Comments on: The Logic of Boston http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/ The PackingHeat.com blog...fear the writing Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:46:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Packingheat http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11307 Packingheat Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:09:38 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11307 Hi Dan - I certainly understand what you're saying. The only reason I mentioned the possibility of her "pissing off the wrong people" is because we don't yet know what happened (and may never). I was only theorizing and not intending to insult her memory. My guess is that she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, as you say. However, with the kind of people who could do this type of thing, it's hard to tell what would set them off. In the city where I live (North of Boston) a 14 year old kid shot and killed a 21 year old at a party because of a perceived insult from an earlier argument. Turns out the person he shot wasn't even involved in the argument, but that wasn't enough reason to stop this young killer. Ms. Levin could have said something completely innocuous, but someone could still have taken her words the wrong way (again, purely theorizing here). It's just difficult to tell what sets off a sociopath. That's all I meant by my statement. Regardless, the last thing I would do is lay any kind of blame on the victim. Whatever the reasons behind what happened, it was utterly tragic and needless. Hi Dan - I certainly understand what you’re saying. The only reason I mentioned the possibility of her “pissing off the wrong people” is because we don’t yet know what happened (and may never). I was only theorizing and not intending to insult her memory.

My guess is that she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, as you say. However, with the kind of people who could do this type of thing, it’s hard to tell what would set them off. In the city where I live (North of Boston) a 14 year old kid shot and killed a 21 year old at a party because of a perceived insult from an earlier argument. Turns out the person he shot wasn’t even involved in the argument, but that wasn’t enough reason to stop this young killer.

Ms. Levin could have said something completely innocuous, but someone could still have taken her words the wrong way (again, purely theorizing here). It’s just difficult to tell what sets off a sociopath. That’s all I meant by my statement. Regardless, the last thing I would do is lay any kind of blame on the victim. Whatever the reasons behind what happened, it was utterly tragic and needless.

]]> By: Dan Myers http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11301 Dan Myers Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:22:44 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11301 I understand your blog's direction and have no negative comments on your point but I do need to let you and all your readers know that Chiara Levin NEVER "pissed off the wrong people" in her entire short but full life. She, as many of the articles infer, was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. I am merely the father of Arielle Myers, perhaps Chiara's dearest friend, but I can tell you all that she wowed everyone who's path she crossed. No easy feat for a 22 yr old. She was destined for greatnes. It was her total unprejudiced acceptance of mankind that allowed her be in one of Boston's worst neighborhoods at an ungodly hour. She was full of life, so much so that she will continue forever in all of ours. I understand your blog’s direction and have no negative comments on your point but I do need to let you and all your readers know that Chiara Levin NEVER “pissed off the wrong people” in her entire short but full life. She, as many of the articles infer, was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. I am merely the father of Arielle Myers, perhaps Chiara’s dearest friend, but I can tell you all that she wowed everyone who’s path she crossed. No easy feat for a 22 yr old. She was destined for greatnes. It was her total unprejudiced acceptance of mankind that allowed her be in one of Boston’s worst neighborhoods at an ungodly hour. She was full of life, so much so that she will continue forever in all of ours.

]]> By: Packingheat http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11269 Packingheat Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:39:44 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11269 Your comment misses the thrust of my argument - the fact is that violent crime (be it gun or other) cannot be stopped by banning late night parties OR guns. I focused more on firearms in my post than I should have, considering the point I was trying to make (it's a hot-button issue for me), so I'm not surprised to get a comment like this. I had a whole, long response drafted but let me just pare it down to its core and hopefully to return focus to my main argument: It's not the firearm that killed, though the bullet was the cause of death. It was the cold heart of the person who pulled the trigger. That's what we need to get at and fix...the root causes that made that person willing and able to pull the trigger in cold blood. Banning parties or outlawing firearms will not fix this problem, we have to start looking at the hard and tough solutions...nothing will be solved by throwing a few quick-fix, easy-to-implement policies in place. As I said: the genie's out of the bottle and there are no quick fixes, so let's buckle down and dig deep to find solutions, not sound bites. Your comment misses the thrust of my argument - the fact is that violent crime (be it gun or other) cannot be stopped by banning late night parties OR guns. I focused more on firearms in my post than I should have, considering the point I was trying to make (it’s a hot-button issue for me), so I’m not surprised to get a comment like this.

I had a whole, long response drafted but let me just pare it down to its core and hopefully to return focus to my main argument: It’s not the firearm that killed, though the bullet was the cause of death. It was the cold heart of the person who pulled the trigger. That’s what we need to get at and fix…the root causes that made that person willing and able to pull the trigger in cold blood. Banning parties or outlawing firearms will not fix this problem, we have to start looking at the hard and tough solutions…nothing will be solved by throwing a few quick-fix, easy-to-implement policies in place. As I said: the genie’s out of the bottle and there are no quick fixes, so let’s buckle down and dig deep to find solutions, not sound bites.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11261 Anonymous Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:29:03 +0000 http://blog.packingheat.com/2007/03/25/the-logic-of-boston/#comment-11261 If we got the wish that you talk about with all guns on earth magically disappearing I agree with you that crime would not disappear, however, this young beautiful woman would still be alive. Guns are inherently different than any other kind of weapon. It is nearly impossible for someone to be accidentally killed by any other type of weapon. There is no such thing as being caught in the crossfire of a knife fight. If this criminal did not have access to a gun this crime would not have been committed. If we got the wish that you talk about with all guns on earth magically disappearing I agree with you that crime would not disappear, however, this young beautiful woman would still be alive. Guns are inherently different than any other kind of weapon. It is nearly impossible for someone to be accidentally killed by any other type of weapon. There is no such thing as being caught in the crossfire of a knife fight.

If this criminal did not have access to a gun this crime would not have been committed.

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