The NRA has a new posterboy..use a gun, go to jail, live for free

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

SNELLVILLE, Ga. - Earl Lazenby had delivered mail for years to the aging brown home with overgrown plants in the yard and a National Rifle Association sticker on the front door. The home's owner was always friendly, sometimes chatting with Lazenby at the grocery store in this Atlanta suburb.

But what Lazenby didn't know was that William Crutchfield was deep in debt and looking for a way out. Authorities say Crutchfield apparently watched with envy as Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph was headed to prison for life and aspired to the same fate — allowing him to live off the government while behind bars.

So he allegedly hatched a twisted plan: Kill a federal employee.

Two weeks ago, Crutchfield walked down his driveway carrying a .380-caliber pistol and greeted his mail carrier at the curb. He then opened fire on Lazenby, drove to the police station in his Chevrolet Cavalier and told the secretary, "I just shot the letter carrier."

"He took his mail and then said, 'Hello.' And then just started shooting," Lazenby said from his hospital bed Tuesday. "He just casually got in his car and drove away."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050714/ap_on_re_us/mail_carrier_shot

[madeline_con]

1. Let's see...

Some IDIOT loses it and kills someone, and it's all because of the NRA sticker? That's rich.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Actually it's a package deal

NRA sticker
Eric Rudolph idolatry
the idea that prison is living off the dole

pretty much sums up who both the NRA and the RW have been trying to appeal to all these years...bet his car radio was tuned to Boortz, Savage or Rush, too.

[madeline_con]

3. Oh, poo.

The NRA didn't drive this guy over the edge, and doesn't condone killing Fed employees or living on the dole.

Shall we blame Columbine on guns, too?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. now that would be a stretch of logic

;)

[madeline_con]

6. My bad...

I must have misinterpreted this:


"The NRA has a new posterboy..use a gun, go to jail, live for free"

to be something like blaming the wrong entity for the actions of another. So sorry.

[Eric J in MN]

5. "a way out of medical debt, he told police."

If you want to blame someone besides the man who pulled the trigger, you can blame the lack of universal health care and our bankruptcy laws.

The shooter is obviously lacking in compassion, though.