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canuckistan
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 Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: Why idiots shouldn't be allowed to have AK 47's |
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Multiple rounds sent through the door, walls, and windows...... on Halloween
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/01/halloween.slaying.ap/index.html
SUMTER, South Carolina (AP) -- An ex-convict who said he thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday.
Crime scene tape blocks off the home of Quentin Patrick, 22, who is charged with killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw. |
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sharkey
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| no need for any country to allow semi automatic weapons, this is what happens |
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Kikomom
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Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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laogaiguk
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:31 am Post subject: |
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I put that one up a few days ago, but only 2 people chimed in. The Gun Thread though is going well though. Society... |
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Jandar
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Ban idiots! |
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pkang0202
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#1. Ex-cons aren't allowed to have guns.
#2. The AK-47 was fired by SOMEONE. It didn't get up and start shooting on its own.
#3. The AK-47 was a tool used. It could've been a hand gun, a shotgun, or a hunting rifle.
Tragic misuse of firearms. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
#1. Ex-cons aren't allowed to have guns.
#2. The AK-47 was fired by SOMEONE. It didn't get up and start shooting on its own.
#3. The AK-47 was a tool used. It could've been a hand gun, a shotgun, or a hunting rifle.
Tragic misuse of firearms. |
What is an AK 47 a tool for? |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
#1. Ex-cons aren't allowed to have guns.
#2. The AK-47 was fired by SOMEONE. It didn't get up and start shooting on its own.
#3. The AK-47 was a tool used. It could've been a hand gun, a shotgun, or a hunting rifle.
Tragic misuse of firearms. |
#3. Had it been a hand gun, shotgun, or hunting rifle he probably wouldn't have been able to pop off 30 rounds so the kid might still have been killed, but there might have been less injuries.
I'm not against people owning guns, but there's no rational reason for someone owning an AK-47. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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Unless he were a member of a well regulated militia.
My bet is that he was not the registered owner and had he lived in a
city/state/country where guns were banned he would still have had the AK47.
This was not a law abiding person who accisently shot the trick or treaters.
This was a criminal in criminal possesion of a firearm with criminal intent.
The key word here is criminal, no law would have stopped this tragedy. |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Jandar wrote: |
Unless he were a member of a well regulated militia.
My bet is that he was not the registered owner and had he lived in a
city/state/country where guns were banned he would still have had the AK47.
This was not a law abiding person who accisently shot the trick or treaters.
This was a criminal in criminal possesion of a firearm with criminal intent.
The key word here is criminal, no law would have stopped this tragedy. |
Actually, I would say that's the difference between a well regulated militia and an army.
And he definitely wasn't a law abiding citizen, felons are not legally allowed to own guns. But that's not really my point. There are plenty of law-abiding citizens out there that own AK-47's. I just don't think that much firepower is necessary for a citizen. |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure it's what the founding fathers had in mind concerning the right to bear arms. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| What is an AK 47 a tool for? |
An Irish guy is asking this? What kind of an Irish guy are you? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
#1. Ex-cons aren't allowed to have guns.
#2. The AK-47 was fired by SOMEONE. It didn't get up and start shooting on its own.
#3. The AK-47 was a tool used. It could've been a hand gun, a shotgun, or a hunting rifle.
Tragic misuse of firearms. |
You really believe that, don't you? Scary.
If automatic weapons were banned, it would be much harder to get one, to buy ammunition for it and it would be more expensive. It could still happen, but it becomes harder. While people can argue against that fairly easily for handguns or hunting rifles, it's not so easy for automatic guns. What the *beep* do you need one for? It's not a tool and give me one good reason why anyone needs one. As someone pointed out, a had a handgun been used, there would possibly be a lot less grieving people! |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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I agree. I never got how civilians claimed the need and the right to own assault rifles and automatic weapons.
Handguns and hunting rifles/shotguns, yes. Military weaponry, no. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
#1. Ex-cons aren't allowed to have guns.
#2. The AK-47 was fired by SOMEONE. It didn't get up and start shooting on its own.
#3. The AK-47 was a tool used. It could've been a hand gun, a shotgun, or a hunting rifle.
Tragic misuse of firearms. |
Gotta agree with this.
It was an enforcement issue on a number of levels. A law banning automatic firearms (and these exist) would not have enforced itself. Much of the gun laws in many of the States would have prevented this incident, if enforcement magically happened once a law were created. |
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