Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Connecticut Gun Owner Kills His Own Son [View all]mikeb302000
(1,065 posts)47. He should have stayed home and dialled 911.
But vigilante gun owners don't do that. That's too sheepish for them. Now someone's dead, who happens to be his own son, but it doesn't matter who it is. Whenever someone dies unnecessarily it's a tragedy.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
99 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I'm for gun control and responsible use, but why was the Son robbing his Aunt?
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#2
Yeah he was wearing a mask and holding a knife just to practice for Halloween!
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#62
He wasn't part of a committee, this wasn't an act of revenge, and he was not acting...
Clames
Sep 2012
#16
And they would have sent somebody out to investigate as quickly as they could.
jeepnstein
Oct 2012
#67
And you're aware that murdering vigilante gun owners often claim "lunging" occurred.
mikeb302000
Oct 2012
#19
"that's a pretty effective trick you've got there ...demanding evidence"
holdencaufield
Oct 2012
#53
Gee Strawy, what shall we do tonight? The same thing we do every night, Bong . . .
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#41
I'm not sure what the point of this post is supposed to be. Masked armed criminal was shot.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#33
At this point we really don't know if it was reasonable that father shot his son...
aikoaiko
Oct 2012
#65