yolland
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^ double entendre?
let's arm all the kids in case of everything.
kids are a good shot these days, what with all the first-person shooter games and the dance dance revolutionaries
I took one look at my Evidence prof and thought to myself, no bloody chance in hell I'd take my chances with that guy.
This case seems to be an exception rather than the norm. Now, how old were the "punks" that broke in? Could the siblings had fled the house instead? Was there the opportunity for them to do so?
It is human nature to want to protect those close/loved, but to me a bit disturbing when 10 year old's first reaction is to kill. How many of us at 10 could think of that? I guess you could give the child his due for having more guts than most of us for standing up to them....of course a gun will give you that feeling.
I would love to follow these two kid's lives going forward from this incident. The kid obviously had to see what the bullet did to the guys face, and probably the little sibling/family-member as well.
There are a lot of grown men who have fought in war that are bothered by killing. Not sure how we can expect a child to just move on.
Lots of teen gang bangers in the inner city that don't give a fuck about shooting people if you'd like to go do a study.
They grow up in that lifestyle, whether by choice or born into it. So they're mindset is a lot different than living in the burbs.
I asked a question based on this present situation. For most of us, shooting someone in the face at the age of 10 would probably leave a scar on us mentally.
Regardless of self defense, the person who was shot does not exist anymore. And if you constantly have to tell yourself it was either him or us, that's going to be a semi tortured life.
Unless you feel this child so go around bragging he put a bullet in someone's head.
The emotion that ran through these kids while this was happening is not something that is an everyday feeling. You shouldn't feel the need to protect yourself every moment of your life. So after the adreniline goes away, the true emotions of a human being will come in. How he deals with it is up to him.
I'm just curious how the kid will deal with it.
Las Vegas Police Say 4-Year-Old Boy Shot Little Sister
Friday , July 24, 2009
LAS VEGAS —
Police say a 2-year-old girl is in critical condition after being shot by her 4-year-old brother at a Las Vegas home.
Police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan says officers were called about 8:30 p.m. Thursday and told that a toddler had been shot at a house, The Las Vegas Sun reports.
The girl was taken to University Medical Center with a head wound.
Police were investigating how the boy got the gun. They say the father was home at the time.
The shooting came less than a week after a 5-year-old boy died after shooting himself in the head with a handgun inside his father's vehicle outside a Las Vegas pharmacy. That father, 31-year-old Alex Kopystenski, has been charged with felony child endangerment.
true story
I shot him in the face, once.
Accidentally, or, had you just had enough?
You've met his brother, what do you think?
5 die in gym shooting near Pittsburgh
* Story Highlights
* NEW: Witness says shooter targeted Latin dance class
* Shooting at LA Fitness gym leaves as many as 15 hurt
* Shooter reportedly among the dead
(CNN) -- A shooting at an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed five people and wounded as many as 15 on Tuesday, a local official said.
The shooter is among the fatalities, said Gary Vituccio, manager of Collier Township.
Allegheny General Hospital reported receiving two wounded patients at its trauma center, Mercy Hospital had six and St. Clair had one. No other details were immediately available.
Perry Calabro of nearby Bridgeville said he was between racquetball games at the gym when he suddenly heard screaming and multiple gunshots. He said he ran out and didn't see the gunman or others.
Witnesses told CNN affiliate WTAE that a man unrecognized by the gym's staff shot people in a Latin dance class.
A witness identified as Nicole told WTAE that about 30 women were in the class when "a middle-aged white male walked into the class. He had a big gym bag."
"He looked out of place in a class full of women," according to the witness, who told WTAE the man put down the bag, turned off the lights and opened fire.
The man who opened fire in a busy fitness center Tuesday evening, killing three women before committing suicide, had planned the attack for months because of frustration over his inability to find a girlfriend, according to a diary he kept online.
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In the diary, Mr. Sodini said that he had not had a girlfriend since 1984, and had not had sex since July 1990, when he was 29.
“I actually look good,” Mr. Sodini wrote. “I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne — yet 30 million women rejected me — over an 18 or 25-year period. That is how I see it. Thirty million is my rough guesstimate of how many desirable single women there are.
“A man needs a woman for confidence. He gets a boost on the job, career, with other men, and everywhere else when he knows inside he has someone to spend the night with and who is also a friend.”