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brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
2. The one that took the cake was the gun shop shootout
Mon May 23, 2016, 12:36 PM
May 2016

in Mississippi back in January of this year, where two customers, a father and son, disputing a $25 overcharge, shot it out with and killed the owners of the gun shop, also a father and his son.

You won't see the NRA or their congressional puppets highlight this incident.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/shootout-in-gun-shop-over-25-dollars-kills-2-wounds-2-sheriff-says-mississippi/


Shootout in gun shop over $25 kills 2, sheriff says


PICAYUNE, Miss. -- A gun shop owner and his 17-year-old son died in a shootout over a $25 service charge, and another man and his 29-year-old son are hospitalized, Mississippi authorities said.

Investigators don't know whether the customers or the owners started the shooting Saturday afternoon at McLemore Gun Shop near Picayune, and want to figure out just what happened before filing any charges, Pearl River County Sheriff David Allison told the Sun Herald.

He identified the owner and his son as Jason McLemore, 44, and Jacob McLemore, 17, WLOX-TV reported Sunday.

Michael McCool, 29, allegedly shot both with a 40-caliber pistol, he told the station.

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"The Price of Freedom" maxsolomon May 2016 #1
But gun control is ALWAYS on time in Guns Discussion.nt Eleanors38 May 2016 #20
The one that took the cake was the gun shop shootout brentspeak May 2016 #2
Curious cagefreesoylentgreen May 2016 #3
They're listening. beevul May 2016 #4
because they've been fed fear and slippery-slope hysteria 24/7 for 40 years maxsolomon May 2016 #5
Thats a shitty argument to use against taking anti-gunners at their own word. beevul May 2016 #6
no, i've seen all the despairing "ban all guns" comments on DU maxsolomon May 2016 #9
I love that argument. beevul May 2016 #12
That's rather the unsupported allegation. LanternWaste May 2016 #15
Thats a great response... beevul May 2016 #25
that's not what i said at all - maxsolomon May 2016 #17
Speaking of fear, the NYT eructs boilet plate editorial (say, c1978?) and its BIG NEWZ... Eleanors38 May 2016 #21
So what's your alternate solution, then? Blue_Tires May 2016 #8
see post #9 maxsolomon May 2016 #10
To resist anti-gunners at every turn, until... beevul May 2016 #11
Shouldn't gunners want to be a part of the conversation Blue_Tires May 2016 #16
I think you've hit on it gratuitous May 2016 #18
Too many comments like #13 & #19 preclude discussion. This, not to mention Eleanors38 May 2016 #22
To be fair, there has been extremism on both sides Blue_Tires May 2016 #23
True enough. Eleanors38 May 2016 #24
The problem is, anti-gunners don't want a "conversation". beevul May 2016 #26
k+r Blue_Tires May 2016 #7
The NRA has too many senators in their back pocket. Initech May 2016 #13
After the Sandy Hook School shooting republicans have passed laws that make it easier to get a gun Botany May 2016 #14
Easy access to guns means disputes that would end in fistfights end with bullets flying. AngryAmish May 2016 #19
non-gun humping Americans ARE listening Skittles May 2016 #27
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