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Showing Original Post only (View all)12-year-old girl becomes third to die from shooting at Hazard college [View all]
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/01/16/2478339/12-year-old-critical-after-hazard.html#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop<snip>
The man accused of killing the three bought the gun that he allegedly used just hours earlier and only one day after he and one of the victims had a court hearing in a dispute over custody of their son.
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"I snapped, shot three people, I'm sure," Stidham told police late Tuesday, according to the arrest report.
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Kenny Woods, a Baptist minister who owns H&K Gun & Pawn Shop in Perry County, acknowledged Wednesday that Stidham bought the gun at his shop about five hours before the shootings. The sale was legal, Woods said.
"He cleared a background check without even a delay," Woods said. "Everything was fine with him."
Woods said he wouldn't have sold Stidham a gun if Stidham had been acting strangely.
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kentuck
Jan 2013
OP
he was a "law abiding citizen" and "responsible gun owner" for the part of the day...
tk2kewl
Jan 2013
#3
I know. It's ludicrous. I don't recall "blessed are the gun-sellers" being part of Jesus' spiel.
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#20
According to a wingnut neighbor, it's her "God-given right" to carry a gun...
WorseBeforeBetter
Jan 2013
#29
Anyone who absolutely needs a gun right-this-minute should probably have to wait three days
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#7
He could certainly borrow a gun. If his in-laws hunt, they probably have a spare gun or
tblue37
Jan 2013
#24
Zactly...and that's the only scenario I can envision wherein a gun is needed immediately
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#25
Why focus on a dead girl when you can correct people on technical aspects of guns?
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#14