Arizona state senate candidate who killed mother supports arming "good guys" - Polidicks

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/16/arizona-senate-candidate-killed-his-mother/790288002/ A big crowd gathered in a Tucson church last week, ready to hear candidates' plans for gun-control legislation from people vying to become lawmakers at the Arizona state Capitol. All was going more or less as expected. Then, it was Bobby Wilson's turn to speak. Wilson, one of two Republican candidates who attended the July 9 meeting, took the mic and told a story of how he shot and killed a crazed attacker in an act of self-defense while a teenager. That attacker, it turned out, was his mother. He said his life story illustrates the importance of having "a good guy there with a gun" rather than gun-control legislation. "You can pass all the laws you want to in this world, and when you've got somebody out there that wants to harm somebody, they're going to do it if you don't stop them," Wilson told the crowd. The audience was shocked, as video posted online showed. The crowd, brought together by Moms Demand Action, a nationwide movement against gun violence, burst into boos and heckles. But there is more to Wilson's story — a lot more. The tale begins in Hugo, Oklahoma, in 1963, when Wilson was 18 years old. It includes charges of familial murder, a home destroyed by fire, years of amnesia and the start of a winding path that led a young man to a legal career and, now, ambitions to serve in the Arizona Legislature. The candidate told only part of this story to the Tucson audience. "(She) was hell-bent on killing me in my sleep one night. At three o'clock in the morning, I woke up to find a rifle in my face — a semiautomatic rifle at that — and the bullets started to fly, and I started diving for cover," Wilson said. A clip of Wilson's remarks was posted on Twitter by a reporter with the Tucson-based Arizona Daily Star. Court records and newspaper articles from the time suggest there may be more to the story than Wilson's account. Those records show he was charged with the murder of his mother and sister, and soon after his arrest he confessed to those charges. He later recanted his confession and claimed he had amnesia about the events of the night in question. The charges against him ultimately were dismissed by an Oklahoma judge. Big article about the specifics of the murders.

You can't make this shit up anymore...

His account of the murder sounds like a goddamn action movie. This is just so bizzare, he creates this grandiose story about how he shot his mother in self defense and then later recants his confession and claims amnesia? In the report, it says his mother and sister were killed in a relaxed position and from point blank range. I'm just going to go out on a limb here and guess that maybe he's a murderer.

District 2 is a Democratic stronghold encompassing parts of Pima County and Santa Cruz County, south of Tucson. All three Democratic incumbents are running for re-election this fall. He's gonna be like that Nazi running in Illinois

Republicans better step up their game if they want to beat this guy. I'm not even joking.

it doesn't seem like he killed them for any particular reason either, he straight-up just murdered his family one night and burned the house down. this dude is a danger to everyone he comes into contact with

So erm why isn't this guy arrested

He said he had amnesia, and the jury believed him. "Mental incapacity to make a rational defense. The case was "suspended" until Wilson could regain enough memory to defend himself, the judge said." Seven years after the killings he successfully had the case dismissed since he was denied the right to a speedytrial.

Is there a site somewhere that lists the really weird/crazy politicians? Like, from both sides.

being a rich white guy in america, especially arizona, means you can get away with basically anything

I don’t think amnesia works that way. If it did, I could rob a jewelry store, and if I get caught, claim amnesia and get away scot-free because I dragged my feet enough?

I need a good guy with a gun to protect me from people like this who own guns.

With the right lawyer, evidence, judge, and prosecutors yeah.