It's kinda hard to "leave the Constitution aside," what with it being the binding document of our nation. Also worth noting that body armor would have done little to help the first two victims, since Richard Poplawski went for headshots.

I'm more interested in the fact that this murderous idiot was drinking deep from the paranoia fountains on several fronts, not least of which was the wingnutter conspiracy theories. The only person responsible for the crimes of Richard Poplawski is Richard Poplawski, but the far right should be aware of what kind of tinder they're scraping a flint over.

"The federal government, mainstream media, and banking system in these United States are strongly under the influence of -- if not completely controlled by -- Zionist interest," the post declares. "An economic collapse of the financial system is inevitable, bringing with it some degree of civil unrest if not outright balkanization of the continental US, civil/revolutionary/racial war . . . This collapse is likely engineered by the elite Jewish powers that be in order to make for a power and asset grab." [...]

Mr. Pitcavage today said Mr. Poplawski's comments bear out a growing concern by extremist-watchers in the wake of the election of President Barack Obama.

"We've been concerned about the possibility of an upsurge in right-wing extremist violence due to two possibilities: the vitriolic reaction of the extreme right to the election of Barack Obama and the severe economic recession that the country is in," he said.

Note that today Congresswoman and insane person Michelle Bachman declared on the radio that Obama's administration intends to herd our young people into re-education camps. You can't go selling this sort of crazy on a national level and not expect some fringe lunatics to, you know, act on it.