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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-19-07 07:17 AM
Response to Reply #7
36. His background check passed
I am 100% anti-hand gun, but the seller appears to have followed the law to a T.
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  -Why are people calling the owner of the gun shop and telling him he is a murder. Kerrytravelers  Apr-18-07 08:45 PM   #0 
  - No, it isn't helping a bit.  EstimatedProphet   Apr-18-07 08:48 PM   #1 
  - Because people are always trying to find someone to blame  rpannier   Apr-18-07 08:48 PM   #2 
  - You're correct.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 08:50 PM   # 
  - Yes!  mexicoxpat   Apr-18-07 08:57 PM   #10 
     - BINGO  havocmom   Apr-18-07 10:55 PM   #24 
  - I heard him on Amy Goodman today.  proud2Blib   Apr-18-07 08:50 PM   #3 
  - Damn right. He could join the Air Force and kill THOUSANDS.  karlrschneider   Apr-18-07 08:51 PM   #4 
  - Sounds like he would be comfortable there  proud2Blib   Apr-19-07 09:39 AM   #65 
  - Without stating my position on gun ownership, he isn't breaking any laws.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 08:53 PM   #5 
  - But we aren't talking "legal." We're talking "responsible."  aquart   Apr-18-07 08:57 PM   #11 
  - I see the distinction. I simply don't see how this man is a murderer for following the laws set by  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:10 PM   #14 
  - You know, maybe we ought to start calling *ALL* of the murder shops.  Tesha   Apr-19-07 07:51 AM   #50 
  - how would you determine if someone was "responsible" enough to buy a gun  Ghost in the Machine   Apr-19-07 12:43 AM   #32 
  - No, gun dealers don't profile their customers  EstimatedProphet   Apr-19-07 07:13 AM   #33 
     - That's the point I was trying to make by asking the poster I was responding to  Ghost in the Machine   Apr-19-07 08:47 AM   #57 
        - Good point. I misinterpreted. Sorry.  EstimatedProphet   Apr-19-07 11:01 AM   #75 
           - It's cool! It's been a busy week, huh?  Ghost in the Machine   Apr-19-07 11:15 AM   #76 
              - Oyoyoy you can say that again!  EstimatedProphet   Apr-19-07 11:39 AM   #77 
  - But how is he responsible  Dorian Gray   Apr-19-07 09:01 AM   #61 
  - I know he didn't break the law  proud2Blib   Apr-18-07 08:58 PM   #12 
     - Well, yeah. I don't see myself setting up shop selling guns anytime soon.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:14 PM   #15 
     - Wow  rebecca_herman   Apr-19-07 12:42 AM   #31 
  - Out of 160,000 guns he sold - I bet bartenders have sold more  RamboLiberal   Apr-18-07 09:56 PM   #22 
  - Thank you! You saved me a lot of typing....  Ghost in the Machine   Apr-19-07 12:35 AM   #30 
  - No kidding - and bartenders have a better insight to their customers!  EstimatedProphet   Apr-19-07 07:15 AM   #34 
  - Yup. n/t  mainegreen   Apr-19-07 07:16 AM   #35 
  - And what about the car manufacturers?  wicket   Apr-19-07 07:46 AM   #48 
  - The number of murders/rapes PREVENTED is probably much higher.  piedmont   Apr-18-07 10:58 PM   #25 
  - Are those Fords sold for the sole purpose of injuring people?  proud2Blib   Apr-19-07 09:38 AM   #64 
     - Well, the guns sure weren't  piedmont   Apr-20-07 11:09 AM   #85 
  - As long as he did the required checks how is it his fault?  Mike Daniels   Apr-19-07 08:49 AM   #58 
  - None of them are his fault  Dorian Gray   Apr-19-07 09:00 AM   #60 
  - Put car lots and liquor stores on your list, those bastards.  TX-RAT   Apr-19-07 09:59 AM   #67 
     - What is the primary purpose of cars and liquor?  proud2Blib   Apr-19-07 01:44 PM   #80 
        - Who's responsible for more deaths in the US?  TX-RAT   Apr-19-07 01:46 PM   #82 
           - Nice strawman  proud2Blib   Apr-19-07 02:15 PM   #83 
  - If anybody is to blame it is the republican population in Virginia  Bitwit1234   Apr-18-07 08:54 PM   #6 
  - Well, MY answer is, because the buyer's mental health didn't clear the seller's screening? n/t  UTUSN   Apr-18-07 08:55 PM   #7 
  - It did. The sale was legal.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:24 PM   #17 
  - His background check passed  LostinVA   Apr-19-07 07:17 AM   #36 
  - given that we now know of relatively recent hospitalization  salin   Apr-19-07 07:20 AM   #37 
     - Agreed -- a court-ordered commitment over a year ago  LostinVA   Apr-19-07 07:48 AM   #49 
     - Court ordered committment  Thothmes   Apr-19-07 08:27 AM   #51 
     - Bingo!  TX-RAT   Apr-19-07 10:04 AM   #68 
  - No mental health issues.  JustABozoOnThisBus   Apr-19-07 07:27 AM   #42 
     - Didn't a judge rule that he  salin   Apr-19-07 07:32 AM   #46 
        - Judge  Thothmes   Apr-19-07 08:33 AM   #53 
           - thanks  salin   Apr-19-07 01:39 PM   #78 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Apr-18-07 08:56 PM   #8 
  - Oh please. Drop the name calling.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:22 PM   #16 
     - The fact that he was committed...  Nabeshin   Apr-19-07 07:23 AM   #40 
        - Committed  Thothmes   Apr-19-07 08:29 AM   #52 
  - It's a free country doncha know.  katsy   Apr-18-07 08:56 PM   #9 
  - I do know. I didn't say no one should be allowed to call him whatever they want.  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:28 PM   #18 
  - You put your finger on the problem.  katsy   Apr-18-07 09:57 PM   #23 
     - Yes, but...  reformed_military   Apr-19-07 09:12 AM   #63 
        - Understood. Accepted.  katsy   Apr-19-07 09:25 PM   #84 
  - Actually, no. It's called slander....  indie_ana_500   Apr-18-07 10:58 PM   #26 
  - it might make him consider getting into another line of work  orleans   Apr-18-07 09:04 PM   #13 
  - I'm not an advocate of everyone arming themselves to the hilt, not by any means,  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:34 PM   #19 
  - i'm listening to the countdown rerun and heard that a court declared  orleans   Apr-19-07 12:21 AM   #27 
  - Federal NCIS DOES check for this:  beevul   Apr-19-07 12:27 AM   #28 
  - Wasn't Homeland Security created to fix problems like this?  GloriaSmith   Apr-19-07 08:43 AM   #56 
  - let's make no law that checks for this kind of shit  TX-RAT   Apr-19-07 10:17 AM   #72 
  - I agree that calling this guy and calling him a murderer is pointless.  PA Democrat   Apr-19-07 07:32 AM   #45 
  - He's not reconsidering - not by a longshot  TornadoTN   Apr-19-07 07:22 AM   #39 
  - Do you feel the same about Liquor stores, car lots and bars?  TX-RAT   Apr-19-07 10:11 AM   #69 
  - No, but it allows the raving Brandy Bunchers the feeling that they have made a contriution.  Solo_in_MD   Apr-18-07 09:35 PM   #20 
  - I'd identify myself more with the "Brady Bunchers", but I certainly think they are going after  Kerrytravelers   Apr-18-07 09:38 PM   #21 
  - seems to me  Johonny   Apr-19-07 12:34 AM   #29 
  - Calling this guy a murderer is like calling doctors who perform abortions murderers  Katzenkavalier   Apr-19-07 07:21 AM   #38 
  - Five murders before with guns he sold...  Nabeshin   Apr-19-07 07:25 AM   #41 
  - When his name came out I knew it was only a matter of time  Lone_Star_Dem   Apr-19-07 07:28 AM   #43 
  - Exactly.  Katzenkavalier   Apr-19-07 07:29 AM   #44 
  - How about accessory to murder?  kwassa   Apr-19-07 07:33 AM   #47 
  - 32, out of how many sold?  slackmaster   Apr-19-07 10:14 AM   #71 
     - No, the logic is not the same.  kwassa   Apr-19-07 10:34 AM   #73 
        - The lawful uses of a car do not include drunk driving  slackmaster   Apr-19-07 10:38 AM   #74 
  - Blame the electorate.  Donald Ian Rankin   Apr-19-07 08:36 AM   #54 
  - OK, that's wrong.  Marie26   Apr-19-07 08:38 AM   #55 
  - Well if that is all true  proud2Blib   Apr-19-07 09:44 AM   #66 
  - Uh....  IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge   Apr-19-07 01:43 PM   #79 
  - It sounds like some want the dealers to "size up the customer" to determine  bullwinkle428   Apr-19-07 08:53 AM   #59 
  - Why did people call those young college basketball players and  AuntPatsy   Apr-19-07 09:02 AM   #62 
  - People always try to distill difficult subjects down to a single issue  slackmaster   Apr-19-07 10:12 AM   #70 
  - As if the outcome of the last 2 elections weren't enough proof:  dolo amber   Apr-19-07 01:45 PM   #81 
 

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