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ProfessorGAC

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52. Unfortunately, Yes

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 08:34 PM

Mar 2021

Back in '74.
Friend of mine, a junior college wrestling champion, was stalked by the ex-boyfriend of a young woman he was now dating.
Guy confronted him, violently & in front of witnesses and got the crap beaten out of him.
Guy was arrested, spend a few days in the slam. Got his dad's gun, came to a party we were at and shot my friend in the head.
Also, the year before a guy in my home from shot & killed a 12 year old for throwing snowballs at his car.
I didn't really know the kid, but I knew the dad because he worked with my dad.
So, essentially 2 victims of senseless gun violence.

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Do you personally know someone who was killed by a gun? [View all] SoonerPride Mar 2021 OP

Yes. Two. One was a suicide. dameatball Mar 2021 #1

Yes. My son's father was murdered tulipsandroses Mar 2021 #36

How terrible for you and your son. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #57

That is just terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #68

That is so awful. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #67

Yes SoCalDavidS Mar 2021 #2

That is just terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #70

The teenage kids were playing with a gun, not locked up... Bluethroughu Mar 2021 #3

Perhaps insurance companies could not insure gun owners SoonerPride Mar 2021 #71

Insurance companies like making money fescuerescue Mar 2021 #102

I've known 5. Three were suicide, one was accidental and one was a drug deal gone bad. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #4

Good lord. That's just awful. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #72

Yes. One suicide and another suicide by police DenaliDemocrat Mar 2021 #5

How terrible. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #73

No. LizBeth Mar 2021 #6

Yes... FalloutShelter Mar 2021 #7

Good lord. I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #74

Thank you FalloutShelter Mar 2021 #88

Two people Siwsan Mar 2021 #8

Oh that is just awful. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #75

Death by firearm rate is about 12 per 100,000 population annually. Klaralven Mar 2021 #9

But clearly a lot of people have been affected by gun deaths SoonerPride Mar 2021 #76

Your OP has far more views than replies. Klaralven Mar 2021 #80

Well, if people erased all their memories each year kcr Mar 2021 #99

Yes. Two. NT enough Mar 2021 #10

Thank you for sharing. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #77

Yes, an MA I used to work with back when I was a Medical Assistant. Aristus Mar 2021 #11

No. But I knew someone who shot and killed four livetohike Mar 2021 #12

Thats is terrible. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #78

My cousin's daughter was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. ZonkerHarris Mar 2021 #13

I am so, so sorry. AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #104

Yes happybird Mar 2021 #14

My aunt had two young sons and she stepped outside and the kids got the gun and started playing kimbutgar Mar 2021 #15

I am so sorry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #81

A suicide. I was 19. He was 17. Budi Mar 2021 #16

Yes. My father's death was (probably) a cold-blooded hit. n/t Laelth Mar 2021 #17

Yes mahina Mar 2021 #18

My favorite cousin malaise Mar 2021 #19

Yes, many Yonnie3 Mar 2021 #20

Well damn! The question led me to think and reflect, so yes sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #21

Thank you for sharing your stories. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #79

Unfortunately, yes. bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #22

Three Bayard Mar 2021 #23

my dad Skittles Mar 2021 #24

I can't even begin to imagine that Tree Lady Mar 2021 #35

I think perhaps the worst part was Skittles Mar 2021 #38

My husband's first attempt mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #61

I am so sorry. yardwork Mar 2021 #63

I am so sorry. That is just gut wrenching. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #82

I am so sorry you had to experience this susanr516 Mar 2021 #86

Yes hardluck Mar 2021 #25

My best friend 9 years ago Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #26

Two, one a suicide and one a murder over a stupid pool table. blueinredohio Mar 2021 #27

Sure. Several suicides. tavernier Mar 2021 #28

A neighbor kid I grew up with was murdered by his father in law (over religious bullshit) Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2021 #29

Girlfriend's brother killed in a street robbery... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #30

A few.. luvs2sing Mar 2021 #31

Yes Bettie Mar 2021 #32

Friends son killed himself Tree Lady Mar 2021 #33

My niece. Her step-grandfather kept a loaded gun in his nightstand drawer. He was angry, got CTyankee Mar 2021 #34

My uncle - suicide. BoomaofBandM Mar 2021 #37

Sort of ananda Mar 2021 #39

Yes. yewberry Mar 2021 #40

My principle was murdered and saw his body lying on the ground turbinetree Mar 2021 #41

Personally, no. However... Dave says Mar 2021 #42

Yes superpatriotman Mar 2021 #43

One adult male by suicide Bluesaph Mar 2021 #44

My little-league football coach Shrek Mar 2021 #45

Yes. A former room mate. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #46

Yes, one of our daughter's friends (15) and the boyfriend phylny Mar 2021 #47

3 suicides. Mariana Mar 2021 #48

Church member was killed by daughters ex bf grantcart Mar 2021 #49

Two: both cops I worked with. Hassler Mar 2021 #50

My cousin JustAnotherGen Mar 2021 #51

Unfortunately, Yes ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #52

Yes. A childhood friend who grew up and got invovled with drugs. jcmaine72 Mar 2021 #53

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

Yes ellie Mar 2021 #56

My best friend was shot point blank in the head by her boyfriend. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #58

Several, most were suicides. Ligyron Mar 2021 #59

2 suicides, one Xmas eve, best friends one year apart. chowder66 Mar 2021 #60

Good lord. That is terrifying. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #85

Yeah. It was one of the weirder and more terrifying experiences I ever had. chowder66 Mar 2021 #87

Yes, suicides. yardwork Mar 2021 #62

Two suicides by gun mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #64

Two suicides by family friends, one next-door neighbor. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #65

No, not even an acquaintance. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #66

yes suicide demtenjeep Mar 2021 #69

Yes, three of my relatives susanr516 Mar 2021 #83

Yes, a few Withywindle Mar 2021 #84

Yes. Texasgal Mar 2021 #89

On Nov., 21, 1999 Niagara Mar 2021 #90

yes babydollhead Mar 2021 #91

Yes n/t jobendorfer Mar 2021 #92

Yes Lemon Lyman Mar 2021 #93

Yes, but it was YEARS ago. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #94

At first I thought no, but then I remembered. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #95

I'm 62, live in an area where guns are common and I don't personally know anyone. Kaleva Mar 2021 #96

Yes scarytomcat Mar 2021 #97

Yes. A coworker was shot by his roommate. The raccoon Mar 2021 #98

Yes. My niece and her best friend. displacedtexan Mar 2021 #100

Not personally but I did hear a shooting in my office building about 8 years ago. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2021 #101

I have been reading though all of these replies and cannot help but cry. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #103

Two suicides by gun in my family AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #105