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Art_from_Ark

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5. So you're saying it might have been just random violence?

Reply to DesertDiamond (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 07:39 AM

Apr 2012

I was thinking that since the victim had left the party because of "excessive drinking", that meant that someone(s) might have been getting violent, and the victim might have gotten into some sort of scuffle with them.

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Damn, that's awful Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #1

Maybe, but it's a pretty gangy neighborhood. I know, I live in Lancaster. DesertDiamond Apr 2012 #2

So you're saying it might have been just random violence? Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #5

Random violence is rarely really random. TheWraith Apr 2012 #20

Patrick said it took a half hour for an ambulance to arrive. Downwinder Apr 2012 #3

On the local news, one man who responded after the shots... pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #4

comment marshall gaines Apr 2012 #6

+1000 sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #7

There are probably just as many Democrats as Republicans who judge their manliness by the size LiberalArkie Apr 2012 #8

Guess you could say the same about our shared obsession with sex and sexuality. WTF? DCKit Apr 2012 #26

All guns start out legal. onehandle Apr 2012 #9

Uh, they are now. That's what serial #'s are for. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #10

yeah marshall gaines Apr 2012 #11

Seems like stolen cars would be a more pressing issue. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #12

Every gun sale should be recorded. The seller and buyer. onehandle Apr 2012 #13

And they are now. Not sure how you want to identify illegal sellers though. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #14

Oh, ok. Problem solved. onehandle Apr 2012 #15

Lowest level in 50 years and dropping. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #16

When we get within striking distance of civilized countries, let me know Doctor_J Apr 2012 #18

Considering Switzerland allows automatic weapons in homes what does this tell you? nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #21

That guns are not as prolifigate, and more closely regulated, than here? Doctor_J Apr 2012 #24

Try again. Guns are in almost every Swiss home yet their gun deaths are a fraction of the US's. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #25

Yeah, that's exactly what he said... PavePusher Apr 2012 #19

Ya think? Doctor_J Apr 2012 #17

What policies would you propose to limit access to guns? nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #22

So sad for his family riverbendviewgal Apr 2012 #23