by The late radio broadcaster Paul Harvey used to have a feature called, “The Rest of the Story”. He’d end the feature with the tagline, “And now you know the rest of the story.” I saw the tweet below from Shannon Watts of Everytown Moms for Illegal Mayors yesterday. Just like Al Sharpton demands “Justice!”, Shannon demands “Gunsense!”.
Man Steals AR-15 From @Walmart in #Asheville #NorthCarolina http://t.co/eT0GlYjVF6 @MomsDemand #gunsense
— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) November 30, 2014
This is not just some Walmart store. This is my Walmart store. The one that is a five minute or less drive from my house. The one at which I buy ammo if it is in stock. In other words, I know the store and I know the gun counter. Both ammo and firearms are kept in a locked case and only certain employees have the key.
The story as reported involved the theft of an AR-15 and 150 rounds of ammunition from the locked case on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The thief purportedly shoved the rifle down his pants and just walked out.
And now for the rest of the story.
Donald Alan Skelton, 33, was arrested on Thursday as he went back to the same Walmart. According to records from the NC Department of Public Safety, Skelton was released from prison in February. His criminal record goes back to at least 2008 and includes convictions for felony breaking and entering and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
For this theft, Skelton was charged with larceny of a firearm, misdemeanor larceny, and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held in the Buncombe County Detention Center under an $11,000 bond.
Watts got 28 retweets and 7 favorites from this tweet. How the theft of a firearm by a convicted felon relates to “gunsense” and the call for universal background checks is beyond me.
This is kind of ridiculous. I cannot believe that some guy can walk out with an AR-15 down his pants. I wonder how something like this can happen in such a populated area like a Walmart. http://www.shdlawyers.ca/en/
I usually shop at the larger one on Bleachery Blvd, but sometimes stop in at the airport rd one when I'm, on that side of town.
That would never happen here! That is because none of my local Walmarts ever have any AR's in stock…
On another note, Walmart needs to keep someone at the sports counter full time. Most of the firearms are just kept in glass cases. Picking a lock is fairly easy. Breaking that glass is even easier.