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D'art, in an unauthorized statement, one of the police task force coalition members offered the opinion that the trajectory of the bullet which killed the woman suggests that the shooter was aiming for the windshield, and was unable to see, due to lighting conditions, that there was a passenger. It was suggested that the shot was off by only a tiny fraction of an inch, which meant it went through the driver side window and ended up killing the woman. Whoever released that statement was shut-up right quick.

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What happened Slappy? Throw them at the cars with flashing blue lights on top? Or some "gun lover" fire back at ya?

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Setanta, perhaps that police officer didn't want to appear to be speculating on the shooter's motives...

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I think the officer's superiors probably decided the officer in question had a big mouth, and didn't need to be seen to be apologizing for an obviously dangersous character.

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"We had a home invasion robbery near Atlanta last night. The predator broke into one home and stole a car. Then he broke into another home where he got into a fight with the occupants, a 55 year-old man and his 17 year-old son. The homeowner and his son didn't have a gun. The predator did. The man and his son are dead.

The predator was later tracked into the woods by police canine units. He shot one of the dogs and the police responded with gunfire of their own. The predator, thank God, is dead.

I don't know why the homeowner didn't have a gun in his home. Perhaps he believed some of that idiotic nonsense about guns being used more frequently to kill family members than to ward off criminals. Maybe he used to live in Chicago where it would have been illegal for him to even own a handgun, unless, of course, you're a high-level politician or friend of the mayor.

I hope some of you anti-gun nuts read this bit today. Here's a predator who had a gun, and a homeowner who didn't. The homeowner is dead. So is his son. What great work you anti-gun people are doing. Are you proud?"

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McGentrix wrote:

"We had a home invasion robbery near Atlanta last night. The predator broke into one home and stole a car. Then he broke into another home where he got into a fight with the occupants, a 55 year-old man and his 17 year-old son. The homeowner and his son didn't have a gun. The predator did. The man and his son are dead.

The predator was later tracked into the woods by police canine units. He shot one of the dogs and the police responded with gunfire of their own. The predator, thank God, is dead.

I don't know why the homeowner didn't have a gun in his home. Perhaps he believed some of that idiotic nonsense about guns being used more frequently to kill family members than to ward off criminals. Maybe he used to live in Chicago where it would have been illegal for him to even own a handgun, unless, of course, you're a high-level politician or friend of the mayor.

I hope some of you anti-gun nuts read this bit today. Here's a predator who had a gun, and a homeowner who didn't. The homeowner is dead. So is his son. What great work you anti-gun people are doing. Are you proud?"

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And what would the outcome have been had the homeowner been in possession of firearms?

As to this person taking pot shots and his/her intent to kill...his intent could be argued in a court of law, but that doesn't dismiss the fact that common sense would tell you firing at a moving vehicle would carry a high risk of wounding and/or killing anyone within the vehicle. There is no way I would feel sympathy for anyone saying "I shot at many moving vehicles but I didn't intend to kill anyone." Use of a firearm can have lethal consequences. Anyone taking up a firearm and using it in such an irresponsible manner has to accept the consequences for the results.

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McG that is one of the lamest posts I've read. Gun control activists have no more to do with that man not having a gun than gun nuts have to do with the perp having one.

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You all should read this

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I read it, and learned something today.

What I learned was that some dude got a scare.

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I think you missed the point Craven, which was that there are an awful lot of crazy people out there, and some of them might want to come into your house.

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Fair enough, but that was to me an irrelevant point that works both ways.

As you can see by this discussion thare are a lot of crazy people indeed, including gun totin' crazy people.

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I must concur with Craven re: McGentrixs' idiotic post.....

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Lame...idiotic... did the point just sail over your heads? Or are you just purposefully being insulting and ignorant?

If the home owner had a gun, maybe they would not be dead now.

Crazy people have guns, therefore the sane ones should as well to defend against the crazies.

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McG,

The fact that the home owner CAN have a gun makes your assertion idiotic.

Nobody prevented him from doing so, it was his choice.

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And a poor one at that.

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Well that is something reasonable people can disagree about cjhsa, but to blame the absense of guns in situations where they would have come in handy on gun control activists would only be fair if the pro-gun crowd gets blamed for every nut out there with a gun.

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For the record, I never blamed anyone for either.

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Oh I know, I'm still preaching because I rented the pulpit and my time hasn't run out till.....now.

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cjhsa wrote:

I think you missed the point Craven, which was that there are an awful lot of crazy people out there, and some of them might want to come into your house.

Which is the EXACT reason I always keep my Super Soaker(high powered backpack attached) by my bed, at all times.

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cjhsa, you said

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there are an awful lot of crazy people out there, and some of them might want to come into your house

There are not THAT many crazy people out there. If I were in that man's shoes, I too would feel protective of my family and scared over what might happen in that situation. However, I would NEVER have opened the door, and I would have called the police right away. The one comment this man made that I question is being half awake when he went to the door. If there was someone yelling and banging on my door, you can bet I'd be wide awake.

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