In California, Even the Jails Are Seeing the Effects of Gun Control

By Jenn Jacques

Unfortunately, over the past weekend, the Fresno County Jail became the latest witness to just how well gun control is working in California.

Officers Juanita Davila, 51, and Toamalama Scanlan, 40, remain in critical condition after they were shot inside the facility Saturday. Sheriff Margaret Mims said an armed felon, identified as 37-year-old Thong Vang, entered the lobby of the main jail in downtown Fresno around 8:30 a.m., cut to the head of the line and demanded to see someone.

After Davila and Scanlan directed Vang to take a seat, witnesses said he began to display erratic behavior, pacing back and forth and eventually initiating an altercation with the two officers. During the struggle, Vang drew a gun and shot each officer one time, wounding both officers in the neck and head area, Mims said.

“The suspect dropped his weapon and was held at gunpoint while other deputies rescued the two injured correctional officers by dragging them out of the lobby to ambulances waiting outside,” the Sheriff’s Office said.

“It is obviously a difficult time for all of us, especially for the family members of officers Scanlan and Davila. Many have asked if any immediate changes will be made at the jail in terms …Read the Rest

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