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SecularMotion

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Sat Feb 13, 2016, 05:42 PM Feb 2016

Texas Woman Sentenced to Life for Murders of Husband and Step-Daughter [View all]

36-year-old Veronica Dunnachie from Arlington was sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to the 2014 murders of her estranged husband and his daughter.

Veronica was arrested in December 2014 after the bodies of her 50-year-old husband and his 20-year-old daughter were discovered by police on a welfare check. Veronica has filed for divorce from her husband Russ in October of that year, citing discord and conflict of personalities. Both parties had filed restraining orders against each other, and Veronica was ordered to vacate the couple’s home by the end of December. After the shooting, Veronica went to Millwood Hospital, a mental health facility, where she was later arrested.

Veronica, an open-carry advocate, plead guilty last week. Her attorney cited her ready access to firearms as contributing to the murders. At the time of the murders, Veronica’s Facebook page featured a profile picture of her aiming a gun and had the quote, “Sometimes removing some people out of your life makes room for better people.”

Russ’ sister Heather was on-hand for the verdict, saying she was pleased that the state didn’t seek the death penalty in the case, giving Veronica a chance to atone for her sins and seek salvation. However, Heather noted the continued pain her family experiences since the murders,

http://newstalk1290.com/texas-woman-sentenced-to-life-for-murders-of-husband-and-step-daughter/
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So the firearm made her do it? GGJohn Feb 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2
"Mama didn't raise no victim!" stone space Feb 2016 #3
And those pictures mean what? GGJohn Feb 2016 #4
If I saw her and her Open Carry buddies in a restaurant, I'd leave immediately. stone space Feb 2016 #5
~~~ discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #6
Leave without paying your bill and you'll be the one arrested. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #7
Threats seem to be all the NRA has. stone space Feb 2016 #8
Really? When did the NRA say that? GGJohn Feb 2016 #9
I've been arrested many, many times, before. stone space Feb 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author GGJohn Feb 2016 #11
Threatened you? GGJohn Feb 2016 #12
Yes, you threatened me with arrest right here: stone space Feb 2016 #14
I threatened you with arrest? GGJohn Feb 2016 #15
It's not just a threat, it's an empty threat. stone space Feb 2016 #16
This is too fucking funny. GGJohn Feb 2016 #17
Do you have an example or not? stone space Feb 2016 #18
LOL, nice rant, GGJohn Feb 2016 #19
Your threats of arrest are empty. (nt) stone space Feb 2016 #20
LOL, pure comedy gold. GGJohn Feb 2016 #22
Perhaps you think double murders are funny? stone space Feb 2016 #23
Perhaps you should take a course on reading comprehension. GGJohn Feb 2016 #24
Let us know when *you're* willing to take the onus for Barbara Graham AKA Barbara Lipscomb, mmkay? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #26
I'm not sure what your point is. stone space Feb 2016 #27
If *we* are supposed to wear Dunnachie, you should likewise wear Graham/Lipscomb friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #35
How is running for our lives asking you to wear anything? stone space Feb 2016 #37
Why would you be running for your lives? GGJohn Feb 2016 #39
This is why we would run for our lives. stone space Feb 2016 #40
Why? What are they doing that would cause you to run? GGJohn Feb 2016 #42
Dunnachie represents us in the same way that Barbara Graham/Lipscomb represents you friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #43
I don't think you read what I said. stone space Feb 2016 #44
Running for your life from what threat? GGJohn Feb 2016 #45
But Dunnachie didn't commit those murders in public, did she? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #47
"It's not a clip, it's a magazine!" stone space Feb 2016 #53
You should probably put down your mouse and back away slowly tularetom Feb 2016 #54
If they don't pay for the meal, they likely would be Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #77
If I see this, I'm running for my life! stone space Feb 2016 #79
What emergency do you see? GGJohn Feb 2016 #80
I am NOT a thief. Please stop calling me that. (nt) stone space Feb 2016 #83
Apparently you have a reading comprehension. GGJohn Feb 2016 #85
I'm not going to spend my day worrying about hypothetical scenarios. Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #84
It wasn't hypothetical to the legitimate unarmed customers of that resturaunt. stone space Feb 2016 #87
Really? That "group" murdered 2 people? GGJohn Feb 2016 #89
"It's not a clip, it's a magazine!" stone space Feb 2016 #91
You said, and I quote, GGJohn Feb 2016 #92
Agreed Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #95
well he is happy getting his public paycheck Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #104
Is there a problem with me being employed? stone space Feb 2016 #109
not at all, I also feel the server and Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #110
We are talking about a life and death situation, and you're channeling Adam Smith? stone space Feb 2016 #114
What life and death situation? GGJohn Feb 2016 #116
This life and death situation. stone space Feb 2016 #118
how many were killed by them in that restaurant? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #121
Where do you see a life and death situation? GGJohn Feb 2016 #122
one of his several Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #126
I do not know? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #119
Do you want us to work for free? stone space Feb 2016 #123
do you want the server to work for free? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #127
What blatant attack on public employees? GGJohn Feb 2016 #130
well, I have over 30 Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #133
Absoulutely it is, GGJohn Feb 2016 #135
beats me, I just know everything is Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #139
what life and death? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #117
This life and death situation. stone space Feb 2016 #120
your paycheck came into it Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #124
My paycheck is a personal matter, and not your concern. stone space Feb 2016 #128
so is the server's, right Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #129
When you bash your fellow DUers for getting a paycheck, ... stone space Feb 2016 #132
But yet you would deny a business owner or server money by running out on a food bill? GGJohn Feb 2016 #134
I am not bashing you for getting a paycheck Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #136
You have no reason to even bring my paycheck into the discussion. stone space Feb 2016 #138
you did when you brought the servers paycheck into the discussion Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #140
You have no reason to even bring my personal paycheck into the discussion. stone space Feb 2016 #141
but it ok to withhold the helps paycheck Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #142
Too, too funny. GGJohn Feb 2016 #131
Wow, that's a fine pretzel you made of the words he said. GGJohn Feb 2016 #125
Three days, max Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #96
Betting pool? GGJohn Feb 2016 #97
Seems more intense each reappearance. Hangingon Feb 2016 #144
5 Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #112
That poster has no "rheostat" DonP Feb 2016 #137
Is GGJohn a law enforcement office with the authority to arrest? Marengo Feb 2016 #78
Nope, GGJohn Feb 2016 #81
Of course not. Nobody in that capacity would make such threats. stone space Feb 2016 #82
OMG. LOL, GGJohn Feb 2016 #86
What "emergency"? Marengo Feb 2016 #93
a fact is not a threat Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #102
... GGJohn Feb 2016 #13
I think his smokey old Evinrude died in a tank pond. No bites today. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #21
So, you've been arrested many, many times? branford Feb 2016 #25
Good Lord! This is a Democratic website. stone space Feb 2016 #28
You stated you would leave a restaurant without paying branford Feb 2016 #32
So what? Do you have a problem with nonviolence? stone space Feb 2016 #33
Jeez Lois, this is just too funny. GGJohn Feb 2016 #34
No, you should be ashamed branford Feb 2016 #36
I am NOT ashamed. stone space Feb 2016 #38
... GGJohn Feb 2016 #41
Skipping out on a restaurant bill isnt "non violence", it's petty theft DonP Feb 2016 #58
I'm not a petty criminal. stone space Feb 2016 #64
If you skip out without paying for your food, you most certainly are, GGJohn Feb 2016 #66
Are you acusing me of being a thief? (nt) stone space Feb 2016 #68
Thief, not theif. GGJohn Feb 2016 #69
Are you acusing me of being a thief? Yes or no? stone space Feb 2016 #70
You said you would leave an eating establishment without paying, GGJohn Feb 2016 #71
you all but called me a racist Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #106
I'm not going to revise a statement that I didn't make. stone space Feb 2016 #107
so am I a racist Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #108
Why are you doing this? stone space Feb 2016 #111
LOL, this is pure comedy gold, GGJohn Feb 2016 #115
Jeez dude, GGJohn Feb 2016 #113
I would prefer that you left at least enough of a tip to gejohnston Feb 2016 #75
What does this have to do with my post? stone space Feb 2016 #76
false equivalence gejohnston Feb 2016 #88
You need to check your wheel bearings... Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #94
I don't claim to be a track star, and I won't win any marathons, but... stone space Feb 2016 #98
Again, what emergency do you see in that picture? GGJohn Feb 2016 #103
Our interlocutor has so far produced zero accounts of shootings in restaurants *or* classrooms... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #143
I would have thought he Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #145
Maybe he found the Luby's Cafeteria shooting story? DonP Feb 2016 #146
I doubt she would either Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #147
so you would commit theft Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #101
It is not theft if you believe your life is in danger and you flee to safety. flamin lib Feb 2016 #148
how would your life be in danger Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #150
It is reasonable because I THINK it is just a stand your ground is justified if you THINK flamin lib Feb 2016 #152
good luck with that Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #153
l believe that anyone suffering from Agoraphobia so severe that they cannot leave home flamin lib Feb 2016 #156
What you believe is irrelevant to what the law actually says. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #157
yep, the paranoia is strong Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #158
Uh, Duckhunter935, being afraid to leave home without a gun seems a lot more flamin lib Feb 2016 #159
wow, now a mind reader, you are good Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #160
Stand there as long as ya' want Duckhunter935. flamin lib Feb 2016 #162
so you still advocate theft Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #163
Sigh, Duckhunter935, it is not theft if I am leaving a situation in the most expedient manner flamin lib Feb 2016 #166
false comparison gejohnston Feb 2016 #167
It is not a false comparison and no, I wouldn't go in that Apple store. flamin lib Feb 2016 #169
yes it is, you just refuse to see it Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #171
I see you are still trying to conflate Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #168
You are beginning to bore me. flamin lib Feb 2016 #170
to bad, I am glad I have zero on ignore Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #172
Wiki is not the best source gejohnston Feb 2016 #173
The arguement being made here in this thread is that... stone space Feb 2016 #174
that's bullshit and you know it Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #175
No, I am most certainly NOT a thief. STOP CALLING ME A THIEF, GOD DAMN IT! stone space Feb 2016 #177
you will indeed be if you follow though on what you advocate Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #178
Again, I AM NOT A THIEF, GOD DAMN IT! stone space Feb 2016 #179
so what is a person that fails to pay a bill Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #181
A person running for his or her life is not a thief. stone space Feb 2016 #182
running from a holstered firearm? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #185
It will be considered theft unless YOU can prove that a reasonable person Lurks Often Feb 2016 #188
Me thinks thou doth protest too much. GGJohn Feb 2016 #191
yes he does Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #192
Don't forget about he's also been "arrested many, many times before!" nt branford Feb 2016 #195
true Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #196
All is good. I've just been busy with work. branford Feb 2016 #198
Are you feeling ok? Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #197
Millions of people, perhaps tens of millions of people, carry every day. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #201
Especially when they could all "snap" at any minute DonP Feb 2016 #202
Uh, no, it's not, but good luck with that defense if you ever try to use it GGJohn Feb 2016 #155
It has to be objectively reasonable gejohnston Feb 2016 #164
So someone carrying a holstered firearm sitting down to enjoy a meal is considered a threat GGJohn Feb 2016 #151
yep, and fuck the server and business owner Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #154
Please stop threatening people with arrest. stone space Feb 2016 #180
he is not threatening you at all Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #183
There would be no arrest. That's just an empty threat. (nt) stone space Feb 2016 #184
for you think the waitress should be paid like you? Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #186
To hell with the minimum wage waitstaff, he's a "professor" and knows better. DonP Feb 2016 #187
notice how he never answered my question Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #193
Stop lying about what people post Lurks Often Feb 2016 #189
Oh, it's you again lying about what I actually meant. GGJohn Feb 2016 #190
he stopped posting Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #194
Not yet, but it'll happen soon enough Lurks Often Feb 2016 #199
I particularly like the sharing of all the family photo albums DonP Feb 2016 #200
So if she had liability insurance on her gun... krispos42 Feb 2016 #29
If all her guns had been confiscated when she first started licking them in public, ... stone space Feb 2016 #30
Hey, why don't you post that picture again? GGJohn Feb 2016 #31
Your side is beginning to latch onto liability insurance... krispos42 Feb 2016 #49
If it were up to me, I'd... stone space Feb 2016 #50
Take away the guns? GGJohn Feb 2016 #51
All you guys have is threats, threats, and more threats. stone space Feb 2016 #52
Why do you wish for all that chaos and death? GGJohn Feb 2016 #55
More terroristic threats? WTF??? stone space Feb 2016 #56
You're the one making the threats. GGJohn Feb 2016 #59
Your threats of Domestic Terrorism don't impress me. stone space Feb 2016 #60
Why do you want to take away the firearms of law abiding Americans? GGJohn Feb 2016 #61
Why do you keep threatening war? stone space Feb 2016 #62
Why do you want to take away the firearms of law abiding Americans? GGJohn Feb 2016 #63
I will say... Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #99
How do you expect folks to respond when somebody waves... stone space Feb 2016 #100
You're the one that wants to deny law abiding Americans of a Constitutional right, GGJohn Feb 2016 #105
Yeah, I get that impression. But tell me how liability insurance on guns... krispos42 Feb 2016 #65
Me, neither. stone space Feb 2016 #67
No you wouldn't. beevul Feb 2016 #72
The funerals would have paid for instead of burdening the family of the deceased. flamin lib Feb 2016 #149
But the murders were a crime that she committed, right? krispos42 Feb 2016 #161
If she is in control of her facilities, ie not insane, she is liable for her actions. flamin lib Feb 2016 #165
Thank you krispos42 Feb 2016 #176
X-Posted to LBN stone space Feb 2016 #46
...where it is against the LBN Terms of Service friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #48
Another... deathrind Feb 2016 #57
Lots of focus on the firearm... beevul Feb 2016 #73
And in the following case an innocent knife was forced to kill 3 people... Marengo Feb 2016 #90
I trust my wife with her 642. ileus Feb 2016 #74
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