This is the type of senseless crime

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That doesn't make national news but that occurs entirely too often across this country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/car-stolen-from-68-year-old-man-slain-after-pumping-gas-found-burned-in-dc/2016/07/22/dd030c2a-5024-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_mhp-card-local%3Ahomepage%2Fcard

A majority of these types of crimes are committed by people who either are convicted felons that should not have a gun or purchased their gun illegally. This criminal obviously wasn't dissuaded by DC's strict gun control laws and ban on public carry.

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
This is the type of senseless crime (Original post)	TeddyR	Jul 2016	OP
If he was dissuaded by laws..	virginia mountainman	Jul 2016	#1
sacred 2ndA cow	jimmy the one	Jul 2016	#2
Creating your own story from someone else's words again...	SQUEE	Jul 2016	#4
UPDATE: 20 yo suspect in custody awaiting "extradition to the county" -- WaPO.	Eleanors38	Jul 2016	#3
Convicted felons should not	madville	Jul 2016	#5
Disagree	TeddyR	Jul 2016	#6
They are still citizens	madville	Jul 2016	#8
IMHO only those convicted of violent crimes should be subject to...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2016	#7

Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 04:24 PM

virginia mountainman (5,046 posts)

1. If he was dissuaded by laws..

He would not be a criminal..

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Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:27 PM

jimmy the one (2,565 posts)

2. sacred 2ndA cow

teddyR This criminal obviously wasn't dissuaded by DC's strict gun control laws and ban on public carry.

As if it would've done him any good. You've been watching too many rambo movies. A 68 yr old man isn't as able as a 24 yo young creep like that to snap fire a gun. Are you sure the 68 yo *didn't* have a gun? in glove compartment? rifle in trunk? what good would it have done?
Flash, gun owners carrying concealed get shot & killed too, esp when somebody intent on it gets the drop on them.
Perhaps the DC handgun ban would've prevented this murder, you never know.

teddyr: A majority of these types of crimes are committed by people who either are convicted felons that should not have a gun or purchased their gun illegally.

Toss in felon recidivists who've had their alleged gun rights restored, or passive criminals who haven't been detected as such, still importuning the sacred 2ndA cow.

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Response to jimmy the one (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:25 PM

SQUEE (1,269 posts)

4. Creating your own story from someone else's words again...

"A 68 yr old man isn't as able as a 24 yo young creep like that to snap fire a gun. Are you sure the 68 yo *didn't* have a gun? in glove compartment? rifle in trunk? what good would it have done? "

The comment was on the criminals disregard of the current law, not for the 68 Yr old to be armed.

This criminal obviously wasn't dissuaded by DC's strict gun control laws and ban on public carry.

Do I need to break it down Barney style for you?
It is obvious that you wanted to attack the idea of self defense so badly you created an argument against what was clearly a different statement altogether. There's a word for that jimm-jimm.

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Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:25 PM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)