Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Update on the Halle Shooter

For the past week, nothing much has been said by the German authorities.  Then last night, three bits of information have arrived by the public news media.

First, the prosecutor over this case now suggests that a mental eval is necessary.  Reason?  There is some belief that he's not in full control of his mental decisions and that using the normal legal system won't work.

Adding months onto the process?  I would suggest a minimum of four additional months, and the likelihood that some blame will be shifted around to video-gaming addiction.

Second, there's various pieces of his weapons that were manufactured by 3D production, within his residence.  One gets the impression that the cops were a bit surprised at the level of assembly and this might trigger some legislative effort to prevent 3D printers being sold to the general public.

Third, there's that .10-percent Bit-coin donated to the shooter from some unknown character.  Cops have yet to trace that back to anyone.  It would appear that this helped to pay for the 3D printer in some way.

So you add this up and it just doesn't appear to be a major legal case occurring before mid-summer of 2020 for this shooter.  If the guy is declared a mental nut-case?  Well....the judge would sign the papers and simply put the guy away into a facility, for the remainder of his life. But this would open up a huge discussion over gamers and if the addiction requires new laws.

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