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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:13 AM Original message |
Las Cruces, NM, Resident Shoots, Kills Burglar |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. A "burglar" becomes an "apparent burglar" in the space of one line |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't know the laws in NM, |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Journalist like to legally guard themselves. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Except in headlines, where "apparent" is such a prurience buzzkill nt |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Does it make a difference to you? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Ah, but you're jumping to conclusions. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. No, sir, he was in someone's house when he wasn' supposed to be there... |
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skippy911sc (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rather |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. The same availability of a gun to the homeowner is the availability of a gun to an assailant. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'm personally glad the homeowner had the ability to defend himself. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Can't blame the home owner for |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. How do you know he didn't have any of those "cheap effective" measures in place? |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I don't know but |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I also have guns and would severely hate to have to use one for self-defense |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sounds like you are a man on a mission |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I live alone, I sleep well, and we do have a neighborhood watch program (informal) |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. If he lives next door to a home invader his neighborhood isn't very safe. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Some posters may take offense at your advice ... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. A hardened perimeter is the first line of defense. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I'm not big on blaming victims, feel free to go the other way though. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. He has no legal obligation to take security measures. He bears no blame. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What do you have agianst self-defense? N/T |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Too funny! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. "Guns for everybody is very NRA-think." |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. One group does agree with you ... criminals ... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That survey was in 1986, BEFORE the wave of passes shall-issue CCW laws. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. We know. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. I looked at your earlier posts in this forum |
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