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PCIntern

(28,221 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:10 AM Apr 2015

I only have one question: [View all]

who the hell would shoot anyone in the back? when I was a young'un, in the Westerns I watched, and I watched hundreds of them, the lowest of the low was "shootin' someone in the back". It was consdered worse than "horse thievin'".

As an aside, one of the lines used by a Texas lawyer in the HBO series on Durst-the-serial-killer was that, "the reason they hang horse thieves and spare killers is that there aren't any horses than need stealing, but there are people who need killing." This seems to be the Mantra floating around these days...

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I only have one question: [View all] PCIntern Apr 2015 OP

John Lennon was shot five times in the back with a legally purchased handgun. nt onehandle Apr 2015 #1

Cowards shoot people in the back. nt City Lights Apr 2015 #2

The obvious answer is: someone who isn't thinking clearly about what they are doing. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #3

Or... TeeYiYi Apr 2015 #4

Your answer makes me very sad. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #7

You got it madokie Apr 2015 #15

Haven't you figured out that according to the NRA, it is not important "where" you shoot someone world wide wally Apr 2015 #5

Legally, there are a few situations where shooting someone in the back is justified Lurks Often Apr 2015 #6

Well,you can't equate the two situations PCIntern Apr 2015 #11

Ok, just answering the legal question as to when it is allowed Lurks Often Apr 2015 #12

That old Carole King song "Smackwater Jack" has a line: logosoco Apr 2015 #8

I'll take part two... TeeYiYi Apr 2015 #9

Sociopaths and cowards. nt Lex Apr 2015 #10

You're not a bully are you? rock Apr 2015 #13

Whatever posseses you to ask a question PCIntern Apr 2015 #14

OK, so you are a bully rock Apr 2015 #16

Your hijacking attempts are laughable... PCIntern Apr 2015 #17