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In reply to the discussion: Man shot in road rage upset that prosecutor won’t file charges [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)187. Nice reframe.
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Man shot in road rage upset that prosecutor won’t file charges [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Jun 2012
OP
Hear hear. All road rage will get you is dead - from a heart attack if not from being shot.
yellowcanine
Jun 2012
#205
From what I read in article, guy could have driven off. I think prosecutor nailed it.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#38
Still could have driven off. And it doesn't sound like the shooter was "beaten" close to death.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#44
Read the article, bike was behind him. And driver left the scene of the shooting after he shot him.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#49
I don't care why he left, he did. Should have done it before pulling his gun. And he shouldn't
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#56
Neither were you. DA said he thinks it is wrong, but he has no choice under state's gun laws.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#63
It's the law in MO. Car is same as house. If someone unlawfully enters, you are allowed
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#143
Yes ...we all should wait until we are seconds away from dying before using a gun.
L0oniX
Jun 2012
#147
Eh, I can see both positions as having an element of macho swagger to them
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2012
#65
I would sit and think about what could happen with a visually impaired driver...
Clames
Jun 2012
#194
I'm mystified by the idea that you have some right to beat up a 65 y.o. man in public.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#29
It's not like TV! 1 hit can kill ...expecially if it knocks someone over to the ground...
L0oniX
Jun 2012
#134
The driver of the car almost ran the motoryclist's wife off the road do to careless driving.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2012
#6
If you deliberately try to drive my wife, friend or myself off the road with your car,
MadHound
Jun 2012
#7
This idiot DID have it coming. He confronted the driver. And got his dumb ass shot....
Logical
Jun 2012
#123
Where in the hell do you see "deliberately" in this story. It was a mistake....
Logical
Jun 2012
#121
Ugh. Sick of the gun humping cowards. If you are gonna get violent, use your damn fists, like men.
phleshdef
Jun 2012
#15
Yes, living in NYC I rarely drive anymore, but when I lived in Florida this happened a lot
stevenleser
Jun 2012
#81
Oh right, because attempting rape is the same thing as a road rage induced squabble.
phleshdef
Jun 2012
#180
You don't have to give a flying fuck. It doesn't change the fact that its cowardice.
phleshdef
Jun 2012
#190
Is that the best you got? I guess I better back off before you try to shoot me.
phleshdef
Jun 2012
#189
no witness could state, as a fact, what the intentions of the driver were. there are alot of people
leftyohiolib
Jun 2012
#20
The proper response is to call the police, then. You don't get to beat people in revenge.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#30
Let's assume for the sake of discussion that it was a deliberate attempt to run the woman off
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#37
According to some meat head morons he should have been man enough to punch the biker back ....pffft
L0oniX
Jun 2012
#137
Laying a gun on your lap and shooting someone when you can drive away, deserves at least trial.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#66
That's the problem 1/10, law allows one with a gun to shoot people when they could have left.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#74
And he should have, but that doesn't give a man with a gun the right to shoot an unarmed person
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#96
Stick around until he gets so tired from punching that he collapses in exhaustion?
Cave_Johnson
Jun 2012
#98
And don't shoot unarmed people who may have "punched" once (and that is in question).
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#104
The fact that people carry guns scares criminals and big mussel bound fist users ...and
L0oniX
Jun 2012
#145
Well if that were the assumption, why did driver/shooter pull his gun and place it in his lap first?
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#105
I can't say... Personally, I just keep mine in the open between the two front seats.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jun 2012
#107
What do you mean this guy isn't into macho crap -- he carried and pulled a gun first when he could
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#75
What did I misrepresent? Rather than leaving, driver pulled his gun before cyclist got to his car.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#95
This is a common misconceptoin I've seen you and many other anti's state...
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jun 2012
#100
Neither do I, and it just occurred to me that the subject line conveys a simple but obvious irony
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#109