http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_re_us/trick_or_treat_killing

What do you make of it?

As soon as Obama gets into office im sure this will be brought up, followed by the ban of all firearms.

Not much more to say, sucks for the kid, sucks for the family.

I hope they fucking give that guy the death penalty what a fucking dumb shit. That really pisses me off. Seriously how the hell could you mistake a kid knocking on the door for someone trying to break in? And then just unload 30rds into the door and shit without even knowing who there. The one thing I defiantly don't like is this quote from it
"We want to let his family know that this is a total tragic accident," he said. "He was trying to protect his family." Seriously trying to protect his family? Any right minded person would not have just started spraying bullets without knowing there was a threat.

And you're definitely right about the whole obama using this against guns and shit. I can definitely see this as being used to help ban the weapons.

id rather have them ban trick or treating

This is the tragedy in its purest form.

Unfortunately I have to agree with those whom have stated here that they believe such will be used by the anti-gun lobby to further restrictive firearms legislation. The real kicker of course is that as a convicted felon, the shooting suspect should not have owned ANY firearm in the first place, further proof that restrictive gun laws do NOT work.

Which will make them see the need for even more restrictive laws. As usual.

This guy must have been high out of his mind.

This guy had something else going on. No one just unloads 30 rounds when someone knocks on the door. my guess is this guy was pushing drugs or something out of his house and thought he was getting busted or that his shit was gonna get jacked by a rival dealer, which would explain the $7500 that he couldn't explain a reason for.

The point here is, you've got a felon with an assault rifle who fired it through the fucking wall.


Isn't there some famous case about someone else doing that (firing through a wall)?

"he wasnt going to get robbed again" Well he didnt get robbed but he is going to prison for a long time. Fucking shot after a knock, come on? on halloween? what do you expect to happen on halloween. Is a burglar genaerally going to knock? jesus.

The point here is, you've got a felon with an assault rifle who fired it through the fucking wall.


Isn't there some famous case about someone else doing that (firing through a wall)?

a 7.62x39 going through a door(even solid core) is nothing special?

id rather have them ban trick or treating

Well if you didnt see many trick or treaters this year you definetly are not going to see any next year.

probably not even true, just anti-gun propaganda

a 7.62x39 going through a door(even solid core) is nothing special?

Im pretty sure he was talking about the fact that someone else was on trial for shooting someone through a door or wall, not the fact that the rifle was able to shoot and kill through a wall.

Aren't you responsible for all ricochets, penetrating, and missed bullets?

If I shoot someone, it goes through him, through a wall and hits someone else, aren't I liable for that?

Anti Gun legislation? The picture of that kid is the opposite of small, blond, white girl. He doesn't fit the description for being all over the mainstream news media or public outrage. Young black kids are killed every so often getting caught in gang crossfire. The media accepts incidents like that as something that is a product of "their" society.

Added - Seriously... a black president will not disarm people. After the history blacks have had with the government and the police abusing their powers, the last thing a black president wants to do is disarm a law abiding citizen.

Added - Seriously... a black president will not disarm people. After the history blacks have had with the government and the police abusing their powers, the last thing a black president wants to do is disarm a law abiding citizen.

That is the most blatantly logically-fallacious, sweepingly-generalized crap I've heard today. I'm not saying Obama would disarm people, but just looking at his party platform, voting record, and VP candidate, any moron would realize he's not exactly what most individuals would consider a supporter a Second Amendment.

Normally making sweeping generalization about a person because of race is bad. But really... there is a reason why those generalizations exist. If there were more "exceptions to the rule" generalization such as the one mentioned wouldn't have lasted into these modern times of equality.

It's apparent to me you haven't probably looked at the Heller brief (Obama's not signing the Amicus brief), his statements about the Chicago gun ban, and all the issues his aids conveniently discussed for him about being restrictive in terms of firearms possession (which he conveniently writes off as incorrect later because he managed never to say them himself).

Added - Seriously... a black president will not disarm people. After the history blacks have had with the government and the police abusing their powers, the last thing a black president wants to do is disarm a law abiding citizen.

Well that's all fine and dandy except Obama is half arab and half caucasian, only a few percent african. But seriously, it's independent of race that this guys is not a big supporter of guns in the hands of citizens.

kill the guy, kill other violent criminals, then there will be less crime.


although what will probably happen is more gun laws will be made, and more people will get killed because good people cannot protect themselves, but hte media will talk about how wonderful gun laws are and the US will be one step closer to British style gun laws.


Goddamn liberals and their spewing bullshit all over the place.....

Also in the article: as usual, the media uses any opportunity possible to point out that it was an 'assault rifle' Would it have been better had he done it with a shotgun or a pistol? No, but the media likes to demonize weapons so they can help aid the liberal anti-gun agenda. Criminals will kill with whatever they can, guns, bombs, knives, clubs; if it exists, they will find a way to kill you with it.

Added - Seriously... a black president will not disarm people. After the history blacks have had with the government and the police abusing their powers, the last thing a black president wants to do is disarm a law abiding citizen.

yes but historically those who have stood against the abuse of power have gone on to abuse power themselves and obama will be no different

yes but historically those who have stood against the abuse of power have gone on to abuse power themselves and obama will be no different

Yea look back in history most people in power have a "do as I SAY not as i DO" type of attitude towards they way they run shit. And Obama is the first PARTIAL black american, hes not straight up black. Not to mention the fact that being the first "black" president its pretty certain there will be quite a few attempts on his life so why would he want people to be able to attempt those assasinations?

Not to mention the fact that being the first "black" president its pretty certain there will be quite a few attempts on his life so why would he want people to be able to attempt those assasinations?

well the bookies over here are giving 12-1 odds that obama will be assassinated before he finishes his first term in office. now im not a gambler but i would say thats some pretty good odds considering that there hasn't been a successful assassination of an American president for nearly 45 years