Angry driver shoots egg-throwing teen

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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    inmytree wrote:
    I see both sides of this...

    yes, the kid should not have been shot, but that same kid should not be throwing eggs at cars...

    I wonder, if the egg thowing kid would have caused an accident leading to someone getting hurt or killed, who he be getting a pass...

    how can you see both sides? I dont see the side of the shooter at all.


    and IF the kid caused an accident he should be prosecuted for such a crime. not shot.
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    I too egged cars and the guy driving the street-cleaner, several times.

    When I finally got caught I was punished for a month and had to do extra chores, as well as my usual chores. And my father dragged me off with him on the weekends to help him do his electrician jobs. I had to pull and run wire under floors, through and along the inside of walls and carry his heavy tool box around, all day. That sucked. Never egged anything after that.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Songburst wrote:
    I love what I do at work, so I don't consider it working my life away. This is not about the damage to the material possessions that gets me mad about the stupid things that people do, it's the lack of respect. A 14 year old kid knows that he/she should not vandalize other peoples property. If you decide to vandalize, then you take the chance that you are going to do it to the wrong person and pay a heavy toll. If those kids weren't so stupid to decide that egging people would be fun, the one kid would still be alive today. I just hope that the other kids get prosecuted for their crime as well as the shooter. I'm just thinking back: if my dad ever found out that I egged someone's car when I was 14, I probably would have wished that I was shot trying to get away. Repect for other peoples property is huge where I come from.

    are you dissin me muthafucka? ill pop a cap in yo ass.

    yeah, i like that way of thinking. it's very mature and reasonable. we should go back to fertile cresent days... chop off the hands of shoplifters, etc. teach those fucking kids a lesson. we'll see if they can steal candy with one hand!
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    jlew24asu wrote:
    how can you see both sides? I dont see the side of the shooter at all.


    and IF the kid caused an accident he should be prosecuted for such a crime. not shot.

    because I can...

    people get pissed about stupid things....plain and simple...it happens and often times, with no good reason...again, I'm not saying it's ok...let me say it again, I'm not saying it's ok, but....

    if you play with fire, you are going to get burned...you fuck with the wrong person, you may get killed....

    if this kid did not throw an egg at this SUV, we would not be having this discussion, would we...?
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    inmytree wrote:
    because I can...

    people get pissed about stupid things....plain and simple...it happens and often times, with no good reason...again, I'm not saying it's ok...let me say it again, I'm not saying it's ok, but....

    if you play with fire, you are going to get burned...you fuck with the wrong person, you may get killed....

    if this kid did not throw an egg at this SUV, we would not be having this discussion, would we...?

    You can actually see the killer's side?

    You can see where he just decided that an egg on his car meant someone had to die?
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  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    NMyTree wrote:
    Question:

    Is it known if it was an adult driving the car and shooting from the car?

    Have they found the shooter, yet?
    Prolly should start with this guy
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Collin wrote:
    You can actually see the killer's side?

    You can see where he just decided that an egg on his car meant someone had to die?

    you know, perhaps I need to back peddle, flip flop, if I can...

    can I put myself in the killers shoes...heck, I don't know...but I do know, there have been times in my life where I was so angry, that I could not see straight, and over stupid things...

    perhaps the driver's limbic system, the part of the brain that regulates emotions such as anger, was "hyjacked"...

    I know we've all been there, and if you say you haven't, good for you...

    so let me say this: it was not ok for the driver to shoot the kid...but anger can blind and lead to stupid choices...

    my point is, you never know what the consequences of your actions are until it's too late...did this kid find it amusing to throw eggs at people...well, ha ha ha...he's dead...
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Brink wrote:
    Prolly should start with this guy


    Is that him?
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    NMyTree wrote:
    Is that him?


    no. thats a former football player. not sure why it was posted
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    jlew24asu wrote:
    no. thats a former football player. not sure why it was posted


    Oh, okay. Thanks. I didn't know who that was. I guess brink was attempting to be funny.
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    inmytree wrote:
    so let me say this: it was not ok for the driver to shoot the kid...but anger can blind and lead to stupid choices...

    my point is, you never know what the consequences of your actions are until it's too late...did this kid find it amusing to throw eggs at people...well, ha ha ha...he's dead...

    That's why I think the US should have stricter gun laws.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Collin wrote:
    That's why I think the US should have stricter gun laws.


    I fully agree....
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Collin wrote:
    That's why I think the US should have stricter gun laws.

    Which specific gun new gun laws should be passed to ensure that this wouldn't have happened?
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  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    jeffbr wrote:
    Which specific gun new gun laws should be passed to ensure that this wouldn't have happened?

    I don't think any laws will fully ensure that these kind of things don't happen again.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Collin wrote:
    That's why I think the US should have stricter gun laws.


    Again, I don't see how laws would have prevented from one idiot from killing a kid who was fleeing after vandalizing the persons SUV.

    Why not enact a law against egging? Oh wait, we have one on vandalism... and we have one against murder, and discharging a fire arm in city limits....shooting other people... etc. etc.

    Take the gun away and say the SUV driver speeds after these kids, they wreck trying to get away and the same kid dies. Who's at fault? The driver of the chasing SUV? Or the driver of the egging SUV? That happened here in Georgia, and the family of the vandalist who died, sued the chase vehicle's driver. Although I don't see how they were any more at fault than the driver of the vehicle who was speeding away. Either way thier kid is dead, because of a stupid prank. Hopefully, this will prevent other kids from doing that kind of stuff.

    Any sane person would tell you the moron with the gun acted in a heinous manner and his or her actions were ridiculously over kill. Enacting another gun law or taking guns away entirely which is really the goal of that whole movement lets be fair, does nothing to stop the root problem.

    Switch the argument from guns to say drugs. Where has prohibition ever stopped anything?
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    jlew24asu wrote:
    no. thats a former football player. not sure why it was posted

    cos it's funny. speaking as a big osu football alum, that guys was thug.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    jeffbr wrote:
    Which specific gun new gun laws should be passed to ensure that this wouldn't have happened?

    How about making it illegal to carry/possess guns? Wouldn't stop criminals, etc., I know that but would sure stop Mr. Redneck with a temper! Wishful thinking would be that with it being illegal to possess guns, hunting would be banned. That would also make me happy :)
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    redrock wrote:
    How about making it illegal to carry/possess guns? Wouldn't stop criminals, etc., I know that but would sure stop Mr. Redneck with a temper! Wishful thinking would be that with it being illegal to possess guns, hunting would be banned. That would also make me happy :)


    yeah because prohibition of alcohol prevented mr redneck from making moonshine too right?

    Banning guns, like banning drugs just makes a different percentage of the population into criminals.

    It does nothing to keep members of the population from killing each other or from killing animals.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    yeah because prohibition of alcohol prevented mr redneck from making moonshine too right?

    Banning guns, like banning drugs just makes a different percentage of the population into criminals.

    It does nothing to keep members of the population from killing each other or from killing animals.

    What I said.. wouldn't stop criminals (or the criminally minded) but it would stop 'law abiding citizens' (even Mr. Redneck and the likes who are law abiding citizens) having them. And it would make a difference to gun deaths (animal or human). Just look at all deaths caused by firearms that were in 'decent' people's hands before they went beserk. I would think that if these people didn't have a gun readily available, on the spur of the moment, they wouldn't be bothered trying to get one illegally (takes time, connections, money, etc) and crimes could be avoided.
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    soulsinging wrote:
    actually no. my buddy and i prefered sneaking into churches and messing with their microphones, eating cake out of the fridge in the basement, or stealing church wine.
    Hey! We "snuck" into our church, too! My big thrill was checking out what that unleavened bread tasted like! My friend and I each had a sip of wine, but we were young enough that the thrill of the covert break-in was more of our priority.

    We got caught trying to sneak into the school, once, too. (I realize I reveal my delinquint nature more and more as I speak). My best friend and I would play "Charlie's Angels"--I was Kelly, she was Jill. Anyway, after seeing an episode where they put tape over the door thing that should connect when the door closes, and automatically locks, we tried it ourselves at the school. It was a weekend, we had been there using the outdoor icerink, and we got the librarian to let us in. We did the old "tape on the door trick" after using the bathroom. We intended to sneak back in when she left. Unfortunately, she probably checked to make sure the door locked, figured us out and our plans were foiled. She gave us a serious lecture, and we felt bad realizing she could have gotten in big trouble. Darn kids. Troublemakers.
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