Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:38 PM
SecularMotion (3,143 posts)
Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wifeA Palm Coast man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison on a manslaughter charge in the February shooting death of his 30-year-old wife.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Merrill was pointing an AK-47 with a laser scope at his wife, Stefanie Merrill, talking about how bright the light was when the assault rifle went off and struck her in the chest. The couple’s 3-year-old daughter was in the home taking a bath when the shooting occurred. The Sheriff’s Office said 25 firearms were recovered from their home. http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-10-29/story/palm-coast-man-gets-25-years-accidental-shooting-his-wife#ixzz2AundyTQC
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 Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wife (Original post) |
SecularMotion | Oct 2012 | OP |
| 12AngryBorneoWildmen | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
| rrneck | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
| 12AngryBorneoWildmen | Nov 2012 | #37 | |
| rrneck | Nov 2012 | #40 | |
| MissMarple | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
| Logical | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
| slackmaster | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
| Logical | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
| slackmaster | Nov 2012 | #36 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #38 | |
| slackmaster | Nov 2012 | #39 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #41 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #43 | |
| slackmaster | Nov 2012 | #44 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #47 | |
| gejohnston | Nov 2012 | #48 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #49 | |
| gejohnston | Nov 2012 | #50 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #51 | |
| gejohnston | Nov 2012 | #52 | |
| Eleanors38 | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
| Logical | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
| DreamGypsy | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
| former-republican | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
| RegieRocker | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
| darkangel218 | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Oct 2012 | #18 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Oct 2012 | #19 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
| ileus | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
| ileus | Nov 2012 | #33 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #35 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Nov 2012 | #42 | |
| fightthegoodfightnow | Nov 2012 | #45 | |
| gejohnston | Nov 2012 | #46 | |
| Remmah2 | Nov 2012 | #31 | |
| Remmah2 | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
| ileus | Nov 2012 | #34 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Nov 2012 | #32 | |
| freedomboogie | Nov 2012 | #53 |
Response to 12AngryBorneoWildmen (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:09 PM
rrneck (13,753 posts)
13. What's good about it? nt
Response to 12AngryBorneoWildmen (Reply #37)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:25 PM
rrneck (13,753 posts)
40. So agreed. nt
Response to slackmaster (Reply #3)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 07:48 PM
Logical (8,011 posts)
7. You and I disagree on this. Who teaches chain saw safety in schools? Or swimming?
Response to Logical (Reply #7)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:05 PM
9. Band saw safety and table saw safety were taught in my 7th grade woodshop class
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If I lived in an area that had more trees, there's a good chance that chainsaw safety would have been taught in a silviculture course, or Introduction to Art Making.
Or swimming? We didn't have a pool at my high school, but my elementary school back in the 1960s had a deal with the YMCA across the street - Swimming lessons were available to all kids at very low cost. BTW I have often said that all children should be given an opportunity to learn to swim. That would be very likely to save lives IMO. |
Response to slackmaster (Reply #9)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:12 PM
Logical (8,011 posts)
10. Guns would be way down on the list. As you know gun accidents kill very few kids a year.
Response to slackmaster (Reply #36)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 11:14 AM
38. How about we just keep children away from guns
Response to slackmaster (Reply #39)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 02:07 PM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
41. Ignorance really does = strength for certain people- the "abstinence only" types...
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #43)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:15 PM
44. I've never suggested that a person couldn't survive without a gun
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Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #49)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:40 PM
50. want to bet?
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Response to Logical (Reply #7)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:27 PM
Eleanors38 (3,435 posts)
14. I was taught safe use of several power saws, safety while swimming (in lakes, most often),
Response to Eleanors38 (Reply #14)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:29 PM
Logical (8,011 posts)
15. I had to take shop also in the 70s. Things sure do change. Not even drivers ed at my kids school.
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:57 PM
DreamGypsy (1,117 posts)
4. Worth noting that he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter charge.
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:14 PM
5. The rifle did not go off
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he shot her.
Now the little girl grows up without a mom or dad.  |
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:52 PM
11. 25 Years For Killing Wife With One of 25 Guns
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #11)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 11:45 PM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
18. He would probably not do any more time if he did.
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #19)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:03 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
20. There's that pesky "freedom of choice" thing again. One can own 0 guns or 500...
Response to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #20)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:07 AM
21. What part of a well regulated militia did you miss?
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #21)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:36 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
24. And what part of District of Columbia v. Heller did *you* miss?
Response to SecularMotion (Original post)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:06 PM
ileus (9,205 posts)
12. A friend of mine killed his wife, he didn't spend a whole night in jail.
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #16)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:16 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
22. Would it make you feel any better if they was pushed outta windows?
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #23)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:51 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
25. If you've got any evidence that gun ownership compels criminal behavior, please produce it.
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Response to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #25)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:56 AM
26. Ah...yes....the semantics of the gun lobby
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #26)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:03 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
27. "Drivers...do no such thing." Really? DC has no laws against vehicular homicide?
Response to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #27)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:08 AM
28. Guns are designed to kill. Cars are not.
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #28)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:24 AM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
29. And yet cars kill more people in the US than guns do, and there are fewer guns than cars.
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #28)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:51 AM
ileus (9,205 posts)
33. Correction: Guns are designed to save lives.
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #35)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 02:41 PM
friendly_iconoclast (8,854 posts)
42. "How's that working out?" Violent crime and murder rates are down, so why don't you tell us?
Response to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #45)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:27 PM
46. I don't think it is any of those either
Response to Remmah2 (Reply #30)
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:52 AM
ileus (9,205 posts)
34. I read about that one...there's needs to be a one strike law.
