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Second Amendment rights exercised in Sarasota

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Jul 5, 2016.

  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    It's real to us, dammit.
     
  2. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    And cars, unlike guns, are not designed for the sole purpose of killing.
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's more upsetting when people mishandle email.
     
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  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Just as would have been the case had this guy been involved in an accident with a handgun.

    This. was. an. accident.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Doesn't seem different than what Omar Mateen did, to me. He pointed the gun at someone, shot him, and killed him.
     
  6. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Well, you don't have my deep insights into the matter.
     
  7. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Just saying that people don't seem to be held legally responsible for gun accidents that lead to death or injury like they do other types of accidents.

    Saw recently where a semi driver was distracted by his phone and ran into a car in front of him killing two people. I think he was sentencted to 30 years.

    That was a straight-up accident as well.
     
  8. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    If the kid had been armed, this might have been prevented.

    More guns, not fewer.
     
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  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    If I were the dad in this situation, I have to imagine that I would have followed him into the hereafter shortly after the pronouncement.
     
  10. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Doubt it. You'd be tempted, but you'd remember that you had other kids.
     
  11. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    They should be held accountable and often they are.

    Mother of 5-year-old who killed little brother sobs as she pleads not guilty

    Parents of boy who shot and killed 6-year-old friend must pay family $572K
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    So, would this fall under gross negligence and does he get prosecuted?
     
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