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7. Deeply sad development

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Sun Feb 3, 2013, 01:49 AM

Feb 2013

Just heartbreaking.

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'American Sniper' author slain in Erath County; suspect arrested [View all] Justitia Feb 2013 OP

That is Sad in so Many Ways - Not Just for the Two Killed... dballance Feb 2013 #1

Just horrible ... DakotaLady Feb 2013 #2

this is so sad and illustrates that more guns did not make that situation safer CreekDog Feb 2013 #3

As mentioned above, tragic for all. wake.up.america Feb 2013 #4

Devastating. k&r Claybrains Feb 2013 #5

more details on incident & parties involved..... Justitia Feb 2013 #6

I was only able to read a portion of the article. Ugh. Claybrains Feb 2013 #10

Yeah, the comments are straight outta Crazytown Justitia Feb 2013 #13

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welcome to DU grantcart Feb 2013 #36

Deeply sad development 1983law Feb 2013 #7

If only someone at the gun range had a gun, and there'd been armed guards posted at the gun range... DRoseDARs Feb 2013 #8

Perfect. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #9

You watch. This will turn into a conspiracy. That's the go-to position of the NRA. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2013 #20

Taking someone with severe PTSD to a gun range sylvi Feb 2013 #11

The article doesn't say he brought the shooter to the range, just that they were both there. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #16

I was going by sylvi Feb 2013 #21

If he brought Routh to the range, then it was a tragic lapse in judgement. DRoseDARs Feb 2013 #17

Live by the sword, die by the sword... eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #12

+ 1 SoapBox Feb 2013 #15

+2 Not Me Feb 2013 #39

It is a karmic truth. earthside Feb 2013 #45

Yea it's sad but bullets don't discriminate rightsideout Feb 2013 #14

Perfect example of the addage... ReRe Feb 2013 #18

Message auto-removed homerunner Feb 2013 #29

Went on a Google hunt re: the shooter and found some really nasty blogs and sites. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2013 #19

I guess counseling just wasn't his calling. bluedigger Feb 2013 #22

video of Chris Kyle 2 wks ago at gun show Justitia Feb 2013 #23

Check out the comments , what a bunch of crazies, saying Obama is behind this JI7 Feb 2013 #24

A photo of him from the Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq KoKo Feb 2013 #28

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And the number of kills probably has more to do with Iraqi's inability to fight back Ash_F Feb 2013 #38

oh my god are you completely out of your scope here pasto76 Feb 2013 #41

Thanks for sharing your "scope" /nt Ash_F Feb 2013 #42

The Iraqis killed 4,000 of YOUR troops? You should have put them someplace safer. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #50

"Your Troops" wow major ego here... Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #53

There is something horribly wrong with that picture NickB79 Feb 2013 #40

How many innocents did he kill? earthside Feb 2013 #46

Snipers A Little Weird Feb 2013 #49

I doubt he was indiscrimanant in doing his job in the service. Nika Feb 2013 #58

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Thanks, I'll look for this incident to check out what exactly happened. Nika Feb 2013 #60

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I've seen Special Forces men fight then make up, much like any other brothers would do in a family. Nika Feb 2013 #63

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I know it's neither here nor there, but... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #77

By by loudmouthed asshole (Kyle). Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #48

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Anyone hit the "irony" button yet? There is more to this story than we know right now. kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #25

Is it me, or did he contradict himself at least six times in the first minute of this interview? nt kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #26

Brilliant. They were dealing with PTSD by going shooting. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #27

I could have sworn that I read that in the first NYT article that I found underpants Feb 2013 #51

That was in at least one news report linked to MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #55

Gun culture is aberrant to start with. Throw in PTSD to the situation and here are the results. nt onehandle Feb 2013 #30

Gun CULTure jpak Feb 2013 #32

WAR Culture is the breeder... askeptic Feb 2013 #65

People who oppose background checks for mental illness... Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #33

very sad. btw he was well armed so that fing argument didn't save him samsingh Feb 2013 #35

I was at a shooting range in the Dallas area at the same time as this. Ash_F Feb 2013 #37

A horrible but not surprisng tragedy amuse bouche Feb 2013 #43

As always, may the odds be in your favor underpants Feb 2013 #44

Why does this donco Feb 2013 #47

What a shame. eom uppityperson Feb 2013 #52

Gun-love and common sense cannot co-exist in the human brain Dems to Win Feb 2013 #54

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Things you never hear people say: "I had a forty year career taking PTSD sufferers to the shooting Dems to Win Feb 2013 #62

He died doing what he loved...fondling a gun Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #66

The irony Amaya Feb 2013 #67

That's one way to look at it davidthegnome Feb 2013 #72

The vast vast VAST majority... sendero Feb 2013 #78

I don't disagree davidthegnome Feb 2013 #80

I do not.. sendero Feb 2013 #81

It's threads like this that define hypocrisy to the maximum BellaLuna Feb 2013 #68

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Earlier today . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #71

Oh no, of course not! I wish my OP had a better title. Justitia Feb 2013 #73

Thanks . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #74

Reap what you sow. smknz Feb 2013 #75

I Suspect RobinA Feb 2013 #76

RIP, Sailor. Fair winds and following seas. Blandocyte Feb 2013 #79