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bemildred

(90,061 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:05 PM Aug 2012

Cops: Unhappy patron kills three at Alabama strip club [View all]

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Three people were shot and killed and another injured by a dissatisfied patron of a strip club in Alabama late Thursday, police say.

Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes told NBC News the shooting happened at Teasers, a topless nightclub outside of Dothan, Ala.

Police arrested the alleged shooter, Ryan Clark Petersen, 22, at 7:30 a.m. CT and charged him with three counts of capital murder and one count of attempted murder.

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Hughes said that a dispute erupted in the club after Petersen complained about a dancer's performance and began touching her. A club employee asked Petersen to leave and escorted him outside. Petersen then allegedly went to his car and retrieved a handgun and reentered the night club and opened fire.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/10/13218255-cops-unhappy-patron-kills-three-at-alabama-strip-club

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Cops: Unhappy patron kills three at Alabama strip club [View all] bemildred Aug 2012 OP

but...but....we are a country "based on guns" Skittles Aug 2012 #1

The kid was not RobertEarl Aug 2012 #7

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Aug 2012 #11

+1 Hoyt Aug 2012 #31

I agree bongbong Aug 2012 #33

Cue the Rightist excuse makers to defend their idol. nt onehandle Aug 2012 #2

Now, killing people is never an appropriate response SheilaT Aug 2012 #3

I wonder if he'll be allowed back in now. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #4

He was defending his family valooos and felt threatened. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #6

More like defending the family jewels. He needs to be neutered. freshwest Aug 2012 #13

There's the solution nichomachus Aug 2012 #14

It would be ruled cruel and unusual punishment, Lurks Often Aug 2012 #19

The right wingers seem to revel in cruel and unusual n/t nichomachus Aug 2012 #21

Wasn't referring to the gun, but he was working hard on going phallic. freshwest Aug 2012 #28

Naturallly he'll be able to use the 'stand your ground' (shoot first) defense Major Nikon Aug 2012 #18

Maybe you'd like to explain Equate Aug 2012 #22

It's almost as bad as that little case in Florida bongbong Aug 2012 #29

It's not almost as bad Equate Aug 2012 #34

In a sane world it would be 1st degree murder Major Nikon Aug 2012 #30

The Gungeon bongbong Aug 2012 #35

And I'm betting that those cases involved someone who hadn't been booted out Equate Aug 2012 #36

If they only had a concealed carry law he could have saved time and shot then right away... TeamPooka Aug 2012 #5

Yep. He could've been mugged, fer Chrissakes........ TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #9

+1. bemildred Aug 2012 #10

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2012 #15

Ol' Ryan sure knows how to get his way. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #8

He was just defending his constitutional right to grope peelers Electric Monk Aug 2012 #12

I think they were bare arms........... Remmah2 Aug 2012 #17

"Unhappy patron" -- do ya think nichomachus Aug 2012 #16

Enjoy your life in prison 22 year old murderer. Zax2me Aug 2012 #20

He's charged with capital murder nichomachus Aug 2012 #24

Republicans are drafting a "Disrespect Doctrine" Evasporque Aug 2012 #23

Or the "Titty Defense" nichomachus Aug 2012 #27

Why not more guns there? bongbong Aug 2012 #25

Got that right. Hoyt Aug 2012 #32

Republicans are drafting a "Customer is always Right Doctrine" Evasporque Aug 2012 #26

What is it about the name PETERSEN/PETERSON? MADem Aug 2012 #37

"This is my rifle, this is my gun." StrictlyRockers Aug 2012 #38

It takes 1/10 of a second bongbong Aug 2012 #39

If only the stripper had been packing a gun in her g-string...(n/t) Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #40

Instead of joking about this we should all focus on the fact Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #41

i wish you could have posted first instead of forty first tiny elvis Aug 2012 #42

Please repost in the Gun Control & RKBA Group. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #43