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Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby John S. on Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:39 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101215/ap_ ... d_shooting

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A 56-year-old ex-convict calmly held a school board at gunpoint and said he was seeking redress for his wife's firing before shooting at the superintendent at short range and then killing himself.



AP got this quote in there TWICE! :?
"We could tell by the look in his eyes that this wasn't going to end well," Husfelt later told The Associated Press.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby Chunkychuck on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:08 am

I wonder if he got his gun at gun show? I'm sure the media will let us know when they find out where he got it.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby Heffay on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:17 am

Chunkychuck wrote:I wonder if he got his gun at gun show? I'm sure the media will let us know when they find out where he got it.


Maybe it's just me, but the amount of irresponsible reporting by the media on reporting gun crimes appears to be decreasing. Not every story begins with a guns are bad slant anymore, but instead seem to recognize the difference between responsible and illegal gun use.

I think we won. Doesn't mean we can sit back on our laurels and crack open a beer in celebration. Well... we can do the last part of that, but not the first. :D
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby DanM on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:22 am

Chunkychuck wrote:I wonder if he got his gun at gun show? I'm sure the media will let us know when they find out where he got it.


Or they will make something up to fit their agenda to keep the general population looking to Big Brother to protect them. While disavowing any journalistic integrity and eschewing personal responsibility. :x
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby John S. on Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:31 am

Heffay wrote:
Chunkychuck wrote:I wonder if he got his gun at gun show? I'm sure the media will let us know when they find out where he got it.


Maybe it's just me, but the amount of irresponsible reporting by the media on reporting gun crimes appears to be decreasing. Not every story begins with a guns are bad slant anymore, but instead seem to recognize the difference between responsible and illegal gun use.

I think we won. Doesn't mean we can sit back on our laurels and crack open a beer in celebration. Well... we can do the last part of that, but not the first. :D


Hopefully it's becoming clear to the MSM that the large majority of US citizens believe in the 2nd Amendment. ;)
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby RobD on Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:10 pm

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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby mnglocker on Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:14 pm

Something tells me the school board isn't going to hire his wife back. Something also tells me she probably won't be working in the edumakation system anymore.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby gyrfalcon on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:01 pm

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A 56-year-old ex-convict .... shooting at the superintendent at short range and then killing himself.


I must have missed it, but I never saw him kill himself.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby tman on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:10 pm

gyrfalcon wrote:
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A 56-year-old ex-convict .... shooting at the superintendent at short range and then killing himself.


I must have missed it, but I never saw him kill himself.


He must have shot himself after he fell down. At the press conference this morning, it was reported that he was struck twice by the security guard and then the guy killed himself. It's probably appropriate that the unedited video isn't available..
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby RobD on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:33 pm

tman wrote:He must have shot himself after he fell down.

Probably missed.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby photogpat on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:47 pm

Heffay wrote: Doesn't mean we can sit back on our laurels and crack open a beer in celebration. Well... we can do the last part of that, but not the first. :D


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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby David on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:49 pm

That's one calm superintendent. I think I'd be crying like a baby and hiding behind the board members!
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby Heffay on Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:50 pm

David wrote:That's one calm superintendent. I think I'd be crying like a baby and hiding behind the board members!


Your strategy is sound. Bullets hurt a lot less after they've passed through a couple other people first.
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby tman on Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:02 pm

RobD wrote:
tman wrote:He must have shot himself after he fell down.

Probably missed.


8 feet and no hits. Worse than the NYPD!
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Re: Fl school board taken at gunpoint and fired at!

Postby westberg on Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:06 pm

tman wrote:
RobD wrote:
tman wrote:He must have shot himself after he fell down.

Probably missed.


8 feet and no hits. Worse than the NYPD!

At the end of the day it's a good thing some people don't learn how to shoot.
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