Jiverly Antares Wong

His letter was ramblings of paranoid / mental illness (undercover cops harassing him, voices, and so on). Had committed fraud. Divorced, worked as a sausage maker. He had legal guns (handgun) in strict gun control state, wearing illegal bulletproof vest. Walked into civic organization (ESL school) in NY and started shooting people. Suicide when cops/guns showed up.

2009.04.03 - Binghamton Jiverly Antares Wong (41) Dead/Injured: 14/4 Weapon: Body Armor, Pistol 🚫 Gun Free Zone 🕊️ Gun Control State 🤪Mental Health

His letter was ramblings of paranoid / mental illness (undercover cops harassing him, voices, and so on). Had committed fraud. Divorced, worked as a sausage maker. He had legal guns (handgun) in strict gun control state, wearing illegal bulletproof vest. Walked into civic organization (ESL school) in NY and started shooting people. Suicide when cops/guns showed up. Politics: anti-American manufacturing worker in a left leaning state, wrote letter about killing Bush, hating America, being anti-Cop Chinese/Vietnamese Immigrant

❌ Gun Control can't help: legally owned ❌ Assault Weapon ban can't help: he used pistol ❌ No proposed Gun Control would have helped ✅ Pay attention to warning signs ✅ Improved mental health policies ✅ Better Security (more Conceal and Carry)

📚 References Wikipedia: Binghamton_shootings