8 dead in Mississippi shooting rampage, suspect in custody
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. -- A man who apparently got into a dispute with his wife and in-laws was arrested in a house-to-house shooting rampage in rural Mississippi that left eight people dead, including a sheriff's deputy.
Authorities told CBS affiliate WJTV that the suspect is 35-year-old Willie Corey Godbolt of Bogue Chitto.
The shootings took place at three homes Saturday night -- two in Brookhaven and one in Bogue Chitto -- about 70 miles south of Jackson, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said. The rampage began after authorities got a call about a domestic dispute, investigators said.
The dead included two boys, and Godbolt was being treated for a gunshot wound at a hospital, authorities said. They did not say how he was wounded.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shooting-rampage-mississippi-suspect-in-custody/
Mississippi Gun Laws:
"Like many states in the deep south, gun laws in Mississippi are lenient and often times abused. Per every 100,000 residents of the state there is 12 murders by firearms-third highest ranking for such a statistic. According to the Brady scorecard (which ranks states gun control laws from 1 to 100), Mississippi scored a meager 6.
Mississippi law on guns does not require a permit to purchase handguns or long guns. Registration and licensing for both forms of firearms is not required as well in the state. The right to carry a handgun is the only complexity within the gun laws in Mississippi. A permit is not required to carry a rifle in the state, but can be disallowed in specified areas such as schools, places of worship, or government buildings."
http://gun.laws.com/state-gun-laws/mississippi-gun-laws
This is just another example of lenient (read lax) gun regulations leading to a tragic outcome. The NRA/ILA and ALEC must be extremely proud of their handiwork in the Red states: let them shoot each other, and then take away their medical care. This is the right-wing solution for poverty.
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