{"id":2106322,"date":"2023-11-22T20:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-report-louisville-bank-shooters-journal-shows-he-targeted-upper-class-white-people-to-highlight-soft-gun-laws-prompt-politicians\/"},"modified":"2023-11-22T20:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:14:34","slug":"police-report-louisville-bank-shooters-journal-shows-he-targeted-upper-class-white-people-to-highlight-soft-gun-laws-prompt-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-report-louisville-bank-shooters-journal-shows-he-targeted-upper-class-white-people-to-highlight-soft-gun-laws-prompt-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Police report: Louisville bank shooter&#8217;s journal reveals targeting of &#8216;upper-class white people&#8217; to emphasize lax gun laws and spur political action"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-report-louisville-bank-shooters-journal-shows-he-targeted-upper-class-white-people-to-highlight-soft-gun-laws-prompt-politicians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2106322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L)\u2062 Connor Sturgeon LinkedIn\u200d Photo. (R) A \u200cmakeshift memorial\u200d is set up on the steps of the Old National Bank, site of the April 10, 2023, shooting in \u200cLouisville, Kentucky, on April 12 2023. \u2013\u200d Suspected gunman \u2064Connor\u2063 Sturgeon,\u200d a \u206425-year-old bank employee, opened \u2064fire at the \u200dbank Monday, killing \u200cfive people and wounding at least\u200d eight others in a livestreamed attack before police shot\u200d and killed him.\u2063 (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA\/AFP \/AFP via\u200d Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>5:09 PM\u200c \u2013 Wednesday, November 22, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>According to a \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/louisville-police.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3643\/23-103-Old-National-Bank-Shooting-Investigation---Redacted\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/louisville-police.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3643\/23-103-Old-National-Bank-Shooting-Investigation---Redacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police\u2062 report released<\/a> on Tuesday \u2063that included excerpts \u200dfrom the shooter\u2019s journal, the man who killed five people at \u200ba bank \u200bin Louisville, Kentucky, in April was driven by his anger over the country\u2019s \u201ccareless\u201d gun laws and believed that a \u201cbloody\u200c rampage\u201d of\u2064 White\u2063 victims would prompt \u200cpoliticians into action.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>When \u2064Connor Sturgeon, 25, revealed \u2064in \u200bhis journal\u200d that he was having mental health problems\u200c and was greatly dissatisfied with his employment \u200cand the path that his life was headed, he opened\u200c fire on his coworkers inside \u200da\u200d conference \u2063room at the Old National Bank on East Main Street on \u2064April 10<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>During the incident, \u2064eight \u200dmore\u200d people were injured, \u200bincluding a responding officer who \u2062was critically wounded after being hit in the head. In almost eight minutes, Sturgeon fired over\u200d forty shots, according to the report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2064 have decided to make an impact. These people did not \u2062deserve to \u200ddie, but because I was depressed and able to buy [guns], they are gone,\u201d Sturgeon wrote\u00a0on April\u200d 4<sup>th<\/sup> in his journal, according \u2062to the report released by the Louisville Police Department.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPerhaps this is the impact for change \u2013 upper class White people dying. I certainly would not have been able to do this were it more difficult to get a gun,\u201d he \u200dcontinued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a receipt in the police report, he made the $500 purchase \u2064of the AR-15 firearm used in the fatal \u2062shooting \u2064six days after making the journal entry on April 4<sup>th<\/sup>. In a 45-minute transaction, he also purchased four rifle magazines and \u2062120 shots.<\/p>\n<p>While admitting that he had \u200cimmense mental health issues, Sturgeon expressed \u200bamazement at \u2063\u201chow \u200ceasy\u201d it was for him to buy and take home the firearm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOH MY GO THIS IS \u2062SO EASY,\u201d he \u200bwrote in \u200cone journal entry. \u201cI knew it would \u2062be doable but this is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his \u2063journal, the 25-year-old \u200bassailant continued to criticize\u200b pro-Second Amendment legislators, writing that\u2063 he wanted \u2064his violent actions \u200bto galvanize them so\u200c that lawmakers \u200dwould \u2064be prompted to alter\u200b gun laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2062know our politicians are\u2062 solely focused on lining their own\u2064 pockets, but maybe this will knock some sense into them. If\u200d not, good luck,\u201d \u2062Sturgeon said. \u201cA level of corruption that stands directly\u2062 between \u200cus and progress,\u201d\u2064 he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>According to the report, he also \u200dwrote, \u201cThey won\u2019t listen to words or protests, so let\u2019s see if they hear \u2063this,\u201d in\u2064 his iPhone\u2063 Notes app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, some of his most recent \u200bphone\u200c notes made it clear that Sturgeon \u2063saved his\u200b most harsh criticisms \u200dfor the National Rifle Association\u2064 (NRA).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBut let us not forget the \u2063most important \u2063player here,\u201d he \u2064wrote on \u2063April 9<sup>th<\/sup>.\u200c \u201cThe one who \u200bmade all this possible. [Let\u2019s] give it \u2062up for the NRA!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2064couldn\u2019t have\u200b done this without all of \u200byour lobbying dollars! You really brought this\u200b whole\u200d thing together. This is the\u200c world you are building. One without any \u2062regard for the value of human life,\u201d Sturgeon added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, Sturgeon had no trouble\u200b obtaining a gun in Kentucky since he had \u2063no prior criminal record and would have been able to\u2064 pass the background check mandated by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b state lacks \u201cred flag\u201d legislation, which forbids the purchase and ownership of firearms by anyone\u2063 believed to \u2062be dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>However, given that Sturgeon \u2064had not informed authorities or health officials of his mental health\u2064 issues,\u2062 it is also\u200b possible that the legislation would still not have stopped him \u2063from\u200c purchasing\u200d the\u200b weapon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sturgeon\u2019s\u200b parents, \u2064the couple\u2019s main\u200b concern\u200c now revolves around\u2063 their desire \u200bto file a lawsuit\u200b against the \u2062manufacturer of the assault gun,\u2063 blaming the weapon as opposed to\u2062 blaming\u200c their son\u2019s mental health issues \u2063that went ignored and unreported, as well as his\u2064 extremist far-left\u200c political\u2064 ideals.<\/p>\n<p>The five individuals who \u200dperished in the shooting were: Jim \u2062Tutt Jr., 64, an executive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-sees-record-21-office-vacancies\/\" title=\"Manhattan sees record 21% office vacancies\">commercial real estate market<\/a>, Thomas Elliott, 63, a senior\u2062 vice president,\u2063 Deana Eckert,\u200b 57, an \u200dexecutive \u200cadministrative officer, and Joshua Barrick, 40, a senior \u2063vice president,\u2062 and \u200dJuliana Farmer,\u200b 45, a loan analyst.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news \u2062blasts directly to your inbox for \u2063free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u2062this\u2062 post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon \u200dMusk follows\u200b through \u2062with his promise, filing \u2064what he called a \u2018thermo-nuclear lawsuit\u2019\u200b against Media Matters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>For \u2064the\u2064 first time since\u2064 \u2018Reconstruction\u2019 ended in\u200b 1877, Charleston, South Carolina elects a Republican \u2063as\u200d mayor. \u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>While the \u200bBiden Administration boasts about lowering gas prices ahead of Thanksgiving weekend, things \u2063may not be all that they seem.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>With\u2064 the 2024 primaries fast approaching, many\u200b wonder how the primary system started, and why Iowa opts to use caucuses \u2064to choose their nominees. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sam Altman\u2019s return as OpenAI\u2019s chief executive will \u2064strengthen his grip on\u200d the startup and may leave the ChatGPT \u200ccreator with fewer checks on his power.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU lawmakers agreed to draft rules requiring \u200dGoogle, Meta and other online\u200c services to identify\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-poster-child-altman-back-at-openai-may-have-fewer-checks-on-power\/\" title=\"Altman returns to OpenAI as AI's poster child, potential power checks reduced\">remove online \u2064child pornography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>4:19 PM UTC \u2013 November 22, \u20642023 (Reuters)\u200c \u2013 Nvidia\u2062 (NVDA.O)\u200b shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday\u2062 on fears that widening U.S.\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sam \u200dAltman\u2019s return as CEO of OpenAI caps a frenzied discussion about \u2062the future of \u2062the startup at the center of an artificial intelligence boom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c How does the absence of \u200c&#8221;red flag&#8221; legislation in Kentucky highlight \u2064the need for comprehensive gun control measures at\u200d the state level<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: The Tragic Old National\u200c Bank Shooting \u2062Highlights the\u2063 Need \u2062for\u200c Stricter Gun Laws<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>The devastating shooting incident that took place\u2062 at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, \u20622023, has left the\u200c nation in shock. According to a \u200bpolice \u200dreport recently released, the shooter, Connor Sturgeon, was\u2062 driven by \u200bhis \u2063anger \u200bover the country&#8217;s &#8220;careless&#8221; gun laws and believed \u2063that\u2064 a &#8220;bloody rampage&#8221; targeting white victims would force\u2063 politicians to take action. This incident raises important questions about\u200b the\u200b need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/\" title=\"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings\">stricter gun control measures<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Shooter&#8217;s \u200bTroubled State of Mind:<\/p>\n<p>In his journal, Sturgeon confessed to having\u2063 mental health problems and being deeply dissatisfied with his employment\u2063 and the direction\u200b his life was taking. \u200dOn that fateful day,\u2064 he opened fire on his co-workers at the bank, resulting\u200b in the\u2063 death\u2064 of five people and injuring several others. Sturgeon fired over forty shots, highlighting the alarming ease with which he was able to acquire the \u200dAR-15 firearm used \u2063in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A Disturbing Journal Entry:<\/p>\n<p>Sturgeon&#8217;s journal \u2064entry revealed his intentions, stating, &#8220;These people did not deserve \u2063to \u200bdie, but\u2062 because I\u2064 was depressed and able\u200c to buy [guns], \u200dthey\u200b are gone.&#8221; He further expressed his belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-report-louisville-bank-shooters-journal-shows-he-targeted-upper-class-white-people-to-highlight-soft-gun-laws-prompt-politicians\/\" title=\"Police report: Louisville bank shooter's journal reveals targeting of 'upper-class white people' to emphasize lax gun laws and spur political action\">upper-class \u200bwhite individuals dying<\/a> would provoke politicians into making \u200bchanges to existing gun laws. \u2063This disturbing \u200cinsight into the shooter&#8217;s mindset highlights both the impact \u200bof\u2062 mental \u200dhealth issues and the urgent need for stricter gun\u2063 control regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Ease of Gun Access:<\/p>\n<p>The police report \u2063also revealed that Sturgeon was amazed at how easy it \u2064was for him to \u2064buy and take home the \u2062firearm. In just a 45-minute transaction, he purchased \u200cthe AR-15, along with\u2063 four \u2063rifle magazines\u2063 and 120 shots. This incident underlines the\u2063 need to review and reform the current gun purchasing process to prevent\u2062 firearms from falling into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism \u2063Towards the \u2063NRA:<\/p>\n<p>Sturgeon&#8217;s journal entries were also highly critical of the National\u2062 Rifle Association (NRA). He attributed the organization&#8217;s lobbying efforts \u2062and the lenient gun\u200b laws it advocates as instrumental in facilitating the shooting. This raises concerns\u2063 about the influence of interest groups and highlights\u2064 the need for lawmakers to prioritize public safety over political\u2062 interests.<\/p>\n<p>Impact of State Legislation:<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky&#8217;s lack \u2063of &#8220;red \u2062flag&#8221; legislation,\u200d which \u200cwould forbid the\u200c purchase\u200b and ownership of \u200cfirearms by individuals deemed dangerous, also played a role\u200b in Sturgeon \u200dobtaining the weapon. Although the absence of prior criminal records allowed him to pass the background \u2062checks mandated by the federal government, it is evident that more comprehensive legislation is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Need for Change:<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident demonstrates the urgent need for stricter gun control measures in the United States.\u200b It calls for politicians and lawmakers to\u200c prioritize public safety over the interests of lobbying groups. Addressing mental health\u2062 issues and preventing\u2062 individuals from accessing firearms without proper screening and evaluation are essential steps towards avoiding similar tragedies in\u200b the future.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bOld National\u200d Bank shooting in Louisville, \u200cKentucky, serves \u200cas a \u2062harrowing reminder of\u2063 the urgent need for\u200d stricter \u2063gun \u200ccontrol measures in the United States. The ease\u2063 with which the shooter acquired the AR-15 rifle and the absence of\u2063 effective legislation to prevent such incidents call for immediate\u2063 action. It is \u2064imperative \u200cthat lawmakers prioritize\u2063 public safety, mental \u200chealth \u200bsupport, and comprehensive \u2062background checks to prevent such \u2063tragedies from recurring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Least two others before turning the gun on himself. 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