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In reply to the discussion: Do you personally know someone who was killed by a gun? [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(27,465 posts)29. A neighbor kid I grew up with was murdered by his father in law (over religious bullshit)
Our families were really close. My dad said the sound of the neighbors dad wailing in the background on the phone when my dad got the call was a sound he would never want to hear again in his life. He was their oldest child and best friends with my oldest brother.
One friend in high school and another acquaintance in high school by suicide with family guns.
My sister-in-laws boyfriend. Suicide after a brief police chase for what was apparently going to be his third DUI. He was a disbarred attorney from a wealthy family. A loud mouthed repig.
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I've known 5. Three were suicide, one was accidental and one was a drug deal gone bad.
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2021
#4
My aunt had two young sons and she stepped outside and the kids got the gun and started playing
kimbutgar
Mar 2021
#15
A neighbor kid I grew up with was murdered by his father in law (over religious bullshit)
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2021
#29
My niece. Her step-grandfather kept a loaded gun in his nightstand drawer. He was angry, got
CTyankee
Mar 2021
#34
I went to high school with a guy that killed his estranged girlfriend and a gas station cashier.
tenderfoot
Mar 2021
#54
Yes, my cousin owned a small convenience store near Charlottesville VA and he has shot to death.
Demsrule86
Mar 2021
#55
I'm 62, live in an area where guns are common and I don't personally know anyone.
Kaleva
Mar 2021
#96
Not personally but I did hear a shooting in my office building about 8 years ago.
Tommy Carcetti
Mar 2021
#101