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08-09-2013, 06:54 PM
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107 year old shot dead by police

Yes its true, the OAP apparently holding two people hostage, was shot by SWAT team after opening fire on them.
It smells a bit like shoot first and ask questions afterwards, find it hard to believe he was dangerous.
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08-09-2013, 06:59 PM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Seems like an 'open and shot case' to me ......

Age is irrelevant if you're a nutter !
If he was so innocent, why did negotiations not work ....
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08-09-2013, 07:12 PM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Originally Posted by Wrinkly ->
Yes its true, the OAP apparently holding two people hostage, was shot by SWAT team after opening fire on them.
It smells a bit like shoot first and ask questions afterwards, find it hard to believe he was dangerous.
Well, if the link report is to be believed, holding people hostage at gunpoint and then shooting at the police when negotiations break down...makes him dangerous.
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08-09-2013, 08:16 PM
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Surely they could have just waited him out, not like he would have made a run for it or something.
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08-09-2013, 10:47 PM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Originally Posted by Pats ->
Well, if the link report is to be believed, holding people hostage at gunpoint and then shooting at the police when negotiations break down...makes him dangerous.
Inclined to agree with that logic Pats, I expect there was more to it though, there usually is.
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09-09-2013, 12:21 AM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Geez,they used stun grenades and tear gas and he fired at them with a handgun!
I would of shot the silly old bugger too! maybe that was his mission,diden't believe in suicide so he got the cops to do it?
The same stupid people who allowed him a handgun licence also issued 3 other firearms licences,and to 3 legally blind people? Yanks are bloody mad!
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09-09-2013, 08:12 AM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Tell that to the paraOlympic blind archers and shooters. We license guns for blind people in many countries most of them would shoot straighter than me LOL
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09-09-2013, 08:17 AM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

If he fired at the police in America then it was only ever going to go one way - and I'm sure he was aware of that outcome.

If you pick up a gun, point and fire it, the outcome is never going to be a good one
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09-09-2013, 08:19 AM
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This lark with guns, if you feel you need a gun to protect yourself, it's time to move somewhere else.
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09-09-2013, 08:19 AM
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Re: 107 year old shot dead by police

Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
Tell that to the paraOlympic blind archers and shooters. We license guns for blind people in many countries most of them would shoot straighter than me LOL

Yes Julie, but its a bit different shooting on a 'range' which is heavily regulated, whereas issuing licences to registered 'blind' people to enable them to use the weapon unregulated in public is the height of madness.
 
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