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Cursed?

Wow… Remember the gun range where that lady killed her kid then herself?

This can't be good for business.

Hat Tip Around O-Town

posted @ 4/27/2009 8:03:11 PM

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Hypnagogue says:

on 4/27/2009 9:24:52 PM

My neighbor decided to leave his wife with the check by taking his shotgun for a short walk up my driveway. Call me cold if it suits, but after seeing the aftermath through the eyes of his survivors, I have nothing but contempt for people who commit suicide. It remains the most cowardly act I've ever witnessed.

Which is, by my understanding, why these things come in clusters -- cowards can only act if they see someone else doing it first.

Sailorcurt says:

on 4/27/2009 10:07:19 PM

Cursed? More like "copycat". This is someone who wanted to say "FU" to the world and the sensationalist news stories about the woman and her son explained to him exactly how to do it.

Now that the technique has been explained fully, expect more people to utilize this service.

Cap'n Bob says:

on 4/28/2009 10:18:49 AM

The range where we shoot will not rent guns to people who come in by themselves. You have to have a 'buddy' in order to rent one or more guns. They also require renters to leave their driver's license as collateral - implying that renters need one of those too.

Weer'd Beard says:

on 4/28/2009 12:18:05 PM

One more reason to open the NICS check system. I'd be perfectly willing to close the "Gunshow loophole" that way (espeshally given that no matter WHAT selling to a prohibited person puts your ass in a sling, and you have no concrete way to varify that EVER)

Also Robb, I suspect you'll like that when your Daughters start bringing home boys!

+1 to Hypnagogue. I had a good friend end her own life. When I think of the number of people who were deeply upset when they got the news....as well as people like myself with survivor's guilt (Why didn't I call her that night??) it's really a grossly selfish act that deeply hurts and scars many for the "Benifit" of one.

This isn't a "Curse" this is some selfish depressed asshole saying "Oh that looks like it works!"

Tom says:

on 4/28/2009 2:39:05 PM

The owner's attorney told Eyewitness News they are asking the state to allow them to do background checks on customers before they rent guns.

Yeah, that'll work. Veteran, nope, no rental, in fact the police are on their way. Cho, oh, it's fine rent to him to. I think this is just setting a VERY bad example and paving the way towards more .gov control.

Wolfwood says:

on 4/29/2009 2:18:54 PM

I think things like this do come in sets. A few months prior to the Virginia Tech shootings, a prisoner in nearby Christiansburg had escaped custody and shot two cops before being apprehended just off-campus that afternoon; it was all over the local news that day. I think those two events are also related to the one Virginia Tech student beheading another this past year. I attended the school for two degrees and nothing worse than a student being hit by a drunk driver ever occurred, yet within such a short span these three things happen.

The media deserves its share of blame on these things. They're willing to endanger others simply because they can't bear not to provide every detail (so long as it suits their agenda).

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