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43. Have you ever had the misfortune to have to deal with an Alzheimer's patient, WI_DEM?

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 11:23 AM

Jun 2012

I'm not saying the killer in this case necessarily has it, but his behavior suggests some form of dementia.

It's quite common for a person with dementia to accuse everyone within sight of stealing. People who work in assisted living facilities often get blamed when a patient can't locate something. So do family members and friends.

I suggest holding off on concluding that race has anything to do with this until there is something more compelling than the fact that one person is white and the other black.

He may well be a racist, or he may just be mentally ill. Or both.

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75yr old man kills 13yr kid [View all] HipChick Jun 2012 OP

Can't help wondering how much the Trayvon Martin case might've influenced that old man. eom tawadi Jun 2012 #1

He looks like a grumpy Get Off My Lawn type of guy HipChick Jun 2012 #4

Get off my lawn types are usually sitting on easements and common grounds. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #23

15 Times in Three years should orpupilofnature57 Jun 2012 #2

You'd think in that amount of time there would've been someone around whose responsibility it was patrice Jun 2012 #24

Why is this murderer out on bail!!!?! Hawkowl Jun 2012 #3

It doesn't make sense to me, either. From the news report, it doesn't sound like Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #7

Look at the pictures Scootaloo Jun 2012 #9

old white guy, young black kid. piratefish08 Jun 2012 #10

i'm sensing a correlation Enrique Jun 2012 #5

Huh, but no correlation bet. gun ownership, shooting Black people, and 911? vaberella Jun 2012 #21

With stand your ground, can't you shoot later, still claiming WingDinger Jun 2012 #6

I cannot imagine being the mother of a young black man Marrah_G Jun 2012 #8

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2012 #51

He has newt Gingrich facial characteristics--weird. n/t Gore1FL Jun 2012 #11

Same thought here treestar Jun 2012 #15

Gun culture strikes again. nt onehandle Jun 2012 #12

Exactly. Hoyt Jun 2012 #19

Extreme paranoia, anger and hostility, fixating on the belief that a particular person is stealing enough Jun 2012 #13

Dementia is a good reason to divest one's self of dangerous weapons slackmaster Jun 2012 #14

Gun culture goes nuts when that is suggested as justification to remove one's lethal weapons. Hoyt Jun 2012 #20

I personally don't know anyone who has a problem with banning gun ownership for people who have been slackmaster Jun 2012 #30

Dementia is a perfectly acceptable reason to remove someone's guns. nt hack89 Jun 2012 #39

Yes, and if the government doesn't do that it's the responsibility of the person's family or friends slackmaster Jun 2012 #42

This old bastard will get just what he deserves in the slammer, for the rest of his miserable life. MjolnirTime Jun 2012 #16

If it is determined that he has Meiko Jun 2012 #22

He'll just serve time in a mental facility than a hardcore prison Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #31

True Meiko Jun 2012 #64

Well, he'll be under constant watch until he dies and won't have access to weapons Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #65

Please enlighten us. Describe "just what he deserves" that he will get "in the slammer." PSPS Jun 2012 #27

lack of freedom blueamy66 Jun 2012 #53

He'll get to meet some kids like the one he shot. But he won't have a gun anymore. MjolnirTime Jun 2012 #61

There were two people jogging outside my home the other day... HipChick Jun 2012 #17

Oh. No. felix_numinous Jun 2012 #18

Even if the boy DID steal his guns obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #25

yep Go Vols Jun 2012 #69

Hmm... the intricacies of the DU zeitgeist surrounding shootings are interesting. harmonicon Jun 2012 #26

It's a 13 year old kid throwing out the trash. vaberella Jun 2012 #32

I believe Harmonicum was making a philosophical statement. lapislzi Jun 2012 #35

Yep. (nt) harmonicon Jun 2012 #62

America's gun fetish is out of control Cali_Democrat Jun 2012 #28

A very shitty assed way to get your shotguns back... ileus Jun 2012 #29

He'd had four guns stolen lapislzi Jun 2012 #33

Depends what you use them for hack89 Jun 2012 #41

And where are these items stored, sir? lapislzi Jun 2012 #44

In a gun safe. nt hack89 Jun 2012 #45

Perfect answer. Thank you n/t lapislzi Jun 2012 #47

SMH Mr Dixon Jun 2012 #34

miserable old fuck--of course he assumes the black kid next door stole his guns. WI_DEM Jun 2012 #36

Have you ever had the misfortune to have to deal with an Alzheimer's patient, WI_DEM? slackmaster Jun 2012 #43

An oft-overlooked point about guns, and a reason I don't have them lapislzi Jun 2012 #37

Based on the article, it sounds like murder pure and simple aikoaiko Jun 2012 #38

The unlawful killing of a human, with malice aforethought. slackmaster Jun 2012 #40

It would not. lapislzi Jun 2012 #46

That's a tragic situation. Thanks for sharing your experience. slackmaster Jun 2012 #48

It does make me wonder lapislzi Jun 2012 #49

It's a mental illness, and it's spreading. librechik Jun 2012 #50

Awful. BlueIris Jun 2012 #52

nutty? Go Vols Jun 2012 #66

Hey! What happened to the anti perp picture brigade? RZM Jun 2012 #54

I don't get your point? obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #55

Skim both threads and you'll probably understand what I'm talking about RZM Jun 2012 #56

Do you really believe this you wrote on the other thread? Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #58

I certainly believe that accounts for the different responses RZM Jun 2012 #59

Cue the NRA trolls to come out and make excuses for the guy ... TBF Jun 2012 #57

What's scary is these crazy paranoid people have such easy access to guns. TNLib Jun 2012 #60

I doubt that Spooner was crazy or paranoid when he acquired firearms slackmaster Jun 2012 #68

Gun ownership led to the stolen guns. Stolen guns led to the shooting death. Vattel Jun 2012 #63

I'm not at all convinced that there were any guns stolen slackmaster Jun 2012 #67

good point Vattel Jun 2012 #70

Me either obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #71