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05-29-2014, 10:55 AM
UCSB Student Arrested for Firing Gun in Isla Vista
Originally published 5:00 p.m., May 28, 2014
By Kelsey Brugger
Four days after 22-year-old Elliot Rodger shot and killed three people and injured several others on the streets of Isla Vista, authorities arrested a UCSB student for negligently firing his handgun in his Pardall Road apartment. Kevin Tym, 21, was arrested Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. He told deputies that he was playing with his handgun — a 9 mm Glock 17 — when he accidentally fired it through his neighbor’s wall.
The bullet went through a wall that connects two apartment units, deflected off a TV stand, and lodged into an adjacent wall, narrowly missing a person in the next unit. Authorities searched Tym’s apartment and found seven firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. They also found high capacity assault rifle magazines. Authorities seized the firearms — which were all legally owned — ammunition, and magazines, and arrested Tym for negligently discharging a firearm and possessing high capacity magazines, which are illegal in California unless purchased before January 1, 2000. His bail is set at $2,500.
The incident occurred the same day that more than 20,000 people packed Harder Stadium for a memorial service, where one of the victims’ fathers, Richard Martinez, spoke out against gun violence and led students and attendees in a chant — “Not One More”— that has since gone viral throughout social media.
http://media.independent.com/img/photos/2014/05/28/10294461_822686307759037_7209645898785624073_n.jpg
This is weird. I mean, I'm sure there are always some amount of guns in IV, but for the most part nobody has them. I never saw a gun in the four years I was there or any time I have been there after. In fact, I don't think I've personally ever seen a gun in this entire county. IV and especially the surrounding area has an incredibly low violent crime rate and women have other options for protecting themselves such as pepper spray.
So while I'm not surprised that there are some amount of guns in IV, I am surprised this happened now, on the same day as the memorial of the Elliot Rodger shooting spree victims where they were calling for more gun control. Very suspicious.
Here's the thread about the Elliot Rodger mass shooting in IV:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?452727-Mass-Shooting-in-Isla-Vista-next-to-UCSB-Virgin-Shoots-Up-Sexually-Attractive
Originally published 5:00 p.m., May 28, 2014
By Kelsey Brugger
Four days after 22-year-old Elliot Rodger shot and killed three people and injured several others on the streets of Isla Vista, authorities arrested a UCSB student for negligently firing his handgun in his Pardall Road apartment. Kevin Tym, 21, was arrested Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. He told deputies that he was playing with his handgun — a 9 mm Glock 17 — when he accidentally fired it through his neighbor’s wall.
The bullet went through a wall that connects two apartment units, deflected off a TV stand, and lodged into an adjacent wall, narrowly missing a person in the next unit. Authorities searched Tym’s apartment and found seven firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. They also found high capacity assault rifle magazines. Authorities seized the firearms — which were all legally owned — ammunition, and magazines, and arrested Tym for negligently discharging a firearm and possessing high capacity magazines, which are illegal in California unless purchased before January 1, 2000. His bail is set at $2,500.
The incident occurred the same day that more than 20,000 people packed Harder Stadium for a memorial service, where one of the victims’ fathers, Richard Martinez, spoke out against gun violence and led students and attendees in a chant — “Not One More”— that has since gone viral throughout social media.
http://media.independent.com/img/photos/2014/05/28/10294461_822686307759037_7209645898785624073_n.jpg
This is weird. I mean, I'm sure there are always some amount of guns in IV, but for the most part nobody has them. I never saw a gun in the four years I was there or any time I have been there after. In fact, I don't think I've personally ever seen a gun in this entire county. IV and especially the surrounding area has an incredibly low violent crime rate and women have other options for protecting themselves such as pepper spray.
So while I'm not surprised that there are some amount of guns in IV, I am surprised this happened now, on the same day as the memorial of the Elliot Rodger shooting spree victims where they were calling for more gun control. Very suspicious.
Here's the thread about the Elliot Rodger mass shooting in IV:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?452727-Mass-Shooting-in-Isla-Vista-next-to-UCSB-Virgin-Shoots-Up-Sexually-Attractive