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In reply to the discussion: Kids shoot and kill baby in stroller because mom didn't have money to give them. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)122. Most people will forget about it tomorrow
because killing is so ordinary here. Nothing unusual.
The Newtown kids were babies too. But people don't care enough to enact effective gun controls, do they?
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Skip Intro
Mar 2013
OP
It never fails to amaze me how some people are so quick think the worst about people
Downtown Hound
Mar 2013
#105
What makes you think that the poster is in any way, shape, or form, related to a "gun culture"?
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#178
No pontificating on my part. Just asking why she valued her purse more than her baby.
Mika
Mar 2013
#36
There are probably other things in that purse besides any money she might have had
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#53
I have been trained to fight back in that situation, if escape is not possible
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#60
I think I know why some people had the strange knee-jerk reaction, and it isn't pretty.
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#67
The police have already arrested teens fitting the description, so apparently they believe her. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#71
Maybe because her body was surging with stress hormones so her brain wasn't functioning
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#69
I'm not blaming her in the slightest. I'm trying to explain to you why her reaction
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#98
She probably couldn't think what to do. She was accosted and threatened with a gun...
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#197
Criminals don't recognize your rights. That's why they're called criminals. nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#111
Maybe you should wait to see the evidence that law enforcement has on the guys
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#198
Where did I blame? Fer christs sake, i asked why she didn't just hand the purse over. n/t
Mika
Mar 2013
#61
When I go for walks in my neighborhood - which is almost every day - I never, ever carry my purse.
patricia92243
Mar 2013
#107
I'm sure a lot of people wondered that. I'm guessing she couldn't think fast enuf what to do.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#114
Dehumanizing people is what lead to this atrocity. Try not to contribute.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2013
#33
"If the woman in this story had had a gun, her baby might still be alive"
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2013
#45
Well, I'm shocked. So it's shocking. That is different from what to do about it.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#125
Back to culture war again, eh? Can't let one opportunity to cast moral aspersion pass?
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#153
I blame the half-hearted manner in which our 49-year War On Poverty has been conducted
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#164
Anyone could buy a rifle, shotgun, or handgun by mail-order with no questions asked in 1964.
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#166
The fact that someone else thinks there's a solution different from yours makes
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#193
I am in the corner with you. Something doesn't seem right about this situation. I may
bluestate10
Mar 2013
#141
I know what you mean, but in this case, they've arrested the guys, and I saw her on tv....
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#117
The person who gave the tip will get $10k if the tip leads to arrest & conviction.nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#192
Exactly as I guessed. Get the records of which sterling youth weren't in schools.
alphafemale
Mar 2013
#72
What exactly does NOT SMELL RIGHT? Why question the victim's story? How fucked up can you get?
KittyWampus
Mar 2013
#73
So I wonder why the Police are still saying they are investigating all aspects of the story
HipChick
Mar 2013
#101
I think public safety is served by releasing as much descriptive information as possible...
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#79
As I mentioned, when giving the BOLO info, age/race/sex makes sense; in that para, it didn't.
REP
Mar 2013
#136
One thing: public street, plain view, several people heard the shots. If this were fake,
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#123
Do you have a link, please. I would like to read all the article "not the mother's first loss of a
patricia92243
Mar 2013
#133
She lost an older son to a knife attack. Here is a good link with fuller story:
NYC_SKP
Mar 2013
#145
Her son was the armed mugger. The victim got the better of him & killed him.nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#194
Evil people do harm. Sometimes they can't be stopped. They have the element of surprise,
Honeycombe8
Mar 2013
#202
Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were 10 when they murdered a 2 year old in Liverpool, UK
REP
Mar 2013
#139
I don't know what happened here, but in the 80's, I was visiting my sister at Christmastime...
MiddleFingerMom
Mar 2013
#154
Maybe, for some, it's easier than believing America's youth are really this lost.
Barack_America
Mar 2013
#179
With the love of guns and lack of humanity there is now in this country this horrorific
appleannie1
Mar 2013
#181
I don't think the majority of America's youth would murder a baby like this
octothorpe
Mar 2013
#208
I saw the mother being interviewed. She said she wouldn't mind if the kids died for this
applegrove
Mar 2013
#207