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(182,733 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:58 PM Jan 2013

Man pardoned by ex-Miss. Gov. Barbour involved in fatal gunfight ("quickly escalated ") [View all]

Source: Fox News

A man involved in a deadly shooting at a barbecue Thursday night in Mississippi was one of nearly 200 inmates pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour one year ago.

Calhoun County Sheriff Greg Pollan told FoxNews.com an argument quickly escalated into a fatal gunfight between Wayne Therman Harris and Chris McGonagill in Calhoun City, Miss. The shooting took place just outside McGonagill’s home, where he, Harris, and three other men were having a barbecue before things got heated between the two friends.

Barbour’s controversial decision to issue 198 pardons in his final days as governor drew national media attention last January. The state’s Attorney General Jim Hood challenged the legality of the pardons to the state’s Supreme Court, but eventually nearly all of the pardons were ruled to be legal.

"I pray no person becomes a victim of any of these pardoned criminals," Hood said after the court’s decision.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/11/man-pardoned-by-ex-miss-gov-barbour-involved-in-fatal-gunfight/

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Man pardoned by ex-Miss. Gov. Barbour involved in fatal gunfight ("quickly escalated ") [View all] underpants Jan 2013 OP

Harris was in prison for selling pot Tempest Jan 2013 #1

+1 If he hadn't been pardoned for a pot charge, we would have been pissed. gateley Jan 2013 #3

Buuuuuuuuuut... SoapBox Jan 2013 #4

Do you know who started it? Tempest Jan 2013 #5

It says he was pardoned, which I think means he has done his time. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #13

Huh? RudynJack Jan 2013 #22

Yes, it is correct. See post #37 below. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #40

Yes, he had done his time... RudynJack Jan 2013 #41

Everything is fair to dump on Republican gopiscrap Jan 2013 #27

Politics should not be a contact sport Tempest Jan 2013 #29

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #2

The question I have is this... olddad56 Jan 2013 #6

^Read this folks...eom Kolesar Jan 2013 #20

Doubtful Tempest Jan 2013 #30

BBQ can be unruly MichaelHarris Jan 2013 #7

Is Mississippi BBQ sauce known for causing homicides? Ken Burch Jan 2013 #9

Usually, it ain't the BBQ sauce that makes 'em mad .. DemoTex Jan 2013 #10

OK...although, without realizing it, you accidentally did a "Fox News party shift" there Ken Burch Jan 2013 #14

OMG! My bad! DemoTex Jan 2013 #35

It's all good. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #36

It's that MichaelHarris Jan 2013 #15

Watch your back when the Corn Syrup Boys are in town. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #18

It's Haley's "Willie Horton"! Ken Burch Jan 2013 #8

Fully agreed!!! gopiscrap Jan 2013 #28

What is a .20 mm rifle or a .9 mm pistol? exboyfil Jan 2013 #11

22cal. rifle Historic NY Jan 2013 #24

Kathy CROWLEY would abandon all her husband and 5 sons for HALEY BARBOUR!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #12

The Press really needs to get up to speed on guns and cartridges. 4bucksagallon Jan 2013 #16

It said the report was from someone in the Juior Reporter program. Child Labor GOP style n/t okaawhatever Jan 2013 #23

The man who died, McGonagill, fired a 9mm handgun. Harris fired a .22 cal rifle. 24601 Jan 2013 #32

Meanwhile, Barbour refuses to grant a pardon to 'them Duke Boys" Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2013 #17

Well, thank God he was pardoned and that he had a killing device with him. harmonicon Jan 2013 #19

No, that's the problem . All the uber patriot types will say this is a perfect example of how regula okaawhatever Jan 2013 #21

No charges have been fired yet. It may be that the man with the 9mm handgun fired first and Harris' 24601 Jan 2013 #33

Isn't that what I said? harmonicon Jan 2013 #34

Nor really - you called him a "good guy" and I said that no determination on him was yet made. If 24601 Jan 2013 #38

Hold on a second... harmonicon Jan 2013 #39

Have you seen anything about how either man acquired their guns, other than one retrieved it (the 24601 Jan 2013 #42

Guns can be stolen? That sounds pretty dangerous. (nt) harmonicon Jan 2013 #44

You may be able to determine who can legally purchase the gun but good and bad are subjective 24601 Jan 2013 #45

Good guy. harmonicon Jan 2013 #46

This is why felons should not be allowed to possess guns jpak Jan 2013 #25

A convicted drug dealer did something violent? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2013 #26

How do you know he was a dealer? Tempest Jan 2013 #31

he was released in 2002 Enrique Jan 2013 #37

So he could legally have his rifle before Barbour pardoned him? Well, let's move on then - if we 24601 Jan 2013 #43