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America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« on: December 01, 2013, 09:15:50 pm »
So apparently an old man with Alzheimer's was shot because he mistakenly tried to go to the wrong house.  After the owner and his fiancé decided to call 911, the owner decided to go outside and SHOOT the man.  This is supposedly after he gave several "verbal warnings"  to the elderly man that weren't responded to.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/11/29/alzheimers-victim-shot/

Of course, what can you really expect out of a nation that treats guns as a fucking fetish (of which I'm reminded of way too often in my FB feed)?
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2013, 10:31:00 pm »
He felt threatened I imagine.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2013, 10:41:21 pm »
Yeah, that was it - shooter quoted by sheriff said he felt threatened.

Why the fuck would you shoot a person you can't really see in the darkness outside? WTF is wrong with using a flashlight, through a window, or at least before you shoot at someone you cannot see?
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2013, 11:37:05 pm »
Quote from: mellenORL on December 01, 2013, 10:41:21 pm
Yeah, that was it - shooter quoted by sheriff said he felt threatened.

Why the fuck would you shoot a person you can't really see in the darkness outside? WTF is wrong with using a flashlight, through a window, or at least before you shoot at someone you cannot see?

Fucking



tactical



lights



how do they work?

If you can't afford the $20 they cost (On the low end), then I know damn well you own duct tape and a mini Mag-lite. If you have even the slightest idea you might shoot at anything in even dim light, put a damn flashlight on it. You know how I know? Because I get to deal with meth heads trying to jack our ship in the middle of the night, and having succeeded maybe three times already.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2013, 11:46:53 pm »
You know, I'm not saying the guy was wrong for "feeling threatened" (albeit at a rather VAGUE threat, as the two posters above have pointed out).  I'm just rather irritated that the "answer" to feeling threatened is to use lethal force.  Hence the title of the thread.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 12:20:44 am »
But flashlights on guns to see potential victims! Too hippy-liberal-pussy for us. That impinges upon the phallic compensation that guns represent.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2013, 12:23:48 am »
I guess they didn't have lights on the front porch either.

I suppose it is possible that he was so terrified that he wasn't thinking properly and therefore fired blindly into a dark figure rather than finding out who that was... But in that case this person should certainly not have a gun. Guns are for people who use them responsibly.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2013, 12:39:57 am »
Quote from: askold on December 02, 2013, 12:23:48 am
Guns are for people who use them responsibly.

If only the United States had a legislative framework in place to make sure that was the case...

The arms manufacturers would go batshit.
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2013, 03:25:58 am »
Quote from: QueenofHearts on December 02, 2013, 12:20:44 am
But flashlights on guns to see potential victims! Too hippy-liberal-pussy for us. That impinges upon the phallic compensation that guns represent.

What? Tactical flashlights are totally legit! They have freaking tactical in the name! That's totally SWAT!

Even aside from the potentially-unavailable electric torch option, surely his house had, like, external lights or some such?
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Re: America: Land of the Paranoid and Home of the Trigger-Happy
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2013, 02:02:29 pm »
Quote from: B-Man on December 01, 2013, 09:15:50 pm
Of course, what can you really expect out of a nation that treats guns as a fucking fetish (of which I'm reminded of way too often in my FB feed)?

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