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In reply to the discussion: Connecticut Gun Owner Kills His Own Son [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)72. "There was no knife attack."
From the article:
Giuliano, who teaches at the Meeting House Hill School in New Fairfield, told police that the masked stranger came at him with the object still in his hand and in a threatening manner. Giuliano said he believed that the stranger was armed, and during the confrontation that quickly followed discharged his handgun.
Emphasis mine.
From you:
But if you're going to say something, the key word is always "lunged" if a knife is involved.
The word "lunged" is nowhere in the original article.
From you:
This, they think, justifies shooting someone several times in the chest.
From the article:
Lieutenant J. Paul Vance said that Tyler was found with obvious gunshot wounds and was holding a weapon.
Article doesn't say where the wounds were. But he was holding a weapon... shooting justified. See below...
From the article:
Police later specified that the "weapon in possession of the deceased at the time of this incident was determined by troopers to be a knife.
And that finishes off your statement:
There was no knife attack. The details of the story did not indicate a lethal attack with a knife.
In short, either you can't read (but can apparently type...
I know what my money is on...
As for this:
What they indicated was a vigilante-minded gun owner charging into a situation that he had no business charging into.
Are you actually claiming that neighbors and family shouldn't help each other? Do you think a person wearing a ski mask and armed with a knife was there to have fucking tea and crumpets?
You, sir, are a vile, pathetic, poor excuse for a homo sapiens. Go. Away.
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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