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"Gun enthusiast" shoots police officer, is killed

warriorsfanwarriorsfan Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
Police officers responding to a 911 call about a man shooting at a garbage truck took fire from the suspect. One officer was seriously wounded and his life hangs in the balance. A SWAT team responded and promptly killed the suspect, a 60-year old man described by the local news as a "gun enthusiast" who was an accomplished marksman and had a large collection of firearms.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9270216/detail.html


And now we all look bad because of the actions of one gun nut. The anti-gunners here in Michigan will have a field day with this.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    And since HE is dead - we will only hear what the media wants us to hear... Why do you call him a gun nut??
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Detroit eh? Hmmm
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He may have been a gun nut enthusiast, but he certainly sounded nuts.

    Again, the whole story is not here. If someone was firing at him, we may never know.
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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sperry
    He may have been a gun nut enthusiast, but he certainly sounded nuts.

    Again, the whole story is not here. If someone was firing at him, we may never know.


    Maybe the garbage truck made the first move..
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Probably Mexican illegals working on the garbage truck.
    All the gun nuts on here are up in arms about them.
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  • warriorsfanwarriorsfan Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by BlueTic
    And since HE is dead - we will only hear what the media wants us to hear... Why do you call him a gun nut??




    I don't know what his side of the story could be, his neighbors called 911 because this lunatic was taking shots at a garbage truck. His neighbors came outside and pleaded with him to lay down his gun, he refused. His neighbors were also interviewed on the news and they certainly made it sound like HE was the one with the problem, not the police who shot only in self-defense. Sounds like he went off the deep end and got what was coming to him. And I call him a gun nut because he liked guns, and he was a nut. Believe it or not, there are people out there who obsess over guns and are mentally unstable, and they give all of us gun owners a bad name. There are bad apples in every bunch, gun owners included.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    So - the guy was a nut job. Lots of people go crazy - I can hear the media now "His obsesion with firearms made him go off".[V][V]
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  • willdallas2006willdallas2006 Member Posts: 285 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hughbetcha
    quote:Originally posted by Sperry
    He may have been a gun nut enthusiast, but he certainly sounded nuts.

    Again, the whole story is not here. If someone was firing at him, we may never know.


    Maybe the garbage truck made the first move..

    [:D]
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What if he was a "fat dipdung" eating a Big-Mac,,would the news media say,,a Mcdonalds nut went offf on a rampage,,,nooooo////
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  • lazeruslazerus Member Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he had tied himself to an old oak tree with a gun to prevent the bull Dozers from knocking the tree down for a parking lot. Would he be a gun nut or an environmentalist wacko?
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,933 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    by the way if you are offended by the term "gun nut", you really don't shoot enough. As a side note, whenever I am going to jump on the computer I always let people know I am going to go check on the "gun crazies". (that includes you if you post on gunbroker.com).
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It was in dearborn heights, not detroit, and one of the officers is also dead [:(]
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • JgreenJgreen Member Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The man who did the shooting was my secretary's husband's secretary's husband. She called me last night. Apparantly the man was laid off from GM, was drinking and on anti-depressants. I'll find out more today, if there is any more....
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jgreen
    and on anti-depressants.


    not too sure they worked
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