BROCKTON, Massachusetts (AP) — A man lifting his infant daughter out of his car was killed in an apparent case of road rage by a motorist “who obviously exploded” and shot him four times at close range in front of dozens of witnesses, authorities said.
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Walter R. Bishop, 60, who was taking medication for depression, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Sandro Andrade. He pleaded innocent and was ordered held without bail; a hearing was scheduled for August 26.
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Police said Bishop has a valid handgun license.

Incidents like this — a murder committed by a law-abiding gunowner — are rare. But when they do happen, they provide a compelling counterexample to those who wish to ban and confiscate guns. This tragedy will be trumpted by the anti-gun lobby.

When you choose to own or carry a gun, you take on a big responsibility. Not only are you responsible to not harm those around you, you are responsible to all gunowners to not harm our right to keep and bear arms. Murders like this not only cost lives — they cost rights.

Mr Bishop, you have failed. You have failed as a man, as a gunowner, and as an American. The circumstances leading up to the shooting matter not. Because of your actions, a little girl will now grow up without a father. Further, you have irreparably harmed the already shaky position of Massachussetts gunowners.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A defendant grabbed the pistol of a courtroom deputy, shot the deputy and fatally shot the judge and a court reporter Friday at a downtown Atlanta courthouse. The suspect then fled into the streets in a carjacked vehicle after killing another deputy outside the courthouse.

It sounds like the Atlanta Sheriff’s office needs to think about (remedial) training in handgun retention techniques.