The left likes to milk tragedy because they can use it to advance their agenda, even when the crime results from their agenda. Take Anthony McRae. He killed three and wounded five others on the Michigan State University Campus before killing himself.
Like most universities in the United States, MSU is run by hoplophobes. It is a gun-free zone—a soft target. No one is supposed to be armed on campus except criminals. And so it goes. Anthony McRae (no middle name?) shot a total of eight students in two separate buildings on campus, killing three (with the others in critical condition). The local police have no motive, but they have a history with McRae.
Anthony McRae was arrested in Lansing and charged in June 2019 with carrying a concealed pistol without a concealed carry permit, according to Ingham County court records obtained Tuesday by The Detroit News. The initial charge was a felony that carried a potential penalty of five years in prison, according to the records.
At about 3 a.m. June 7, 2019, an officer encountered Anthony McRae in Lansing where the officer asked him if he had any weapons on him. McRae acknowledged he had a gun but he didn’t have a concealed weapons permit, according to court records. McRae also had a magazine in his right breast pocket, according to the court records.
Legal Insurrection reports that a soft-on-crime Soros-backed District Attorney named Carol Siemon’s office, “In October 2019, … added a second charge against McRae: possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, a misdemeanor.”
McRae pleaded guilty to the lesser charge and was released, but According to Fox3 News, when McRae was arrested in 2019, he wasn’t in a vehicle.
In June 2019, Anthony McRae was stopped by Lansing police while smoking on the back steps of a building. During the encounter, officers found a Ruger LCP .380 semi-automatic pistol in his pants pocket, and he was subsequently charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a loaded firearm.
It looks like the District Attorney added a misdemeanor charge for McRae to plead guilty so he would not have to go to court on the felony or risk time in prison. Three and half years later, the same guy shoots up a college campus before killing himself.
I will say that the concealed carry law under which he was arrested is a problem, but here’s the thing about the law. It’s the law, and Carol Siemon’s office didn’t come up with a misdemeanor charge of which he could not possibly be found guilty had he not pleaded guilty because they were protecting McRae’s natural right to self-defense.
They wanted him to walk, which hasn’t turned out well for them, and while there is mention of a previous gun-related arrest in the reporting, there is very little focus on that aspect of the history. A faked charge by a Liberal DA allowed the shooter to avoid jail time.
The other issue appears to be that McRae fell apart after his mom passed away in 2020, in the middle of COVID and lockdowns. She died from a stroke (pre-vaccine, so that wasn’t it), but was there a funeral, and was he allowed to attend? Unknown. But it wrecked him.
[Michael McRae, Anthony’s father] explained that Anthony McRae’s behavior changed dramatically after his mother’s passing, and he no longer cared about anything. Michael, who had been married to Linda for 45 years, attempted to encourage his son to seek counseling, apply for jobs, and attend church with him.
He offered to help him if he needed it, but Anthony refused his father’s assistance and assured him that he was fine.
Neighbors also reported that he would fire his gun out the backdoor of his home. So, neither Anthony nor his issues were unknown to the police, and now, many people know his name because his victims were not just prevented from protecting themselves. They were probably brainwashed into thinking being helpless was safer.
