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It wasn't "take a gun to work day"
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RPB »
Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:04 pm
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It wasn't take a gun to work day ......... or was it?
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Not only that, but no way for a Texas resident to get a CHL that is valid in Oregon.
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Last post by Katygunnut
Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:32 pm
Loaded Remote
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JJVP »
Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:07 pm
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LEAVENWORTH — Police in Leavenworth say a would-be robber apparently didn't know the difference between a remote control and a gun. :smilelol5:...
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Wow. Obviously he's never checked that site that tests you on your object recognition in a person's hand where you have to decide to shoot or not.
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Last post by C-dub
Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:11 pm
San Antonio College - AGAIN
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RPB »
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:04 am
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As I said again (this is the 4th or 5th on or near campus this year?)
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College campuses are the primary reason I have one of the Kimber pepper spray devices. I generally keep it in the pocket just below the one my wallet...
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Last post by KD5NRH
Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:51 pm
Suicide by cop: As in Dallas , as in Chicago!
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Beiruty »
Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:18 pm
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Police shoot, kill man on South Side
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:tiphat:
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Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:17 am
OR: Coffee stand robbery ends badly for robber
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seamusTX »
Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:39 pm
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In Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday two men allegedly tried to rob a drive-through coffee stand. The robbery victim produced a weapon and fatally shot one...
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Last post by seamusTX
Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:05 am
Women trouble
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RPB »
Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:59 pm
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Last year ...This guy in Dripping Springs tried to rob a store with a shotgun.
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He apparently skipped school during the day they covered Don't rob the same stop 'n rob you buy stuff at every day in robbery 101.
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Last post by Excaliber
Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:23 pm
Texas City: Five charged with 10 burglaries in one night
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seamusTX »
Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:32 am
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In Texas City early Saturday, five minors were arrested and charged with vehicle burglaries on 15th Avenue North. Police said that about 10 vehicles...
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I say use them as bait to flush out Taliban snipers.
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Last post by OldCannon
Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:27 am
FL: Serpents in paradise
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seamusTX »
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:55 pm
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Celebration, Florida, is a planned community near Disney World that was built from scratch in 1996. It has no slums, strip joints, junk yards, or...
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That is poetic justice. :lol:
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Last post by WildBill
Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:44 pm
Murder? Legal use of deadly force?
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b322da »
Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:08 am
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Perhaps many of those not having a CHL could also use some instruction on the use of deadly force:
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It may be that the actions of the citizens were incidental to the reason the suspect died, in which case neither murder nor any other form of...
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Last post by Excaliber
Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:43 pm
AR: Man dares girlfriend to shoot him, she does
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seamusTX »
Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:40 am
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In Mountain Home, Arkansas, a 38-year-old woman was charged first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting her boyfriend. She said the deceased...
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If this story is accurate, it's even more bizarre.
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Last post by seamusTX
Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:10 pm
PA: Woman shoots boyfriend "accidentally," charged
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seamusTX »
Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:51 am
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In Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh area), a 46-year-old woman was charged with homicide after allegedly fatally shooting her boyfriend. She said...
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Maybe. But in the building where I grew up, we could hear one particular set of neighbors arguing (they argued a lot) and the occasional squeaky bed...
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Last post by seamusTX
Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:58 am
UT: Park police officer shot
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seamusTX »
Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:31 am
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Friday evening in the Poison Spider Mesa Trail area near Moab, Utah, a park police officer made a traffic stop. The driver reportedly shot the...
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Suspect has not been found. Possibly he died in the wilderness. The temperature has been near freezing.
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Last post by seamusTX
Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:14 am
Calf Killers - How sick can it get?
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Oldgringo »
Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:44 pm
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The outrage:
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I'm a bit of an animal lover myself, and I simply have to skip many of these articles because I can barely stand to read them and they haunt me...
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Last post by VMI77
Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:17 am
North Dallas, be on the look out!
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Beiruty »
Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:58 pm
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MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in McKinney have notified all of the residents in town to be aware of a spike in residential burglaries. There’s been...
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Last post by macavity
Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:57 pm
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Last post by seamusTX
Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:12 pm
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Last post by RPB
Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:51 pm
Shootings in MO
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i8godzilla »
Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:32 pm
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Two days in a row in MO:
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Exactly why I requested your help last year when a nephew of mine was killed by 3 gang members. (Thank you again).
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Last post by flintknapper
Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:31 pm
Wisconsin Student Takes 24 Hostage
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carlson1 »
Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:05 am
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I just refer to suicidal shooter in a gun-free zone ... like George Henard, and the guys at Columbine, Virginia Tech, etc etc etc
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Last post by RPB
Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:56 pm
Misfired Gun Prank
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i8godzilla »
Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:08 pm
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The only thing that comes to mind is: STUPID.
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Already posted. Thanks, though. :tiphat:
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Last post by McKnife
Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:14 pm
Another Castle fail?
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Beiruty »
Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:38 pm
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A 75-year-old Fort Worth man was arrested after he shot and killed another man in his driveway Friday night, police said....
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Yes, Trespass might justify force (Sec 9.41) but not deadly force.
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Last post by RPB
Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:08 am
good Samaritan killed- Houston
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cubbyjg »
Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:48 am
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Thanks, that explains a lot.
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Last post by chartreuse
Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:16 pm
PA: Game warden killed by poacher
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seamusTX »
Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:12 am
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Near Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, Thursday, a game warden was fatally shot by a suspected poacher who was hunting at night with a light.
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And sew his nose closed, forcing him to mouth breath through a turkey call super-glued to his lips.
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Last post by RPB
Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:50 am
Elementry school shooting-robbery
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RPB »
Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:46 am
This from last month, but I don't recall seeing it here.
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Last post by RPB
Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:46 am
Good guy 1: Bad guy 0.2
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Beiruty »
Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:32 pm
WEATHERFORD - A Parker County homeowner was shot in the arm after an exchange of gunfire with a suspected home intruder, who was shot and killed...
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Last post by Beiruty
Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:32 pm
Sugar Land: Man killed by hockey-mask robber
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seamusTX »
Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:05 am
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In the 10000 block of Overview Dr. in Sugar Land (Houston suburb), November 14, a man was fatally shot in front of his minor sons by a robber wearing...
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They always seem to do that, even if the suspect is wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. (That really narrows the search.)
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Last post by seamusTX
Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:33 am
Why not to rob an Italian family pizza parlor....
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Texas Dan Mosby »
Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:47 pm
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They have guns too....
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It does, however, make it very clear to everyone that there is a man with a gun present.
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Last post by KD5NRH
Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:23 am
Off Duty HPD Officer Shoots Man
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WildBill »
Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:19 am
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An off duty HPD Officer shot and wounded a man suspected of breaking into his pickup truck and stealing a handgun.
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Yeah, once the act of theft starts, then the rules change. It is just the act of burglary of a motor vehicle that changed to a misdemeanor. I think...
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Last post by Keith B
Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:00 am
Houston: victim shot by robber in drive-through restaurant
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seamusTX »
Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:17 pm
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On November 13 around 11 p.m. at 10400 Northwest Freeway (US Highway 290) in Houston (again, not a bad neighborhood), a robber shot a driver in the...
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Drive-through windows seem to put one at such a tactical disadvantage that at they are not worth the heartburn.
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Last post by seamusTX
Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:32 pm
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Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:27 pm
Houston: fatal road-rage shooting
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seamusTX »
Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:27 pm
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On November 21 around 11:45 p.m., a man was shot and killed in a road-rage incident at North Shepherd and Crosstimbers in Houston (not a bad...
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I'll keep my eyes peeled.
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Last post by Oldgringo
Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:02 pm
NC: Two fatally shot by intruder
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seamusTX »
Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:38 pm
In Vilas, North Carolina (middle of nowhere), a woman arrived home around 2:30 p.m. Monday and detected that someone had broken into her house. She...
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Last post by seamusTX
Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:38 pm
submachine gun
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A-R »
Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:03 am
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This little two-paragraph brief in the Austin paper this morning just really got my goat. :mad5 So much so that I wrote the following diatribe and...
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What if the victim/witness says It was definitely a bazooka but it turns out to be a potato gun? Or what if the victim/witness says it was definitely...
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Last post by A-R
Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:23 am
Carjacking Ends On Penn Campus
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RPB »
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:37 am
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Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:37 am
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Last post by seamusTX
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:55 am
Chuck E Cheese Robbery
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texanron »
Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:36 am
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Do we use deadly force with all of the kids around?
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Outnumbered 3 to 1, check.
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Last post by jamisjockey
Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:16 am
OH: Three killed by psychopath
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seamusTX »
Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:07 am
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In Howard, Ohio (middle of nowhere), the sheriff stated that an unusual amount of blood found in the home of a woman who is missing along with her...
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They found the family's min pin dog also dead along with the family's remains in the tree. The police think this guy had watched the family for some...
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Last post by TexasGal
Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:47 am
Texas Christian University Alert
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RPB »
Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:29 am
Nov 19, 2010
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Last post by RPB
Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:29 am
Lancaster homeowner fatally shoots 19-year-old intruder
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Beiruty »
Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:54 pm
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Shockingly no one has reported this incident here. :totap:
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I updated the OP. There is a 911 tape there in the second link. The owner was scared to death. He was incoherent in the next half of the audio, so...
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Last post by Beiruty
Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:17 pm
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Last post by seamusTX
Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:32 pm
Shooting could fall under the Castle Doctrine
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CainA »
Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:07 pm
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It appears from the article that the victim took a beating before being able to (finally) shoot the guy...but before you get to that part of the...
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Looks like they copied the story directly from the HPD website: onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
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Last post by i8godzilla
Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:31 am
Elementary School Shootout San Antonio
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RPB »
Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:07 am
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What about Vietnamese? If government election ballots are available in tiếng Việt then why aren't government signs?
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Last post by boba
Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:24 pm
Bank robber broke, Do not pull your BB!
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Beiruty »
Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:14 pm
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In addition to being an idiot, broke and deployed to the crime scene with a Cabie, He pulled a BB on the PD officers. Pretty stupid. Maybe he never...
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Story is conflicting. One news source says that he was laying below a car and refused to come out and pointed his BB at the officers, the other news...
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Last post by Beiruty
Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:26 pm
CA: Man accidentally shoots twin brother
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seamusTX »
Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:49 pm
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In Redding, California, today, a 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed his twin brother. The incident was reported as occurring while cleaning...
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WOW!
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Last post by Mando'a
Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:06 pm
MN: One arrested for hunter harrassment; 1 for poaching
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seamusTX »
Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:32 pm
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This is a public report from the Minnesota Depaartment of Natural Resources:
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Funny!!
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Last post by Mando'a
Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:00 pm
IL: Waiter goes above and beyond to catch bill dodgers
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seamusTX »
Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:50 pm
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In the Chicago suburb of Skokie the last week of October, three men ate at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant and then ran out without paying their $51...
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They have also been reported as being anti-CC and anti-OC on several other boards. And they usually don't post at the entrances.
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Last post by OldCurlyWolf
Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:51 pm
NV: Las Vegas police in the news again
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seamusTX »
Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:32 pm
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In Las Vegas, around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning, police responded to a report of a man and woman involved in an argument in front of a convenience...
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Well, based purely on speculation and what I read it looks like the Vegas police think that escalating to shooting someone is pretty common. However...
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Last post by Purplehood
Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:15 am
San Antonio: Drive-by shooting possible retaliation
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seamusTX »
Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:53 pm
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In San Antonio before dawn today shots were fired at a home in the 4800 block of Castle Path. No one was injured.
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Since they believe that the shooting may be retaliation, hopefully they will be able to identify and arrest the shooters.
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Last post by WildBill
Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:57 pm
Recovery of stolen property from Craiglist sellers
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seamusTX »
Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:43 am
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From a letter to the editor in the Galveston County Daily News:
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He didn't learn the lesson because he left witnesses in Vegas.
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Last post by Tamie
Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:46 pm
3 UH students held at gunpoint
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RPB »
Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:47 pm
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I looked for news on this at chronicle and TV/radio stations, but it seems they are keeping it quiet so far.
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:thumbs2:
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Last post by Bullwhip
Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:46 pm
AL: Robbery victim turns the tables
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seamusTX »
Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:40 pm
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In Mobile, Alabama, Wednesday night, a suspected robber armed with a box cutter tried to rob a man outside a fast-food restaurant. The intended...
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It was interesting to see the second story in the video. A second story victim was shot during a robbery attempt. I wonder how the guy interviewed...
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:11 pm
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