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Related: About this forumHere Are Six Other People Who Were Killed By Guns On The Day A Nine Year-Old Shot A Man With An Uzi
Vacca, however, was only one of several people who lost their lives to a gunshot wound on Monday. Indeed, ThinkProgress uncovered six additional cases of people killed by guns on Monday simply by searching for incidents that were reported in the press. This includes three cases of police officer-involved shootings, one suicide, one case where a man accidentally shot and killed his own brother, and a man who died in a shootout between a fugitive and three bounty hunters. It should be noted, as is explained in more detail below, that six is probably a massive underestimate of the number of people killed by guns in the United States on Monday. This list only includes incidents that were reported in the press, and only includes press reports that could be found in the Lexis-Nexis database to boot.
Each of the three officer-involved shootings allegedly involved men who were shot and killed by police because they were themselves armed with a gun and presented a threat to the cops. In Lubbock, Texas, a man named Guadalupe Esquivel was killed after he reportedly “drew his weapon and raised it toward the officer.” In Livingston Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputies responded to a man named Freddie W. LeBlanc, who was armed with a handgun and who threatened to kill himself. According to a sheriff’s department spokesperson, the deputies opened fire after LeBlanc pointed the gun at them. Finally, in Dallas, Texas, police shot a kidnapping suspect named Steven Douglas after he allegedly pointed a gun at an officer.
Besides Vacca, the only other gun-related death that occurred on Monday which was reported widely in the national media was Army Sgt. 1st Class Paula M. Walker, who barricaded herself in an office at Fort Lee, Virginia and then shot herself in the head. Notably, Walker did not kill herself with a service weapon.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/08/28/3476773/at-least-six-other-people-were-killed-by-guns-on-the-day-a-nine-year-old-shot-a-man-with-an-uzi/
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Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)lets see four by law enforcement (suicide by cop) and another by suicide. Curious on if the mental health aspect would have made more of a difference in this.
So what are your thoughts on this. I am looking forward to your comments or a discussion on the post you pasted in the group.
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)Comments?
IronGate
(2,186 posts)
Other that your predictable Saturday Google Dump, what are you trying to prove?
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)the group he hosts, not so much.
Building his numbers up for his favorite group count?
IronGate
(2,186 posts)except here or the other group as his gun threads in GD are consistently locked now, and his complaining to Skinner in ATA has gotten him nowhere, so, here we are.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)curious how many people are still allowed to post a response after so many blocks of DU members.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12627256
So far zero, mighty busy over there
ileus
(15,396 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)beevul
(12,194 posts)Because some folks feel that certain eyes need poking, and since they didn't have a sharp stick handy, the pro-poke folks decided they'd try to invent one.
Unfortunately for them, it turned out to be more of a dull stump than a sharp stick.
On edit: After thinking about it, I may just refer to it as "dull stump" from now on. It fits in so many ways.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)from anybody that has a different viewpoint and must be protected. That group is quit dead or on serious life support. Even that groups host that posts here and this is his favorite group does not post there. Kind of sad if you ask me.
"The tide is turning, any day now"