Georgia man shoots and kills guy who accidentally pulled into his driveway

**Jeleh** · 2013-01-30, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Didactic

There is no news story about how the majority of gun owners are responsible, because it's not lurid and interesting.

These events are the exception.

Same old same old, yet another person is dead because guns are so prevalent in society. Would this guy be dead if the most deadly weapon the paranoid veteran had was a knife or baseball bat?

**Bananarepublic** · 2013-01-30, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Jaggid

Just to play devils advocate here, couldn't the driver have had a seriously menacing gaze? Just imagine if he had been allowed to peel out of the mans drive-way... the property damage alone could have broken the mid to hi "hundreds of dollars". Just saying gotta protect our drive-ways people, that's something every American can get behind!

Build a fence or something?

**Jaggid** · 2013-01-30, 03:24 AM

Touche you win. - Coolkingler1

**Didactic** · 2013-01-30, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jeleh

Same old same old, yet another person is dead because guns are so prevalent in society. Would this guy be dead if the most deadly weapon the paranoid veteran had was a knife or baseball bat?

I couldn't say. I'm not a prognostic, and neither are you.

**Jaggid** · 2013-01-30, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jeleh

Same old same old, yet another person is dead because guns are so prevalent in society. Would this guy be dead if the most deadly weapon the paranoid veteran had was a knife or baseball bat?

Have you seen what happens when a baseball bat meets glass? Were talking some seriously dangerous shards, the driver would have been blinded at the very least.

**Bananarepublic** · 2013-01-30, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jaggid

Touche you win. - Coolkingler1

What do I win? A cake?

**sTyLnK** · 2013-01-30, 03:25 AM

Poor guy.

People are such nut jobs nowadays. Not a shot at the Country itself, but it does seem to be getting really bad.

**Bananarepublic** · 2013-01-30, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by Jaggid

Have you seen what happens when a baseball bat meets glass? Were talking some seriously dangerous shards, the driver would have been blinded at the very least.

Not if he saw the man coming already and shielded his eyes. :P

**Jaggid** · 2013-01-30, 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by coolkingler1

What do I win? A cake?

Yes, you win a cake. An E-Cake "iiiiiiii" Yay you! =D.

**Jeleh** · 2013-01-30, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Didactic

I couldn't say. I'm not a prognostic, and neither are you.

You don't need to be.

**Sky High Shark** · 2013-01-30, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Didactic

There is no news story about how the majority of gun owners are responsible, because it's not lurid and interesting.

These events are the exception.

I'm sorry, I missed the part this article had anything to do with the subject. care to point it out? from what I can see its just about some old crack pot who can't tell if the people coming to his door are lost or want to harm him, its a commentary on his stupidity, not gun ownership.

**Jaggid** · 2013-01-30, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by coolkingler1

Not if he saw the man coming already and shielded his eyes. :P

Your bastardized logic is really starting to make me think we cant have a meaningfully drawn out debate.

iiiiiiiii -- Grats again sir.

**Jeleh** · 2013-01-30, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Jaggid

Have you seen what happens when a baseball bat meets glass? Were talking some seriously dangerous shards, the driver would have been blinded at the very least.

No. just no. 69 year old paranoid enough to shoot without regard, has the power to decimate windscreen in one swoop blinding the occupant with shards of glass?

**Sykol** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

I'd hate to be the poor kid that knocked a fly ball into that guy's yard.

**Politicus** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by coolkingler1

Not if he saw the man coming already and shielded his eyes. :P

I just can't understand how the old man couldn't differentiate between the car moving forwards or backwards, since when the victim was accelerating backwards as quickly as possible, the old man thought that he was actually moving forward...

**Biske** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by Hastings95

Offtopic:

Biske, I like your signature, have vs of

Lol, thanks. It just bothers the crap out of me.

**Bananarepublic** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by Jaggid

Your bastardized logic is really starting to make me think we cant have a meaningfully drawn out debate.

iiiiiiiii -- Grats again sir.

Why?

It's true!

I would close my eyes if I saw the man about to take a swing.

**ovm33** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by Raybourne

obviously property > average person from the human populace

Yes. Exactly. Because my property = represents the TIME I invested in obtaining said item. My TV took 16 hours of my life to obtain. Those 16 hours of my life, the life of a hard working - law abiding citizen are worth far more the the LIFE of some scum bag who does nothing but take from society. Fun fact; the state where I live, since my property is zoned A-1 agricultural, I'm legally allowed to kill ANYONE, yes even girl scouts, who step foot on my property for any reason after dark. Guess how many times this has happened in the past 100 years..?

Now, we all know that this isn't the case in this instance. This is simply a case of a nut-job getting scared / over-reacting.

**Didactic** · 2013-01-30, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by Sky High Shark

I'm sorry, I missed the part this article had anything to do with the subject. care to point it out?

The only reason this news story is getting attention is because of the recent flare up in the gun debate.

**Jaggid** · 2013-01-30, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by Hastings95

I just can't understand how the old man couldn't differentiate between the car moving forwards or backwards, since when the victim was accelerating backwards as quickly as possible, the old man thought that he was actually moving forward...

Maybe he was actually looking at some elaborate tricked out mirror set up?

---------- Post added 2013-01-29 at 10:29 PM ----------

Originally Posted by coolkingler1

Why?

It's true!

I would close my eyes if I saw the man about to take a swing.

Thats why you won another cake, because that is true.

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