Author Topic: Dad takes blockbuster to video store... (Read 1993 times)

Sox62 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 22, 2002, 10:46:47 AM »

So what if there was no loss of life in the past robberies?This makes it OK to rob people at gunpoint?How would you know if they are going to shoot or not?

Sorry,if someone points a gun at ME while committing a crime,and I am armed,he/she becomes a target.

midnight Target · « **Reply #46 on:** March 22, 2002, 10:59:25 AM »

"Should have taken better aim on the second bandit "

"I also agree. Less scum roaming this earth."

"It doesn't "suck" at all. I'm glad the piece of sh*t is dead "

"Too bad the other one isn't wormfood as well."

"Anyway, sorry to here my tax dollars will go for suction tubes on that little bastards chest wound. He might still die, but i can only hope."

"you are inconsistent here. He's not a "young man", he is a perp."

"One less POS."

"Good shot. Too bad he didn't finish off the other salamander. "

"I suggest someone string the punk up on the closest tree and let him hang there seven days as a testimonial to others. "

How sad.
The robbers are paying for their actions. No argument. What saddens me is the total lack of regard for human life I see on this board. The dead robber was 18 years old. This is sad for no other reason than that. Wake the hell up!

Wanker · « **Reply #47 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:03:40 AM »

Elfenwolf, I'm no fan of guns in general...but in this case even I have to admit that:

A) It was a good thing that guy had his .45 on him.

B) It was a good thing he is a good shot.

Look, if you go into a store to rob it armed with a weapon, then you're fair game in my mind. It doesn't matter what race the robbers were. Be they Anglo-Saxon, African-American, Hispanic, Korean, Norwegian, Croat, Saudi....makes no difference. They were armed with a weapon with the intention of breaking the law.

And in my book anyone brandishing a weapon in that situation is capable of using it, and is therefore an extreme threat to anyone nearby.

They should give that 50 yr old dad a medal for saving many people's lives.

I'm about as anti-gun as they come. But when it comes to choosing between a law-abing citizen wearing a piece for protection, and some jerks out to rob some place and threaten others with a rifle......it's a no-brainer.

Please stop with your illogical and nonsensical liberal arguments. You're making us liberals look bad!

Wanker · « **Reply #48 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:14:47 AM »

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How sad.
The robbers are paying for their actions. No argument. What saddens me is the total lack of regard for human life I see on this board. The dead robber was 18 years old. This is sad for no other reason than that. Wake the hell up!

Of course that is sad. It is sad that those two robbers made the decision to arm themselves and go out with the possibility to harm others with a rifle. It is sad that they chose to hold up innocent people at gunpoint just for some cash.

I don't agree with you that it's sad that the two robbers died, though. In my mind, once you have made the decision to use a weapon with the possibility of harming someone else, you have just forfeited your right to live as a human being.

Yeager · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:25:24 AM »

You want people to feel sorry for robbers and murderers?

You wake the hell up! I stopped feeling sorry for violent criminals a long time ago. "Jerk em to Jesus on the end of an eight foot rope and let the good lord do the mercy work".

Tired of the roadkill. Behave or get punished.

EDIT: forgot me smiley face!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #50 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:32:21 AM »

Yeager, they are potential voters for the Democratic party! Come on man! Just look at the 2000 election!

midnight Target · « **Reply #51 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:37:55 AM »

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You want people to feel sorry for robbers and murderers?

You wake the hell up! I stopped feeling sorry for violent criminals a long time ago. "Jerk em to Jesus on the end of an eight foot rope and let the good lord do the mercy work".

Tired of the roadkill. Behave or get punished.

Never said they didn't earn the punishment....but it remains SAD that a KID died.

Human life is precious. I bet you're anti abortion too.

What if the kid had gotten drunk and piled his car into a concrete wall....would that be sad? He brought it on himself didn't he?

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #52 on:** March 22, 2002, 11:50:38 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
What if the kid had gotten drunk and piled his car into a concrete wall....would that be sad? He brought it on himself didn't he?

Now you know that's not the same thing at all.

He intentionally carried a gun into a video store that he was intending on robbing, and possibly to cap a few of those people too.

Getting drunk and then getting in your car piss drunk, you don't have the intention of smashing head long into a tree or whatever else crosses your path. You aren't even in the right state of mind, you know you shouldn't be in the car in the first place... your just to drunk to tell yourself that.
-SW

midnight Target · « **Reply #53 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:08:38 PM »

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Originally posted by AKSWulfe

Now you know that's not the same thing at all.

He intentionally carried a gun into a video store that he was intending on robbing, and possibly to cap a few of those people too.

Getting drunk and then getting in your car piss drunk, you don't have the intention of smashing head long into a tree or whatever else crosses your path. You aren't even in the right state of mind, you know you shouldn't be in the car in the first place... your just to drunk to tell yourself that.
-SW

Not the same but close enough to make a point.

The kid went into the store carrying a weapon...you don't have a clue about his intentions regarding capping people, that is irrelevent. The shooting was probably justified. No argument as I said earlier.
My example kid intentionally got piss drunk knowing he had to drive home....the consequences are clear and pounded home regularly by the media...don't drink and drive.
Both brought the punishment for their actions upon themselves. Neither death should be freakin celebrated!

Eagler · « **Reply #54 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:23:26 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target

Never said they didn't earn the punishment....but it remains SAD that a KID died.

Human life is precious. I bet you're anti abortion too.

What if the kid had gotten drunk and piled his car into a concrete wall....would that be sad? He brought it on himself didn't he?

"Human life is precious"

And there's the rub...

You take a gun and stick in in my face or my family's, you are not a human anymore.
You are an animal.
And if I can, I will put you down before you harm me or mine. Period.

An armed kid isn't a kid anymore, whether he's 12 or 20, his bullet will kill you the same dead when he pulls the trigger..

Goth · « **Reply #55 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:26:14 PM »

I served on a jury once, hearing the case of an armed bank robber. Let me tell you this, those poor tellers would have to get on the stand and retell their story. Watching them and the emotions they had months after the incident it's a no brainer to tell they're messed in the head for life. No one thinks about the victims of crimes when they are spouting nonsense about criminals rights.

Screw him, 18, 8, 80...I could give a damn how old he was, if he comes brandishing a gun in my face I will have very little respect for his life as I blow him away myself.

Elfenwolf, I hope you are never a victim. If you ever are I would like to see how much your ideologies are shaken. Give it a rest man, these punks got exactly what they deserved.

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #56 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:29:51 PM »

What would you say about those kids who blasted columbine all to hell? The media sure had a field day demonizing those kids....

I guess it's all in what your motives are.
-SW

Fatty · « **Reply #57 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:37:02 PM »

Well Tah Gut, I'm glad he's dead and I'm not only pro-choice, I'm pro abortion in the chinese levels of birth control.

A closer parallel would be if your son drove home plastered every night, ran cars off the road every night, and had everyone afraid he was going to kill them every night. Then one night he died in a one car accident. The result from this single event, much like the result of the blockbuster robbery, is the world is slightly better off afterwards. Cause for a celebration in my book.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #58 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:38:30 PM »

Just for the record, I've had a weapon pulled on me 4 times, and fired at me twice of those 4 times. I carry a weapon in my car, and on my person when down town (Except when we go to dinner, due to firearms regulations in Bars). It DOES have an effect on you once you get the toejamt scared out of you.

Edit, "Twice in those 4 times" Forgot about the .22 rifle the little neighborhood kid fired at me in a temper tantrum.

midnight Target · « **Reply #59 on:** March 22, 2002, 12:45:50 PM »

No, it's never a cause for celebration. This young hoodlum was one of OURS. We should be aware of the forces that drive this kind of behavior and try like hell to stamp them out.

Watch the video on the link...Mr. Shockey doesn't even agree with you. He expressed his remorse and regret to the families of the young man he shot.

I think you would all feel differently had you been on the trigger end. Even you Eagler.