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Another Carrier Kills an Unarmed Man

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So this story about Michael Mcknight has been all over the news of late and I just ran across it again. The shooter was let go, due to stand your ground lawsd they say, but the point here is that we now have yet \another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot.

The shooter had been in trouble before and was known bad behavior, so, over an argument, a good man is killed by some nut who should not have been around guns: but the law says it's okay and thus it ends like it did...

Here's just one story on it, you can find others everywhere:

Sheriff: McKnight shooting was 'road rage'; defends case - SFGate
HARVEY, La. (AP) — The shooting death of an ex-NFL player in a New Orleans suburb was a "road rage" incident that began on a nearby bridge, a sheriff said Friday, as he urged against a rush to judgment and defended his handling of the case.

Joe McKnight was shot Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Authorities identified 54-year-old Ronald Gasser, who stayed at the scene, as the shooter and released him overnight, sparking criticism.
 
So this story about Michael Mcknight has been all over the news of late and I just ran across it again. The shooter was let go, due to stand your ground lawsd they say, but the point here is that we now have yet \another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot.

The shooter had been in trouble before and was known bad behavior, so, over an argument, a good man is killed by some nut who should not have been around guns: but the law says it's okay and thus it ends like it did...

Here's just one story on it, you can find others everywhere:

Sheriff: McKnight shooting was 'road rage'; defends case - SFGate

"another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot."

Really? I carried all weekend and no one got shot.
 
"another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot."

Really? I carried all weekend and no one got shot.

But somebody got shot because there was a gun, isn't that right.
 
But somebody got shot because there was a gun, isn't that right.

So you've constructed your sentence backwards: If someone got shot, there was a gun, which is a fatuous statement.
 
But somebody got shot because there was a gun, isn't that right.

Well duh. How would someone get shot.....with a gun.....if there was no gun? But, just because there is a gun, doesn't mean someone will be shot, not by a long shot. Pun intended. :roll:

BAM! :lamo
 
This all started over road rage. Had neither of them been driving this shooting would never of happened. The real problem is people getting angry behind the wheel of an auto. We need tougher road rage laws.
 
So this story about Michael Mcknight has been all over the news of late and I just ran across it again. The shooter was let go, due to stand your ground lawsd they say, but the point here is that we now have yet \another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot.

The shooter had been in trouble before and was known bad behavior, so, over an argument, a good man is killed by some nut who should not have been around guns: but the law says it's okay and thus it ends like it did...

Here's just one story on it, you can find others everywhere:

Sheriff: McKnight shooting was 'road rage'; defends case - SFGate

Not to worry. He's been arrested and charged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/joe-mcknight-shooting-ronald-gasser.html?_r=0
 
Well, yes, I read that as well, thanks. But the point remains: no gun, Mcknight would still be alive. Many - would still be alive.


What's the plan to get to "no gun"? Do you have a similar plan to prevent rape?
 
Well, yes, I read that as well, thanks. But the point remains: no gun, Mcknight would still be alive. Many - would still be alive.



That is not a logical conclusion. If there was no gun McKnight still could have been killed. A bat, a knife, tire iron all could be substituted for the gun and still result in his death at the end of this confrontation over road rage.

Now take away the car and McKnight no longer on the bridge getting caught up in road rage. He dies not die in an confrontation over the road rage. Banning cars is the only way to stop this.
 
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"another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot."

Really? I carried all weekend and no one got shot.

People who live under laws where the beneficent rulers can arbitrarily deny you the ability to carry a handgun, want that idiocy spread to the rest of the country. Jet argues that one case is typical for 10 million people who legally carry everyday..
 
Well, yes, I read that as well, thanks. But the point remains: no gun, Mcknight would still be alive. Many - would still be alive.

No drugs, no one would OD, no alcohol, the drunk driver who rear-ended my wife's new truck the other day would not have suffered a complete total of his vehicle, 3 days in jail and probably his insurance rates going through the roof since the truck might require replacement since the frame might be bent. 70K right there
 
What's the plan to get to "no gun"? Do you have a similar plan to prevent rape?

The really sad thing is that this stupid thread is not about someone trying to prevent crime but rather some one who is mad that he cannot get a carry permit because the Democrats who run his state don't trust him so he wants the misery to spread to the rest of us. As I have noted, its a combination of Aesop's fox and the stockholm syndrome
 
So this story about Michael Mcknight has been all over the news of late and I just ran across it again. The shooter was let go, due to stand your ground lawsd they say, but the point here is that we now have yet \another example of why the presence of a gun means somebody;s gonna get shot.

The shooter had been in trouble before and was known bad behavior, so, over an argument, a good man is killed by some nut who should not have been around guns: but the law says it's okay and thus it ends like it did...

Here's just one story on it, you can find others everywhere:

Sheriff: McKnight shooting was 'road rage'; defends case - SFGate

My dad has a glock in his car at all times. He hasn't shot anyone with it.
 
My dad has a glock in his car at all times. He hasn't shot anyone with it.

It must be defective. After all-according to Jet, its going to cause him to kill someone for no proper reason. Since 2006 a SW M&P 40 caliber handgun has been in the trunks of the two cars I have driven since then. Never killed anyone. I currently have a SIG 938 in the console, (haven't shot anyone yet) and I have a 22 caliber target rifle in the trunk-yep no one dead from that either.

Got an AR 15 with military grade night vision on it next to the bed -nope other than a coyote, nothing dead. same with the CZ SP01 under the bed.

My house is full of gun in safes, its amazing but I have to keep them locked up so they won't borrow of our cars and shoot up the local school or park
 
What the heck is he waiting for! [I]The Humanity![/I]

I know right?! I'm always like, "Dad, be a normal human being for once and shoot somebody with that thing!" :2razz:
 
I know right?! I'm always like, "Dad, be a normal human being for once and shoot somebody with that thing!" :2razz:

How's he gonna be the Houston version of Wyatt Earp if he doesn't shoot down a few drunken gamblers and desperadoes by the end of the year?
 
I listened to the 1st news conference that Sheriff gave a few days ago. What's scary is that Sheriff is allowed to carry a gun. What a f'ing moron. He's getting all butt hurt and PO'ed at things being said on Twitter? lol. I thought only Trump did that.

That sheriff actually sounds nuts.

I wonder if he's going to read this and flip out again at the next news conference?
 
I know right?! I'm always like, "Dad, be a normal human being for once and shoot somebody with that thing!" :2razz:



Your dad sounds like a pinko commie wus. A true American Man uses his gun to shoot at least three things each day before the first cup of coffee. Hell my 380 bagged itself a couple victims today while I was shopping for dog food. Why, because it's a good Merikan made gun that loves the flag.
 
I know right?! I'm always like, "Dad, be a normal human being for once and shoot somebody with that thing!" :2razz:

I am thinking an intervention is needed. Get the family to rally around him and go for a Sunday drive.
 
Your dad sounds like a pinko commie wus. A true American Man uses his gun to shoot at least three things each day before the first cup of coffee. Hell my 380 bagged itself a couple victims today while I was shopping for dog food. Why, because it's a good Merikan made gun that loves the flag.

careful, or Jet or a few others like him are going to cite your post as proof about people who pack heat are massacring people all over the place.
 
In a perfect world, there would be no guns. There would be no violence. There would be no crime. We would all gather at sunset and sing Kumbaya.

This is not a perfect world.

If the next crazy bastard is going to have a handgun, godammit, I'm gonna have two.

You can't get toothpaste back in to the tube.

Therefore, Santa will be bringing me a H&K Vp9. Ho, ho, ho bitches. :mrgreen:


BTW, when I read the thread title, I thought an air conditioner fell on someone.
 
Well, yes, I read that as well, thanks. But the point remains: no gun, Mcknight would still be alive. Many - would still be alive.



And how exactly would we ensure that was the case, Jet?


The vast majority of unlawful shootings are done by felons who already are not supposed to be armed. Just because there's an occasional exception to that rule doesn't change the fact that most murderers are ALREADY barred by law from being armed, which they ignore.
 
careful, or Jet or a few others like him are going to cite your post as proof about people who pack heat are massacring people all over the place.



It wasn't me man it was the gun. You know guns are what kill people. Its said all the time. If you're a gun owner then your gun has killed something. You just were not around to see it. As we all know guns are blood thirsty murder machines that have no usefull purpose other than killing. Don't believe me just ask a gun banning liberal to tell you how a friend of a friend of theirs once bought a gun and that gun killed the whole family in their sleep two weeks later.
 
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