So you're saying killing someone is a good thing? (Reply #2)

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Sun Nov 1, 2015, 01:46 PM

daleanime (17,796 posts)

2. So you're saying killing someone is a good thing?

And should be done at the drop of a hat?

We will never agree on this.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Oooops! "Police: Customer with concealed carry license kills robber at corner store" [View all]	DonP	Nov 2015	OP
Yes! One good guy with a guy killing one bad guy with a gun	SheilaT	Nov 2015	#1
I just read the OP's thread,	GGJohn	Nov 2015	#12
So you're saying killing someone is a good thing?	daleanime	Nov 2015	#2
Uh, no. The "drop of hat" metaphor is YOURS. Own it...	Eleanors38	Nov 2015	#5
Forcing people at gunpoint into a back room = "drop of a hat"	DonP	Nov 2015	#7
Reginald Gildersleeve (this would be a much bigger story, with the name you gave, I think)	petronius	Nov 2015	#18
A criminal with a gun committing a crime? Yep, its a good thing.	Waldorf	Nov 2015	#35
I'd call that manslaughter.	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2015	#3
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I wouldn't. Being forced to go "to the back of the store" is Especially threatening. nt	Eleanors38	Nov 2015	#11
gun owner murders man in armed robbery attempt nt	msongs	Nov 2015	#4
LOL.	GGJohn	Nov 2015	#9
Wind.	Eleanors38	Nov 2015	#14
disgusting.	Silicosys4	Nov 2015	#16
Poor victim	sarisataka	Nov 2015	#20
innocent sweet little criminal with a gun...	ileus	Nov 2015	#31
You slept through years of English classes, didn't you?	Lizzie Poppet	Nov 2015	#43
Bet he will not rob another store	Duckhunter935	Nov 2015	#8
Yup.	GGJohn	Nov 2015	#10
Well, being kinda dead he probably won't rob another store	packman	Nov 2015	#13
We live in a violent country, my fellow citizens	HassleCat	Nov 2015	#15
Is armed robbery, or the mere attempt of it, a capital crime now?	procon	Nov 2015	#17
When should self defense be acceptable	sarisataka	Nov 2015	#19
Only if robbers never never kill people in cold blood	hack89	Nov 2015	#22
threatening anyone with a weapon	gejohnston	Nov 2015	#23
Definition issue and an answer	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Nov 2015	#24
Augustine addressed the central ethical concern.	Lizzie Poppet	Nov 2015	#44
that was my thought on the matter as well	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Nov 2015	#45
You really need to have a discussion with the 5 families of the women that took your advice...	DonP	Nov 2015	#28
Some risks aren't worth taking.	ileus	Nov 2015	#30
An armed robbery threatens the lives of all the other people. Waiting to see if the person shoots	Waldorf	Nov 2015	#36
If the judicial process was there in the store, this man would not have had to kill.	krispos42	Nov 2015	#39
No, but it is one of only a few crimes where the use of deadly force is justified...	jmg257	Nov 2015	#46
Were multiple people in the store?	JonathanRackham	Nov 2015	#21
Yep, that's about 3 for the year for the entire country.	louis-t	Nov 2015	#25
There's a great many more defensive firearms uses than three.	branford	Nov 2015	#26
What is it called when selective news is broadcast or printed?	JonathanRackham	Nov 2015	#27
I believe it's referred to as the "Gun Control Reform Activism" Group on DU... nt	branford	Nov 2015	#40
Here's a much better Reddit group for gun use	SecularMotion	Nov 2015	#33
Feel free to read any Reddit groups or news sources of your choosing.	branford	Nov 2015	#41
Hispanic??? Wut??? Only paranoid white people conceal carry...	ileus	Nov 2015	#29
That's why I liked this story, punctures multiple balloons at once	DonP	Nov 2015	#32
Well, it had to happen eventually ....	eppur_se_muova	Nov 2015	#34
Happens all the time, try to keep up	DonP	Nov 2015	#37
two must reads for both sides	gejohnston	Nov 2015	#38
Update - Cops: Charges not expected against licensed gun holder who killed suspected robber	DonP	Nov 2015	#42
Don't trick or treat with a plastic gun.	ileus	Nov 2015	#47
He grabbed a 13 year old boy and put the gun to his head	DonP	Nov 2015	#48
Race of the shooter	TeddyR	Nov 2015	#49

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