Thief Scolds Gun Owner with Disapproving Note

[SecularMotion]

It must be opposite day, because a rather unorthodox crime has left people condemning the victim and praising the criminal.

It all started with a simple mistake. Last Monday night, 48-year-old Mike Maisonneuve of Port St. Lucie left his firearm as well as several other valuables in his unlocked car. If that sounds like irresponsible gun ownership, then you’re probably thinking the same thing that went through the head of one would-be thief.

Maisonneuve returned to his car Tuesday morning to discover that he had been robbed. His throwing knife, sheathe, .40 caliber pistol and gun magazines had been stolen from his unlocked vehicle. Maisonneuve then phoned police to report the crime, but when he turned back to his house he discovered that half of the crime had already been solved.

Sitting next to the front door was a plastic bag. The bag contained Maisonneuve’s gun and his knife, but 30 cartridges were missing. The bag also had a note from the thief. One side of the bag read “LOADED GUN Unlocked car = STUPID!!” and the other side of the bag read, “LOTS OF Children in area.”



http://www.guns.com/thief-leaves-scolding-note-10779.html

[rfranklin]

1. Another resposnbile gun owner...

Guns for everyone!

[Atypical Liberal]

16. Let's punish everyone for one man's irresponsibility!

No guns for anyone!

[rfranklin]

22. Try to be a bit more reasonable...

Guns for those who have demonstrated that they have the background and training to own weapons. And when they do something negligent or criminal they lose their rights.

[Clames]

24. Keep trying for yourself...

...and why not suggest competency training for those wishing to vote while you're at it...

[rfranklin]

31. already been done this year...voter ID

I see you are in the cheering section, "More guns for everyone!"

[Atypical Liberal]

32. Do you approve of the voter ID laws?

I don't - this is clearly a maneuver on the part of conservatives to try and keep their minority in power a bit longer, since they can see as well as anyone that their demographic is shrinking.

[rfranklin]

36. No, I was just pointing out that it is done...

The right to vote is also taken away from felons. (Arguably another minority voter suppression technique.)

[Atypical Liberal]

38. Dosn't make it right though, right? n/t

[gejohnston]

39. in some states

12 states permanently, Maine and Vermont lets you vote absentee while in.
With guns, federal ban since 1938, which would still apply if the state allows it.

http://felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=286

[Clames]

35. Wrong again.

That has nothing to do with competency and you know it. Glad to see you enjoy being deliberately dishonest in your assessments of others' posts, makes it boringly predictable when chatting with you. Cheering section? No, guns for those who wish to own them is as far as I go.

[rfranklin]

37. People who leave loaded guns or any guns unsecured are incompetent...

Are you going to argue otherwise?

[Atypical Liberal]

33. Let's have poll taxes and literacy tests, too!

Or maybe you'll just have to be a landowner to vote?

[petronius]

2. Bit of an old story - has anyone seen an update? When this first came out, I was pretty

strongly suspecting that the 'thief' was a spouse, room-mate, or neighbor of the idiot...

[spayneuter]

3. That gun owner is almost as much to blame as rape victims who dress provocatively!

I have knives in my house, I guess I better never go outside without locking the place down...

[bongbong]

4. Maisonneuve was brave

He actually left his gun in his car and ventured into "thug [wink wink] filled America" without it.

The DU Delicate Flowers could learn a lesson in bravery from him.

[rl6214]

6. Look everybody, the bong induced crowd has a new make believe term

[bongbong]

7. I have a stalker!

The NRA is proud of you!

[4th law of robotics]

14. I have a challenge for you

Could you find one comment of yours that genuinely contributed to the discussion on this forum?

If you can't think of any just go ahead and post something with "LOL" or some rofl-smilies or some other such middle-school nonsense.

[bongbong]

17. LOL

> Could you find one comment of yours that genuinely contributed to the discussion on this forum?

Certainly! All of mine did. And in ways that endless re-postings of NRA Talking Points by the too-scared-to-walk-in-public-without-a-gun-crowd never will.

Now, Delicate Flower, since you asked for it, here is your LOL:

[holdencaufield]

21. Ignore it ...

... it enjoys your frustration.

[4th law of robotics]

30. I used to get frustrated by this person

now I just laugh at his antics.

He reminds me of a 10 year old who "knows everything" and laughs at the adults for not agreeing with him.

[holdencaufield]

34. When an adolescent seeks ...

... to be accepted and is rejected ... he will seek to annoy.

Attention is the goal -- positive or negative -- is the same.

[rl6214]

26. You flatter yourself, because you are the only one that would

So you think everyone that replies to a post you make on an open forum is a stalker or just those that don't agree with your view?

You don't have to answer, I know what it will be, you just keep on laughing at yourself.

[rl6214]

5. Don't click on the link, you can't close it.

It just keeps opening itself back up.

[bongbong]

8. Oh noes!

Shoot at it to kill it. You can use SYG laws to justify it!

[Glaug-Eldare]

9. You can do better

I know you've got it in you to make a civil post that makes a point. Just floating around calling gun owners cowards doesn't really offend or convince anybody. Show me why I'm on the wrong side!

I believe in you, bongbong

[bongbong]

10. Oh yeah!

> Just floating around calling gun owners cowards doesn't really offend or convince anybody.

Going by the vitriol I get as responses to my posts, you're wrong. Don't worry, it's pretty typical for Delicate Flowers (AKA the DU Gun Lobby) to be wrong.

[krispos42]

13. Vitriol begets vitriol n/t

[bongbong]

18. Vitriol?

How can pointing out the LOL-nature of 96% of posts from Delicate Flowers (the 96% that merely parrot long-debunked and discredited NRA Talking Points) be considered "vitriol"?

Kinda - or exactly - like pointing out how vacuous and ludicrous "arguments" from creationists are.

[Glaug-Eldare]

15. Maybe my bias plays a role,

since I don't really perceive much of that. Either way, there's a dire lack of respect for each other down here in the Gungeon. Inflammatory posts grab my attention, but it's the friendly, reasoned ones that make me think. A good discussion is a lot more interesting than flinging insults at each other, don't you think? You've got a passion for this cause, that much is obvious, but I wanna hear more. Where's bongbong coming from, and why should I be on your side?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. I don't think bongbong is here to win friends or influence people. n/t

[4th law of robotics]

12. I really don't think he can

at least I've seen no evidence that he is capable of what you describe.

[rl6214]

27. Oh look, someone stepped away from the bong long enough to reply to a post I made

Must be a stalker, or so I'm told.

Shouldn't you be at your ladies gardening club right now?

[bongbong]

40. Hi, stalker!

Wow, you never get tired of insulting me.

You Delicate Flowers sure love attacking!

[rl6214]

42. Insulting?

Yes, you "delicate flowers" to every poster that has a different opion of yours isn't an insult, or "gun-religionist" or any of the other crap you like throwing out.

Not attacking at all, right?

What a joke!

[Clames]

25. Not surprised the OP wouldn't have thought to be a little more careful posting sticky links here.

[4th law of robotics]

11. If that anonymous good samaritan hadn't stolen the gun it may have jumped out of the car

and started murdering children all on it's own!

[Reasonable_Argument]

19. Hopefully

The thief was dumb enough to not use gloves when writing on the bag.

[DonP]

20. The thief sounds like some people we know?

What an incredible coincidence!

I could swear I've heard pretty much the same kind of thing from some of the gun control crowd down here.

"For the children"?

Hell, since they're obviously a felon, there's a good chance they're members of Bloomie's MAG too!

[Common Sense Party]

23. So, is this your next-door neighbor?

What did you do with his bullets?

[ileus]

29. Another reason to always carry on your person.

why not just lock the car doors?



I found a new 1995 chevrolet on the lot once with the keys inside. We got in started it up, debated on driving it to the other side of the lot. In the end we removed the keys from the ignition tossed them in the console and locked the doors.

[Kolesar]

43. Asshole move

"In the end we removed the keys from the ignition tossed them in the console and locked the doors."

[ileus]

44. We kinda figured the dealership had the other set hanging in the key box.

besides being a dealership I'm sure they could make a key from the VIN number for .50

I kinda figured locking up their new pickup was better than leaving the keys inside unlocked.

[beevul]

41. A second violation might prompt a drive by...

A second violation might prompt a drive by "stern look".