun, friends said.
But it wasn't enough.
Bowne, 39, was stabbed to death in the driveway of her Patton Avenue home on Wednesday night.
Her former boyfriend, 45-year-old Michael Eitel, was charged with her murder. Eitel, a convicted felon, was a fugitive Thursday, being sought by a U.S. Marshals Service task force.
Bowne's death shocked her friends and neighbors, who described her as a bubbly, well-liked person. But her slaying also embittered some, who felt the system had failed to protect a woman in danger.
"She did absolutely everything she was supposed to," said Denise Lovallo, a fellow hairdresser at O'Hara and Co. in Somerdale.
"Do they have enough now to get him?" she asked of Bowne's attacker.
Salon employees said Bowne was meticulous about her appearance, but had struggled recently with problems in her personal life.
"She got a restraining order about a month ago, and right after that her car windows were broken," said O'Hara.
Court records show Eitel pleaded guilty to a weapons offense in 2008 after being indicted in 2006 on a charge of aggravated assault with bodily injury. He received a five-year sentence for that offense, which neighbors said was related to an assault on a former girlfriend.
Berlin Township Police Chief Leonard Check said Bowne applied for a gun license on April 21, and that she had inquired Monday about her request.
The application process typically takes two months or more as police collect information on the applicant, including fingerprints and reference checks. "We did not get the fingerprint information yet," said Check.
Police went to the home around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, when they found Bowne lying in the driveway with multiple stab wounds. Bowne was taken to Virtua Hospital in Berlin, where she was pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m.