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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:43 AM Original message |
Police identify teenager slain in home-invasion shootout. |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not really... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. And good riddance |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. More accurately, another young life lost because he broke the law |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. This thread is flame bait. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. . |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yup, I guess some folks are running out of anti-candidate comments |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Your handle really IS appropriate. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. No, just reporting a shooting like everyone else does. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. This needs a sarcasm tag |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Done. n/t |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
93. This kid's death... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hey he took his chance, where did he get a gun........ |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. if NONE of them had easy access to guns someone would have a bloody nose... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Not really |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "I have several swords?" |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't know, sounds pretty cool to me. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
81. Violent people commonly do sound ridiculous to well-balanced people. (NT) |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. So do |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #85 |
121. Thank. You. |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #85 |
122. Score!!!!! |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
137. Owning swords make you a violent person? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
84. Why? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. so you would happily kill someone simply for being on your property... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. A work acquaintance last year lost her husband to two burglars who shot him in the |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
97. read the thread.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. When someone breaks into your houser you really don't know if they're armed or |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Depends on intent |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. In my house, uninvited |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
87. Nice bullshit, there. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. so "home invasion" is automatically worth murdering some over? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Self defense isn't murder. Once someone breaks into your home they have established |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #102 |
112. excessive force IS murder and the response that began this subthread... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. I don't know how in any scenario the victim is to know the intruder |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. make gun ownership illegal and confiscate all privately owned firearms.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Because no criminal would have guns then? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. yes, and I'll repeat it for emphasis.... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Wow. I want to live in your world. Google (crime in the UK) By your theory |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. I never said giving up guns will stop crime.... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Almost ALL |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. well, if you don't believe we even have a problem with gun violence... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. We can address the smoke |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. Glad you said that. I didn't want to be called a racist if I pointed |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. That is the point.. |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Well, the problem is. Its the real world. The real world is scary. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #127 |
144. Nice post |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. How about, we stop making excuses for individuals, |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #131 |
158. the U.S. already imprisons more people than any other nation.... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. That is true, but its the "War on Drugs" that puts most in jail. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. The problem, Mike, is that we are imprisoning the wrong people |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #131 |
164. Well put Lex. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. You know how they say "never say never" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
134. Actually the world I'm unwilling to let go is one in which people have the right |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
161. Sure, just like eight decades of drug prohibition have made pot and heroin vanish from society. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. I love the logic of the "anti-gun nuts." |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. then what would you propose...? |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Yes, it is something I have accepted. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #125 |
139. End the drug war. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #114 |
140. Right. The guy who broke into the place where I was living oln 2-11-69... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #114 |
147. I swear you're getting worse by the post |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #114 |
150. This coming from a self confessed thief |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #114 |
162. Gun control extremists advocate authoritarian measures |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #112 |
146. So you have a professional, or nostalgic, interest in diarming victims |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #98 |
110. I'm generally against the death penalty. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
132. If pigs had wings we would be in deep shit. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
136. "so 'home invasion' is automatically worth murdering some over?" |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #98 |
142. But that is fantasy land |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #98 |
154. Home Invasion? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
96. except in this case the victim was armed as well |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. see #97 above.... |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
156. walking in my yard no, breaking into my house at 3 YES. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
83. That is incredibly naive |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
92. Yeah, look how well that works in Britian |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. is this a graph of all homicides in Britian or just ones with guns? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. Total homicides in both countries |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. before they even banned guns their hommicide rate was low |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. They've had universal single-payer since after WW2 |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. Yeah, but knife violence has drastically increased to the point that they have |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
151. Too bad... |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. seems like someone was going to get shot here... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. yessir and the gun itself is still an inanimate object |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. "He done the right thing, simple." |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I thought so too |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. You have GOT to be kidding. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Sorry, I fixed it. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Oh, now I agree with you! |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. He did not lose it due to gun violence |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
94. No, he lost it due to gun violence |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
61. since they all had guns |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. No...the kid was |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Why should they all be blamed for one person breaking in? |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. The kid WAS THE INTRUDER. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
86. The insanity on these boards |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. Well, maybe he shouldn't have been conducting an armed break-in then. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. And in other news from Tennesse: Six killed, including children, in Memphis shooting |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. "Not that it'll placate those obsessed with firearms." |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. Nice sarcasm. I guess we should be celebrating the loss of a 16-year-old's life? |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. "The KID may be a delinquent, but some people outgrow " |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. They don't usually live long enough to outgrow it. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. No, we are appreciating the SURVIVAL of the occupants. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. No, I'd rather escape than kill someone. |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. "No, I'd rather escape than kill someone." |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I do have kids, and I would tell them to hide or escape if there was ever a burglar. |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. "The last thing I want in my house is a gunfight." |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. No, that is what YOU do (assuming you would have the presence of mind in that situation) |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I will run my house as *I* see fit, thank you. |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You get a lot |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Of course not. All the more reason not to have a gun laying around. |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Then why this comment? |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. They have been used by others, not me. |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Roger...got it |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Some bad news for you. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Again, that would be the last resort. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. So, you have no problem killing as long as you don't do it with a gun? |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Nice UNPROVEN talking point |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Is your own life important to you? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I'm sorry the young man decided to risk his life by making himself a threat to the family. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Perhaps he shouldn't have invaded the house to begin with |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. That's why the kid was there with a GUN |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. You expect me to run away |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Hear, Hear. n/t |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Did I tell you what to do? |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. It was rhetorical |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. More like overly defensive. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. When an armed person enters an occupied dwelling, |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Doesn't bother me |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #74 |
104. We don't have problems with you not wanting a gun. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #104 |
143. People are entitled to fight for stronger gun control laws. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. I would be interested in knowing |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 05:31 AM Response to Reply #143 |
148. What is a "high caliber handgun" & why are they dangerous? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Vague my ass. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. How about celebrating that innocent people were not harmed in a thwarted home invasion |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. "There is a world of difference between home invasion and a burglar." |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
66. You would like to think that you'd "escape" |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. The same applies to having a gun in the house - it's no guarantee of thwarting a criminal |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I like my odds |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Let's face it |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
105. I am sure you would escape and leave your wife, girlfriend, children or significant other |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
108. I'm too old to run |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
38. Occupational hazard. n/t |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. "Occupational hazard." |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
141. A-effin;-men! |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
62. this is what happens when people take the law into their own hands |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Hmm. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Its not taking the law into your own hands, its self defense |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Self defense has never been "taking the law into their own hands". |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Just give it to them? How about if their intention was rape & murder? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Apparently you are to give burglars anything they want, no matter |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. atleast you arent dead. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. False choice. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. "perhaps i value life to much." |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
77. My daddy always told me that 95% of winning a fist fight |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
155. See post #154 |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
157. How do YOU know he wasn't there to KILL? And where did you get he was a friend? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
160. One thing to remember... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
80. Make my day |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
90. he wont be missed |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
95. One less gangsta out terrorizing people. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
109. Good riddance. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
115. I'm sorry for the 16 year old kid's family and loved ones. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Yes, he is going to be haunted by this for the rest of his life. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. From your keyboard to God's ear. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
152. Fuck him. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
153. Were they there to RAPE KILL or Rob? Or all three? You make the call. |
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