It doesn’t matter if the gun is owned legally, as in the case of Philando Castle in 2016, or if the owned gun never came close to the other person’s fingers in that moment, the illusion of invincibility is shattered. Even American police, who are armed to the teeth, frequently justify lethal force based on the presence of a gun or the belief that their own weapon could be seized. It simply adds new ones or acts as a conduit to project those fears violently outward. You see, owning a gun does not actually negate fear. Cindy Schultz / The New York Times / Redux Friends and family attend a candlelight vigil for Kaylin Gillis at Fort Hardy Park in Schuylerville, N.Y., on April 20, 2023. Neither Monahan nor his lawyer have offered a reason for his choice to open fire, but in similar situations, fear more often than malice is the undercurrent.
She was pronounced dead several miles away after the group recovered cell phone service and could dial 911. One bullet struck 20-year-old Gillis in the neck. The 65-year-old who actually owned it, Kevin Monahan, fired twice. Kaylin Gillis was sitting in the passenger seat of a friend’s car when they turned into a driveway they thought belonged to a friend in upstate New York.
A deadly new virus prompted governments to ask people to stay home and businesses to close down to save lives gun sales climbed higher than ever. Children shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary sparked calls for new regulations gun sales climbed higher still. President Barack Obama became the first Black man elected president gun sales climbed higher. It is not a coincidence that gun sales have spiked in recent years based on fear that has often been packaged and sold as a product for people like Lester to consume.
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