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Showing Original Post only (View all)Woman killed, 12 year old son shot multiple times for laughing [View all]
In California, a 44 year old woman, Denise Berry, was driving with her 12 year old son and saw something that made them laugh. A car driving down the street with one of the passengers sticking his feet out the window. Now, the 12 year old is in the hospital with multiple gun shot wounds and his mother is dead. The poor child blames himself.
And it happened right in front of the police.
The boy told police Berry noticed one of the Cadillac passengers had his feet hanging out the window, laughed and remarked: "Look at that, isn't that funny?"
Then she drove on and the men followed.
Berry drove up to police officer and told him they were being pursued, so the cop told her to park in front of him.
But that did not save her.
After Berry pulled her Mercedes-Benz over around 12:30 p.m., the men caught up with her. One jumped out of the car and opened fire with two handguns.
Then she drove on and the men followed.
Berry drove up to police officer and told him they were being pursued, so the cop told her to park in front of him.
But that did not save her.
After Berry pulled her Mercedes-Benz over around 12:30 p.m., the men caught up with her. One jumped out of the car and opened fire with two handguns.
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/ga-mom-killed-stranger-laughing-cops-article-1.2172131
http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-0404-hawthorne-shooting-20150404-story.html
I hate guns. Hate. Absolutely hate. I know I am a minority when it comes to wanting them all removed from society but I am not going to pretend anymore that I just want better restrictions. Except for the few hunting rifles actually used for food, I wish they would all disappear.
I am not so stupid or naive to believe that will ever happen. But damn I hate them.
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You are aware of the "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed",
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#35
ONLY part, and the way I read it "the people" must be a member of a militia, right?
George II
Apr 2015
#286
The way I read it, along with the SCOTUS's Heller decision, of which all 9 justices agreed that the
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#288
That line would work better if there were mass electronic communication killings
BeyondGeography
Apr 2015
#116
I am sorry but what does that have to do with your statement on the likely hood of a gun being
clffrdjk
Apr 2015
#360
The whole notion of a highly capable full auto printing press printing a gun was not even...
stone space
Apr 2015
#331
Today's modern "printing presses" are increasingly capable of printing guns...
stone space
Apr 2015
#332
By your rules, you're responsible for every DUI death because you don't reinstate Prohibition.
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2015
#12
"Greed?" The deceased skid mark didn't give a shit about $. He wanted to kill...
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#107
Don't you think that registration would help stop those that misuse their fundamental right?
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#76
Many of them can be eliminated by simply registering them, you could personally eliminate
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#97
I see you are too stubborn to even consider constructive ways to help with the problem
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#106
Then don't use "because the police think it is a good thing" as an argument to me.
hack89
Apr 2015
#118
I provided three examples of places that confiscated firearms following registration.
clffrdjk
Apr 2015
#372
Was that really so hard? In the future just do what you just did in the first post with the claim.
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#377
So my original point still stands and is waiting for you to disprove, registration leads to
clffrdjk
Apr 2015
#380
Not really, the link you provided clearly stated they were all weapons that were already illegal
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#382
You support registration, you tell us why. Asking "why not?" is not a good argument.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#109
Actually I was curious as to why others were not, it was not an attempt to argue
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#115
Understood. My comment went to argumentative form; advance a position, support position.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#126
Don't be surprised if the NRA picks up you're quote and uses it to its own ends.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#114
You know Feinstein packed, right? She's an elite; No problem getting a CA CCW.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#388
Ahhh, but what you're leaving out is that 2/3 of those deaths are suicide. eom.
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#256
"Most alcohol deaths probably happen to the drinkers themselves, which is not so true of guns"
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2015
#345
Sounds like a HyperPunk™ was involved: ALL that mattered was getting back...
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#103
So did the piece of paper jump off a lawmakers desk and go door to door seizing weapons?
ncjustice80
Apr 2015
#180
Just saying that just becuase something is in the Constitution doesnt make
ncjustice80
Apr 2015
#198
We are gun owners. My husband has secured most of the guns to the point where I can't find 'em.
Shrike47
Apr 2015
#22
That's what they mean by "polite society." You better be polite to the ones who are armed.
phantom power
Apr 2015
#27
I get it now, it may be possible that the woman (trying to protect her child)
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#123
This thread is a good example of why the GCRA Group still has a reason to exist here on DU
Electric Monk
Apr 2015
#92
Heh. Same haven means you can't handle the debate when it doesn't go your way.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#124
It may very well be that the other 2 didn't know what Washington was about to do
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#214
The NRA beat our elected Democrats ass every day of the week, and twice on Sunday. And, it wasn't
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#162
I'll never change anyone's mind, and no one will ever change mine, but inside I know I'm right.
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#213
The only things I kill these days are predators attempting to get to our livestock
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#230
I would be more than willing to offer help in getting your harvest to the freezer
ybbor
Apr 2015
#239
My AR-15 is used to dispatch the predators, I have an AR-10 in .308 caliber for hunting,
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#281
Well, I guess I could take care of the predators with a bow, and I could shoot arrows at
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#290
No, this isn't the group for gun reform, you're mistaking this group for the other group.
GGJohn
Apr 2015
#273
And nice of you to let us know about your irrational hatred of an inanimate object.
pablo_marmol
Apr 2015
#389
So he says he despises people that hate gays and that makes him homophobic? Really. ne
hack89
Apr 2015
#391
i hate how guns are used. i hate that people who don't deserve them can get them so easily
samsingh
Apr 2015
#401