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In reply to the discussion: Yes I Shot That Kid - Brian Cloninger [View all]Sanddog42
(117 posts)20. Unless You're Dick Cheney
The story I read said he was standing near his truck and said "yes, I shot that kid."
What it doesn't tell us is whether he said it casually, proudly, indifferently, defiantly, or through tears and choking horror at the thing he had just done.
All I'm saying is, we don't know the whole story here, and let's not allow ourselves to be whipped up into a mob frenzy. Once we commit ourselves to "hang 'im high" it's harder to back down if new details come to light.
I suspect that he brought the gun to intimidate someone in particular that lives in the neighborhood with whom he had some disagreement and shot the child accidentally. He's probably just an idiot, but so far there's no evidence this was motivated by racial animus or abject evil.
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The best way to piss off gun nuts is to either ignore them or flood them with facts.
wild bird
Sep 2013
#63
If he didn't intend to shoot someone, then why the fuck was he waving a gun around
wild bird
Sep 2013
#59