Talk:1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

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Mental health and race[edit]

Because Banks was documented as fearing a race war and worried about his mixed-race children, and his attorneys referred to problems arising from his racial background, as well as identifying at trial the ethnicity of his wife, girlfriends. and children at trial (because of his issues), these factors are discussed in this article as relevant to the delusional thinking related to his murders.Parkwells (talk) 13:56, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Add Colt AR-15[edit]

Addition in bold:

On the night of September 24, 1982, Banks drank quantities of straight gin and took prescription drugs at his home on Schoolhouse Lane in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The next morning on September 25, 1982, he used an Colt AR-15^[1]^[2]^[3] semi-automatic rifle to kill eight people in his house, including three women in their 20s (all girlfriends and mothers of his children) and five children, four of them his. Two of the women were sisters.

References

^ 99-9005 (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit October 31, 2001) ("On September 25, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Banks shot fourteen people with a Colt AR 15 semi-automatic rifle, killing thirteen and wounding one.").
^ 513 Pa. 318 (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1987) ("In the space of about one hour, appellant shot fourteen people with a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing thirteen and wounding one.").
^ Dietz, P. E. (1986). "Mass, serial and sensational homicides". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 62 (5): 477–491. PMC 1629267. He had purchased equipment and materials of the kind advertised and promoted in these magazines, including a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle...

At the Colt AR-15 article, we are informed that this level of detail belongs in the article on the crime. 50.247.171.227 (talk) 17:53, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done 50.247.171.227 (talk) 21:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Notable?[edit]

The template box that says "the topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia general notability guidelines" is on this page. To be honest i'm not sure why that's the case, the shooting had 13 deaths, that makes it one of the worst shooting sprees in US history based on deaths. I know Wikipedia doesn't necessarily determine notability through content but with a death toll that high this page should stay as either George Banks or 1982 Wilkes Barre shootings or something. Sure, this shooting is probably not as big as other 1980's and early 90's mass shootings, like McDonald's, the Post Office and Luby's and all the old news footage of this event is probably lost forever, but because of the number of deaths and that it happened when mass shootings were starting to become more common, this article deserves to stay. For the details with no citations, i'm sure someone got them from somewhere but didn't source them, I have seen books and some articles about this guy before, so he's not completely out of the picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:600:8880:19B6:D9EF:4574:8575:E8A4 (talk) 08:33, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:George Banks (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 13:16, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] 99-9005 (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit October 31, 2001) ("On September 25, 1982 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Banks shot fourteen people with a Colt AR 15 semi-automatic rifle, killing thirteen and wounding one.").

[2] 513 Pa. 318 (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1987) ("In the space of about one hour, appellant shot fourteen people with a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing thirteen and wounding one.").

[3] Dietz, P. E. (1986). "Mass, serial and sensational homicides". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 62 (5): 477–491. PMC 1629267. He had purchased equipment and materials of the kind advertised and promoted in these magazines, including a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle...

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