3 dead, 4 wounded in shootout in central Virginia

[marmar]

LOUISA, Va. — A man involved in a dispute over property and belongings opened fire in a rural neighborhood in central Virginia, killing two people and wounding four others before police fatally shot him.

The gunman began shooting around 5 p.m. Sunday at a mobile home outside of the town of Louisa, said Louisa County sheriff's Maj. Donnie Lowe.

The man had unleashed a pit bull on officers before he and his dog were then killed in a shootout, Lowe said. No officers were injured, he said.

Police said they had responded to a minor incident at the home earlier in the day.

"It appears that this is all a family-related matter," said Sgt. Thomas Molnar, a state police spokesman. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20100823/US.Virginia.Shootings/

[LostinVA]

1. Good grief

That's only about three miles from where I used to live.

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2. Oh good... a twofer

An incident that the pit bull banners and gun banners can both point their fingers at and screech about.

[cleanhippie]

6. Yup. One person giving two things a bad name.

What a shame.

[xchrom]

3. recommend

[lib2DaBone]

4. "When people lose everything... they lose it."

[ThomWV]

7. When people never had anything in the first place what do they do then?

What do you think those who never had anything do, grin and bear it?

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Thank goodness we live in a civilized society.

[sharesunited]

8. This is the natural consequence of wilfully misinterpreting the 2nd Amendment

to fabricate a "right"to have guns in the hands of the general public.

And it's Virginia once again.

[Recursion]

9. What law do you suggest would have kept this guy from getting a gun?

I'm always curious what people think would work.

[Rage for Order]

11. Hence the reason the general public couldn't have guns when the Consitution was ratified

Wait a minute...

[cowman]

15. Well it seems

that your interpertation of the 2nd Amend goes against the vast majority of Americans. Get a new canard.

[sharesunited]

16. The vast majority of Americans used to be opposed to black people marrying white people.

A Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia took care of that problem.

[cowman]

18. Thats right

and the SCOTUS decision regarding the individual right to keep and bear arms took care of that argument. See, I can do that also.

[villager]

20. We know how much you love those Alito/Scalia/Thomas far-right decisions!

some of us, however, have views different from the court's far-right quintuplets...

[cowman]

24. You are aware that

all 9 justices agreed that the 2nd Amend is an individual right aren't you? The other 4 just disagreed on the level of restrictions. Try reading the decision.

[villager]

34. Funny, the way you try and render narrow 5-4 decisions into super-majorities

But then I guess that's what they teach at NRA school?

[cowman]

35. Apparently

you did not read the decision, once again all 9 justices agreed that the 2nd Amend conveyed an individual right of citizens to keep and bear arms what they disagreed on the level of restrictions. You can cast all the asperations you want, doesn't change the facts.
BTW what is this NRA school you speak of?

[villager]

37. Evidently, you didn't do any counting...

Nor did you read any of the dissents in the ruling.

Hard to cop supporting a far rightwing majority when you're pretending otherwise, but there you have it...

[cowman]

38. Arguing with someone who

doesn't know the facts is useless. So let me get this straight, because I support all civil rights that makes me a far right person? You really are delusional.
Good Bye.

[villager]

39. "Arguing with someone who doesn't know the facts is useless"

Hey, we found something to agree on! :thumbsup:

[cowman]

26. Just as I thought

when presented with facts you do what most anti 2nd Amend people do, you run away.

[county worker]

33. I don't think anyone here is against any amendments.

I haven't seen any calls for a constitutional convention to overturn an amendment here at DU.

They may disagree on the interpretation of the amendment and that is their right, which is also supported by an amendment.

[SteveM]

29. And black people were barred from owning guns, hence the 14th Amend.

[potassiumnitrate]

17. +1000

[cowman]

19. Hey everybody look

someone who agrees with SU.

[Vickers]

21. When you've got saltpeter on your side, you know you're right. n/t

[cowman]

25. ???????

[Vickers]

27. potassiumnitrate = saltpeter

:P

[cowman]

32. Got it

thats funny:rofl:

[proteus_lives]

22. Ahh, your stock reply.

"Give up your rights for safety."

:puke:

[SteveM]

28. Ah, Pastor Prohi has spoken. Next sermon: the scourge of reefer. nt

[Barack2theFuture]

10. so does discussion of this story

belong in the gun nut ghetto or the pit bull ghetto?

[slackmaster]

12. I think the Virginia state forum would be more appropriate

It's a local news story with nothing to nourish any kind of meaningful discussion of national policy or politics.

[Barack2theFuture]

14. Besides, the Virginia state forum

covers all the bases.

Good suggestion.

[SteveM]

30. Well, the controller/banners keep trying other forums...

they know what they get in the "gungeon," and they don't like it. Guess they think there is an army of folks in DU at-large who support their prohibitionism.

[gratuitous]

13. And he had learned so well what it means to be an American

Violence as the preferred method of solving problems, might makes right, and shoot first, ask questions later. And for all his trouble learning what a good American believes and how a good American lives, he winds up getting shot dead by the police.

[SteveM]

31. Sorry, but most Americans don't act like this jackass. In fact...

the violent crime rate has been falling significantly since 1995, even as the number of firearms in civilian hands has gone up by well over 100,000,000 during the same time period.

This is NOT "what it means to be an American." I and millions of others were brought up differently.

[Rebubula]

36. LOL

And the rest of the world is so peaceful and there is no racism\sexism, rape or murder.

Seriously.....sometimes the myopic vision in this place is mind numbing.

This is the human equation - not just the US equation.

[Blue_Tires]

23. longtime alcoholic, lost an arm in a crash, and had cancer...

probably felt like he had nothing left to lose when he killed his own son....