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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:01 PM Original message |
Texas gun owner shoots and critically wounds intruder in his home |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's Texas, and a BEER was spilled!!! |
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ThirdWorldJohn (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Actually it is Florida |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Beer, guns - what could possibly go wrong? |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you have a link to the original story? |
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E-Mag (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. removed |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Whoops -- added the link. |
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E-Mag (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think this was posted before |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Oh yeah, Michael's always on top of these shooting disasters |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thanks for the link. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Yeah, it's sort of an inside joke |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Only if you include suicide and households of criminals... |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. And this was a household of criminals.. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. You guys use the word "criminal" like comic books use the work "villain" |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. A person who was convicted of first-degree murder, and |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Not in the way you use the word. |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I am not using code words... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Then explain this to me |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I did not say it was less tragic. n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You implied it. |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I implied nothing... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. At what was your point for saying that? |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. I was simply... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. There you go again, seeing 'code' words.. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I am talking to someone |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Criminal is a word to describe someone breaking the law, like in this case. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I meet plenty of them, all the time... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I had a friend who was not a "criminal" or a high-suicide risk |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. An inordinate amount of domestic gun violence occurs in households of convicted felons |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Really, exactly how much? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Dude, really, |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Well it is not a very good joke. n/t |
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BeGoodDoGood (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Hang on a sec... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. hahahahaha |
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BeGoodDoGood (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. It is however, a source. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Perhaps you're unclear on the concept of "a source" in this context. |
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BeGoodDoGood (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. That doesn't follow......... |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. A gun owner should have more restraint than that... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Or perhaps... |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The gun owner wasn't acting like Billy Badass... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Oh yeah, you don't feel this is a "good shoot" at all |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. what are you people, ten? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. In fairness, I doubt most gun owners would support Deadric's rantings |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Condem what? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Condemn your description of the shooter's actions as taking a stand and teaching a bully a lesson |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You mean the girlfirend's son... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Anything to make the shooting more "fun" for you, eh? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. and people shouldn't eat too much |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. you seem to have missed something |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Don't you get it, iver? |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I didn't say it was a good shoot. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. No, someone didn't "take a stand". A coward ran and got his gun. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. A criminal ran and got his illegally possessed firearm. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. I THINK he meant the victim, who did not back down. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. did he die? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Mea culpa. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. This story isn't about guns, it's about a pair of assholes. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Cute variation on the "No true Scotsman" fallacy |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Let's just ban everything, including free speech. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And anonymous171 takes the lead in the most ridiculous strawman of the day contest |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. where did you get that one?? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
54. Compound stupid. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. My haven't we gotten desperate. Posting criminal shootings as self defense. |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. Criminals, guns, and violence |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. can you quote 'em? |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. one or two |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. okay, you can't |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. And the Bad Faith Argument Award goes to... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. indeed, you win |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. And your position is...? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. and your claim was: |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. All Snark, No Substance |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. can you spell cat? |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. C-A-T |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. stealing my lines now |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Still reading--not sure why. Discourse has degenerated: "Is not! Is not!" |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. your claim, ONCE AGAIN: |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Flag on the play: avoidance |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. oh dear oh dear |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. La-la-la... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. for you |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. So it's as I expected... |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. And... |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. BTW... |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Snark, snark, and more snark. |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Sophistry 101 |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. True Scotsman? I think not. |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. I'm wondering if |
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