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Thu May 3, 2012, 07:06 PM

Former 'Guns and Ammo' editor charged in northern Arizona slaying

Source: KVVU Broadcasting Corporation

A former editor of "Guns and Ammo" magazine is charged with second-degree murder in connection with a shooting on Wednesday.

Richard Venola, 53, was arrested at his home on Mayan Drive in the small community of Golden Valley.

Mohave County Sheriff's deputies responding to a neighbor's call about a shooting found the victim, 39-year-old James O'Neill, outside the house. O'Neill had been shot in the chest, according to police.

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Venola was named the 12th editor of "Guns and Ammo" in 2008, according to an article on the publication's website.

Read more: www.kctv5.com/story/18101125/former-guns-and-ammo-editor-charged-in-northern-arizona-slaying

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Reply Former 'Guns and Ammo' editor charged in northern Arizona slaying (Original post)
UpInArms May 2012 OP
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #1
2on2u May 2012 #2
freshwest May 2012 #38
teewrex May 2012 #3
OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #10
JDPriestly May 2012 #23
freshwest May 2012 #27
provis99 May 2012 #16
PavePusher May 2012 #34
proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #4
baldguy May 2012 #7
Ken Burch May 2012 #18
freshwest May 2012 #28
EFerrari May 2012 #37
Hoyt May 2012 #5
derby378 May 2012 #11
tabasco May 2012 #13
derby378 May 2012 #14
tabasco May 2012 #17
Crunchy Frog May 2012 #33
Grassy Knoll May 2012 #6
Ken Burch May 2012 #19
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #20
freshwest May 2012 #39
montanto May 2012 #31
muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #35
Ken Burch May 2012 #40
baldguy May 2012 #8
Kingofalldems May 2012 #9
Ken Burch May 2012 #41
brentspeak May 2012 #12
derby378 May 2012 #15
Crunchy Frog May 2012 #21
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #22
JDPriestly May 2012 #24
lunasun May 2012 #25
ellenfl May 2012 #26
onehandle May 2012 #29
harmonicon May 2012 #30
jpak May 2012 #32
Blue_Tires May 2012 #36

Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:13 PM

1. That can't be true.

I, I, I, can't believe that. And in AZ??????

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:13 PM

2. I don't know why or how but I knew the Mayans

 

were involved in this somehow.

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Response to 2on2u (Reply #2)

Fri May 4, 2012, 05:49 PM

38. It's their year in the news cycle, unfortunately, they don't come here to tell us.

They're busy living their lives around the Caribbean, etc.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:14 PM

3. I gotta get out of this fucking state and go somewhere

people are sane

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Response to teewrex (Reply #3)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:32 PM

10. Wait till after the elections! We "(sane people") need every vote!

If everybody the teabag cabal in Phoenix has declared war on, Brown people, poor people, teachers, students, middle class people, voters, sick people, anyone who does not follow the teachings of Supply Side Jesus who teaches that if you're not rich it's because God hates you, ethnic studies people, all State workers, all regular workers (did I forget anybody?) VOTE, we can throw those assholes out this year.

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Response to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #10)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:35 PM

23. I think you forgot women and pacifists.

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Response to OffWithTheirHeads (Reply #10)

Thu May 3, 2012, 11:16 PM

27. +1

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Response to teewrex (Reply #3)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:12 PM

16. try Florida or Texas! oh, wait...

 

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Response to teewrex (Reply #3)

Fri May 4, 2012, 04:03 PM

34. If you are looking for a place murders aren't commited....

 

well, good luck with that.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:20 PM

4. Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

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Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #4)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:20 PM

7. And guns just make it a whole lot easier.

By several orders of magnitude.

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Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #4)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:18 PM

18. Actually, it should be...guns don't kill people, bullets kill people-after they LEAVE the guns.

(then again, you can pistolwhip somebody to death, so, technically guns CAN kill people even without bullets, so...never mind).

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Response to Ken Burch (Reply #18)

Thu May 3, 2012, 11:18 PM

28. I could post Chris Rock's suggestion to eliminate that problem, if you want.

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Response to freshwest (Reply #28)

Fri May 4, 2012, 05:42 PM

37. It's a great solution and gets around the gun control problem.

lol

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:25 PM

5. You mean that "law-abiding" darling of the gun culture shot someone dead in the chest.

I'm sure the gun crowd will be here to tell us to wait a couple of years until he is formally convicted, and that Stand Your Ground laws should apply,

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Response to Hoyt (Reply #5)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:38 PM

11. Actually...

I was going to point out that one of the bigwigs in the Million Mom March was indicted for trying to kill a teenage boy with a TEC-9.

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Response to derby378 (Reply #11)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:09 PM

13. And?

Is that supposed to prove something?

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Response to tabasco (Reply #13)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:10 PM

14. Cuts both ways

If that Guns and Ammo editor is guilty, I hope they throw the freakin' book at him.

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Response to derby378 (Reply #14)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:17 PM

17. Sorry

I'm not gettin' it.

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Response to derby378 (Reply #11)

Fri May 4, 2012, 12:54 PM

33. Proving her organization's point?

I certainly don't think it discredits her organization's point.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 07:44 PM

6. I Wonder if he voted for Obama ?


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Response to Grassy Knoll (Reply #6)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:19 PM

19. Wonder if he's ever taken a laxative.

Dude CLEARLY needs one.

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Response to Ken Burch (Reply #19)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:25 PM

20. Being handcuffed and booked could work just as well.

*sniff* - You smell sumpin'?

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Response to Ken Burch (Reply #19)

Fri May 4, 2012, 05:54 PM

39. That's 99% of the conservanazi brain disorder. Fermented toxins in the bloodstream.

Hey, Rethugs, trying eating some fruit and vegetables once in a while, it'll clean out what you're so full of...

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Reply #6)

Fri May 4, 2012, 10:27 AM

31. Alcoholic?

Looks like it to me.

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Response to montanto (Reply #31)

Fri May 4, 2012, 04:48 PM

35. Intoxicated at the time, the police claim

Agency spokeswoman Trish Carter said Venola used a "high-caliber" rifle to shoot his friend in the chest. She said James Patrick O'Neill, 39, of Golden Valley was dead at the scene of the shooting outside Venola's home in the 4800 block of Mayan Drive.

In a report, Detective Larry Matthews said Venola appeared to be intoxicated when contacted by officers. Neighbors told investigators that Venola was "having words" with the victim before they heard a gunshot.

"Mr. Venola came over to the neighbors carrying a rifle and stated he just killed a man," the report said. "Mr. Venola acknowledged he killed the man, but didn't say why."

http://www.lvrj.com/news/guns-and-ammo-editor-arrested-in-arizona-shooting-death-150032725.html

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Response to montanto (Reply #31)

Fri May 4, 2012, 06:51 PM

40. And probably divorced as well.

Last edited Fri May 4, 2012, 07:03 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

(And I strongly suspect that any ex-wives he may have had needed to use their fair share of Concealer and Erase over the years).

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:29 PM

8. This guy is the poster boy for America's gun culture.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:29 PM

9. He shouldn't have been allowed to own guns

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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #9)

Fri May 4, 2012, 06:51 PM

41. or sharp objects.

And frankly, I don't think they should let him drive.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:44 PM

12. Youtube video of Richard Venola

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Response to brentspeak (Reply #12)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:11 PM

15. How droll... (n/t)

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:29 PM

21. Thank heavens he was an informed and responsible gun owner.

Otherwise, who knows what might have happened!

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:32 PM

22. Will Gutz and Blammo feature him in an upcoming issue?

Gosh, I hope so. It would be so realistic.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:38 PM

24. So, have I got this straight? If guns were illegal, only criminals would have guns?

Maybe we should add, and when guns are legal, it's easier to become a criminal.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:44 PM

25. everyday now these AZ wingnuts are going off it seems

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:52 PM

26. don't forget j.t. ready, russell pierce's buddy. sadly, it's good that the crazies are exposed. eom

Last edited Thu May 3, 2012, 09:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 11:41 PM

29. Oh, gungeoneers. Come deflect and and obsess.

Oh, they are so way ahead of me.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2012, 06:48 AM

30. Stay classy, Arizona. nt.

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2012, 11:06 AM

32. Gun Nut douchebags and their Holy Second Amendment Solutions

yup

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Response to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2012, 05:15 PM

36. was there any motive given in this?

is the victim actually a friend? or just someone he casually knew?

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