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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:17 PM
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9 Year Old Boy shot & killed in Ark by Man for Throwing Rocks at House
A man irritated by children throwing rocks at his house shot and killed a 9-year-old boy, police said Tuesday.

Officers were called shortly Monday afternoon and found Demotric Moore with a gunshot wound to the neck. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Officers saw Jonathan Watts, 50, inside his home, ordered him to the ground and arrested him.

"I've had it with these kids and the rock throwing," Watts said as he was being handcuffed, El Dorado police Capt. David Smith said.

Watts told officers that he'd thrown the gun away. Initial calls reported a man with a BB gun, Smith said.

The weapon was a shotgun, according to a police report.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q0MQBG0&show_article=1

What a cretin! Call the parents, call the police, but don't reach for a damn shotgun!
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sleipnir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:18 PM
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1. Like a biblical Ark?
Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 04:19 PM by sleipnir
???
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:18 PM
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2. Sweet Jumping Jesus that's awful. . .
I hope they throw the whole library full of books at that beast.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:23 PM
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4. There are always two sides to every story and 'yes' the man was wrong.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:26 PM
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6. A 50 year old man shoots a 9 year old kid..and there are 'two sides'???
are you fucking insane or play fucking insane on boards?
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:39 PM
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7. angst - You are the insane one - like I said there are always two sides to every story
story.Maybe this man should have been locked up a long time ago and no one did anything about it. I have seen it happen in my home town. The man finally cracked.
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:44 PM
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9. And maybe the nine-year-old was an Queada operative.
:sarcasm:
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:50 PM
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12. Remember Columbine and Red Lake - for example.
The signs were there but no one bothered to read them!
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 08:26 PM
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17. Not to mention the aftermath at many schools
have to just love *educrats*
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 08:26 PM
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16. I too would like to see *the rest of the story*
While this is prima facie unjustifiable, the man's prior history could be instructive
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:19 PM
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3. We should be thankful
that this man is fighting them there, so they don't follow us home.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:58 PM
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13. And how do you know he didn't follow us home!!!
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 05:03 PM
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14. 'cus he done got shot.
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One_Life_To_Give Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:23 PM
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5. Guess that shell wasn't Rock Salt after all
Doesn't anybody hand load their own rocksalt to keep kids in line anymore? When I was young we feared that almost as much as the call home to your mother. "Mrs. OLTG, Your son has been...."
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:40 PM
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8. If only that kid were packing heat...
this would never have happened! :sarcasm:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:46 PM
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10. Obviously more guns is the only rational solution.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 04:48 PM
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11. LOL Beat me to it!
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 05:27 PM
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15. What the fuck is wrong with people????
Years ago we were lounging on Saturday afternoon when we heard a loud whomp against the side of our house. Then another & another. My husband stepped out to see what was going on & there were three young boys (10, maybe?) throwing very large rocks against the side of our house.

"Why are you boys throwing rocks against the side of my house?" my husband asked them.

"We're bored," was the answer.

"Well I'm bored, too," said my husband. He leaned over & picked up a giant rock in each hand & then said, "Now it's my turn. We're going to your house & I'm going to lob these rocks at the side of it, ok?"

They were horrified! "No mister, please, NO!" and "My parents will kill me!"

They got the point. My husband set the rocks down & shook the hand of each of the boys.

I hope that man is locked away for the rest of his life.
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