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Vattel

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70. good point

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Tue Jun 5, 2012, 09:24 PM

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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