I would put this in Positive Gun News, since two idiot gun owners shot and killed each other, but I am not allowed to post in that thread anymore:
Marine veteran shot and killed while trying to apologize in road rage encounter
Headline is deceiving because the Marine got out of his car to “apologize”, a passenger in the other car pulled out a gun, then the Marine pulled out HIS gun, and they shot and killed each other.
Good thing there were two good-guys-with-guns there!
Key sentence:
A friend [COLOR=“Red”]who was on the phone with Byrne at the time said he got out his vehicle at a stoplight to apologize.[/COLOR]
Fuck him. He deserved what he got. Fucking hang up and drive.
Who takes a gun to an apology?
By definition, the dead guy is always the bad guy. So, both of them.
Lucky they were both armed.
I can’t imagine why.
An armed society is a polite society. It’s just that some people don’t know how to accept an apology.
A tragedy, to be sure, but part of the price we all must pay for being able to kill the Bad Guys:
If only the 2-year-old could have defended himself …
Well, you’re almost right. On the right track at least. If only there had been a teacher in the room to shoot the 18 year old in the face before the baby could get killed. That is the optimum outcome (we are told).
We should immediately embark on a campaign to arm all 2-year-olds.
After all, an armed society is a polite society. :rolleyes:
They both took out a bad guy, so aren’t each of them also good guys?
I’ve mentioned this before, but that could have been my kids. My brother, as he was nearing the end of his life, lived with my mom. My kids were over there often. When my brother died, we cleaned out his room and found a loaded revolver under his bed. My kids loved my brother and liked hanging out in his room. Miserable fucker could have got them killed. Of all the things I hate my brother for, that’s right at the top.
Well here is a 2 year old who did arm himself (he found a gun in his grandmother’s purse). Unfortunately she failed to teach him proper gun-handling techniques–so he pointed the gun in the wrong direction–and killed himself:
Although grandfather did say:
How the hell can someone say “We’re probably one of the safest families around as far as weapons” immediately after a 2 year old found their gun and shot himself in the face?
Morons.
Maybe they are.
morons. Yes.
Moron Labes
I know I’m preaching to the choir here but I find it sad that so many incidents of criminals having guns and then being shot to death by potential victims with guns is somehow considered positive gun news.
It’s positive because shooting somebody is totally awesome! People don’t carry guns around with the hopes that they DON’T get to shoot somebody.
ISTM it comes from the Good Guy / Bad Guy filter that distorts their view of the world and the people in it - if the Bad Guy gets shot, that’s Positive Gun News.
But any time they’re asked how to tell the difference between Good and Bad Guys, they all either ignore it or just run away. Ambiguity and complexity literally *scare *them. Old cowboy movies are comforting.