Another Stellar Day for Gun Owners

Their tired old disproven mantra that says if everyone had guns, there would be no gun violence. Riiiiight! The Empire State Building shooting proved exactly the opposite. The well-trained, professional NY police department personnel managed to shoot 9 by-standers trying to stop this one guy. Imagine if every Tom, Dick, and Harry without training were to take aim at some shooter in a crowded public area.

 

I second that!

 

I haven't yet heard of the NY incident. It sounds brutal.

 

2 dead, 9 wounded in Empire State Building shootings, police say
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August 24, 2012|By David Ariosto, CNN

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A disgruntled former apparel designer was killed Friday morning in a hail of police gunfire in front of the Empire State Building after he shot and killed a co-worker and engaged in a gunbattle with two officers, authorities said.
At least nine others were wounded in the incident as the officers unloaded 14 rounds at the gunman, who apparently turned his weapon against them in one of Manhattan's busiest neighborhoods.
The violence erupted just as visitors began to queue up to ascend the famous New York skyscraper.

 

You guys crack me up. LOL

 

If I posted 1/2 of the instances of a gun owner stopping a threat it would override the servers.

 

I support gun ownership. I understand that means people will be murdered, where they wouldn't otherwise have been if a gun wasn't involved. I also understand that people are kept from harm BECAUSE they (or someone) had a gun.

 

Why does Corey Booker come to mind?

 

Why are you asking me, little-one?

 

Oh, just think about it. lil joe moen will be messaging you soon enough.

 

I don't know him (Booker). Did he say something similar to my comment?

As for Nation, he strongly disagrees with me on guns in America. While I understand your need to continue the "game", even you would have to admit that.

 

George Zimmerman considers defamation lawsuit against NBC

October 4, 2012

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George Zimmerman is considering a defamation lawsuit against NBC over its reports about a phone call he made to dispatchers moments before he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.​

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Zimmerman's attorney said Thursday that the former neighborhood watch captain has contacted another lawyer about possibly filing a lawsuit.​

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"NBC intentionally edited George Zimmerman’s non-emergency call to make it appear he is a racist, then they repeatedly broadcast that edited tape to the nation," Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's attorney said in a statement obtained by FoxNews.com. "What NBC did is outrageous. Due in large part to NBC’s actions, George has had to live in hiding, in fear for his life." ​

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Each of the reports on either "Today" or NBC's Miami station involve editing of Zimmerman's phone call to a dispatcher that emphasizes his identification of Martin as a black male.​

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Three employees of NBC or the NBC-owned station lost their jobs because of the editing changes.​

NBC spokeswoman Megan Kopf says the network isn't commenting.​

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Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder but has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense.​

A delay in Zimmerman's arrest led to protests nationwide.​

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/04/trayvon-martin-shooter-considers-defamation-lawsuit-against-nbc/?test=latestnews#ixzz28MVOHUEs​

 

I don't think NBC would want me on that jury!

 

Oct 7, 2012 12:19pm

Gil Collar: Naked University of South Alabama Student Killed by Officer


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...y-of-south-alabama-student-killed-by-officer/

Penis jokes aside...

 

Unarmed Army reservist shot and killed by police at traffic stop on Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport

An off-duty female cop was in backseat and a woman bartender from the Ice Lounge in Astoria, where all 3 worked, called the shooting 'pure road rage'

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-shot-police-laguardia-airport-article-1.1174664

*Story dated 10-4-12/10-5-12

 

More on the story above:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/05/14240162-unarmed-man-shot-dead-by-police-in-nyc?lite

 

Similar story...from 2006.
New York on edge as police kill unarmed man in hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day

· Authorities fear backlash over stag night death
· Panicky officers peppered homes and train station
(2006) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/nov/27/usa.julianborger

 

Now the Right-wing argument will focus on needing guns to protect us from the police. Way to go IQ!

 

Even the police, who have training in the proper use of guns, can make wrong decisions and kill someone they had no real reason to. With the nude dude, the officer should have been able to use non-lethal force. It was at a cop station for cryin' out loud. He could have held on to the guy until the other cops, a few steps away, finished their donuts and came out to help subdue the guy. In the New York incident, the cop pulled the trigger first, asked questions later. I'm not even getting into that old incident.

 

Oh, I didn't know you were on the scene. Thanks for your first-hand witness account of what happened.