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Recursion

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10. And, yes, another reason to repeal SYG laws
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:34 PM
Dec 2012

They further muddy already muddy situations. Here's hoping the guy goes to jail and loses his CCW license.

Now, if only the pizza had had a gun, it could have silenced both of those nit-wits. Aristus Dec 2012 #1
Does the "everything on it special" include a Glock? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #21
Where are all the SYG defenders? jpak Dec 2012 #2
Well, if the police determined deadly force wasn't justified Recursion Dec 2012 #4
But...but...but... SYG was the justification for this shooting according to the shooter jpak Dec 2012 #8
And, yes, another reason to repeal SYG laws Recursion Dec 2012 #10
Umm.. "Man shot while attacking another man", you mean? (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #3
Where was the proportionate threat? BayouBengal07 Dec 2012 #5
Me? I think SYG laws are stupid, and the police on the scene arrested the shooter Recursion Dec 2012 #7
I took my thread title from the opening of the article. BayouBengal07 Dec 2012 #9
Funny here I thought he shot him after he stuck his nose where it didn't belong. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #44
from the story, it appears the police at the scene disagree with this characterization. unblock Dec 2012 #11
And yet another relevant qualifier would be... LanternWaste Dec 2012 #22
The inly way to resolve this is MOAR GUNZ RomneyLies Dec 2012 #6
Impatient asshole shoves someone and gets shot. JVS Dec 2012 #12
post seems little twisted, didn't know we endorsed shooting impatient people Exultant Democracy Dec 2012 #13
I don't endorse it, but if you go around getting in arguments and escalate it... JVS Dec 2012 #15
If you get into an argument you should EXPECT to get shot? Zoeisright Dec 2012 #23
If you escalate arguments to fights, but go ahead and rewrite it to suit you. JVS Dec 2012 #24
First of all there is no indication that the victim started an argument with the shooter. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #39
well put Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #48
Nicely said. In addition... Orrex Dec 2012 #50
Them's fightin' words. Now, if I can just this gun to shoot through the intertubez ... muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #26
This is insanity. Right here. People need to call this attitude out for what it is. Ed Suspicious Dec 2012 #47
Holy crap, I sure as hell don't want you owning a gun Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #63
Two things: Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #16
Point one: Most people do mind their own business, and intervention in one's "business" often... JVS Dec 2012 #18
What horseshit...you're trying to justify a shooting... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #19
The police didn't say they didn't believe he was the instigator. They said they believe that the... JVS Dec 2012 #20
The guy who was shot wasn't charged with anything. Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #37
Agreed- Total horseshit. Shooter felt emboldened (I wonder why) enough to also be a horse's ass. callous taoboy Dec 2012 #27
Are you rationalizing a justification for the shooting? rhett o rick Dec 2012 #42
Explain to me then why he couldn't have Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #57
Mind your own business AlexSatan Dec 2012 #30
Huh? bongbong Dec 2012 #32
Far beyons apples and oranges Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #56
Nope, You didn't caveat it AlexSatan Dec 2012 #58
The employees should have called the cops. It becomes the cops' business, the jerk gets a nice callous taoboy Dec 2012 #62
Guy gets angry his pizza order is taking too long. Other guy opens yap to 'admonish' first guy. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #14
I was gonna say. Shooter thought he'd get involved, shoot the guy if he had a problem with that. callous taoboy Dec 2012 #25
There are people who fantasize about just such a scenario. Mariana Dec 2012 #38
Another chicken shit using NRA viagra to develop a spine rustydog Dec 2012 #17
Remember bongbong Dec 2012 #34
A coworker of mine texted me two weeks ago about a local psychotic rustydog Dec 2012 #35
The Rambo fantasies die hard bongbong Dec 2012 #36
It wasn't his spine he was trying to develop. aquart Dec 2012 #53
Lyndyrd Skynyrd's best song ever thelordofhell Dec 2012 #28
If the pizza man had been armed he could have put a stop to the whole thing Speck Tater Dec 2012 #29
I think having a gun emboldens some like this guy and the upaloopa Dec 2012 #31
It's the wild West all over again. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #33
Many towns in the old "Wild West" had some pretty stringent gun control laws. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #40
That's good to know. Wonder if we can get those applied now. It's not the Foundin Fathers, but we do GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #45
Really... KansDem Dec 2012 #54
Little Caesars? Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #41
Purposefully injected himself into the argument 'cause he had that gun with him. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #43
Now I can't go out and pick up pizza! Sancho Dec 2012 #46
What in the world is going on in Forida? ReRe Dec 2012 #49
This is exactly why we need to feel fear every single time we go out of our homes liberal N proud Dec 2012 #51
Our nation is out of control SummerSnow Dec 2012 #52
"$20,000 bail. " amuse bouche Dec 2012 #55
Stupid people with guns. Rex Dec 2012 #59
Some people should just come with a Looney Tunes soundtrack. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #60
The real question is why either of them went to Little Caesars of all places to get a pizza. Jennicut Dec 2012 #61
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