A SCOTUS opinion is law.
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J.,filed a dissenting opinion in which Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J.,filed a dissenting opinionin which Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined.
So?
1) A shooting in a college cafeteria I was eating in at the time. Jealous guy. The shooting resulted in the death of the victim. The shooter himself was tackled by most of the folks in the place,arrested and is currently serving a life sentence at Walla Walla State penitentiary. The shooter thought the victim was stealing his girlfriend (he wasn't). The weapon used was a .22 pistol.
2) Lost a good friend of mine to a shooting in the White Center area of Seattle. He wandered in there not realizing what a crappy neighborhood it is, or the gang war that was occurring there at the time. The weapon used was a 9mm pistol. That shooter was arrested and is now serving a life sentence.
3) My cousin, who was shot by his brother by accident while hunting. Both survived. The weapon used was a .30 carbine rifle.
4) A robber in our neighborhood, who shot himself and survived. His getaway car wouldn't start and he decided to shoot it out of frustration. The bullet hit the engine block and ricocheted into the guy's leg. The weapon used was a 9mm pistol. He survived, only to be ridiculed in prison I'm sure.
5) Repairing an aircraft that had sustained a bullet hole when someone took a pot shot at it while it was on approach to the airfield. The shooter was never identified. The bullet was found inside the aircraft structure. It was a 9mm caliber, probably from a pistol. The pilot wasn't hit and he had no passengers at the time.
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