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Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:33 pm
by seamusTX
You're right. I guess I saw mobile home and thought trailer.
I didn't mean that you were biased. I meant the author of the story seemed to be using a stereotype.
- Jim
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:01 pm
by AEA
Understood. Thanks Jim!
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:14 pm
by stevie_d_64
seamusTX wrote:As I've said many times, no license, certification, college degree, or sworn oath is a guarantee against evil; and no law can prevent it.
Bingo!!!
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:43 pm
by dac1842
What the story does not say is it would have happened had he not been a CHL instructor. Just makes for better media that way. Especially a media that is liberal and slants towards gun controll.
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:05 pm
by Oldgringo
Bad news sells, nobody wants to read about good deeds and wholesomeness. The badder the better for the media.
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:21 pm
by boomerang
If it bleeds it leads. (Or ledes as the case may be.)
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:12 pm
by bryang
Oldgringo wrote:Bad news sells, nobody wants to read about good deeds and wholesomeness. The badder the better for the media.
Very true, they are like vultures circling and waiting to come in for the kill...and anything that happens with the word GUN in it that makes it even better, however, it is even juicer when they hear CHL!!
The real losers here are the families left behind and I pray God will be with them.
-geo
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:43 pm
by A-R
seamusTX wrote:Maybe we will never know what evil or madness led to this killing.
But here are a couple of counterpoints:
Yesterday, a former Houston police officer was found guilty for the second time in the murder-for-hire of his estranged wife in 1994. His first conviction was overturned on appeal.
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Last week, a city council member in Helotes was arrested for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_ ... 48212.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
As I've said many times, no license, certification, college degree, or sworn oath is a guarantee against evil; and no law can prevent it.
- Jim
ok, well, y'all get the point
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:19 pm
by LaUser
This is a double stroke for gun control propoganda. Not only is a person who teaches others when and when not to use a firearm accused of killing his wife, but there is the argument that a gun in the home is more likely to be used against a member of that household.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdgaga.html
This is not good.
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:45 pm
by 45 4 life
austinrealtor wrote:As I've said many times, no license, certification, college degree, or sworn oath is a guarantee against evil; and no law can prevent it.
Amen to that. There is a weak spot in every group no matter the level of training or background checks.
Re: Texas CHL Instructor in jail for murder
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:11 pm
by A-R
45 4 life wrote:austinrealtor wrote:As I've said many times, no license, certification, college degree, or sworn oath is a guarantee against evil; and no law can prevent it.
Amen to that. There is a weak spot in every group no matter the level of training or background checks.
Thanks, but need to give Seamus props for that quote.
Been thinking about this, and while I hate to bring this up, the US soldier who killed his own fellow soldiers in Iraq recently is a good example of the above quote. There is ALWAYS at least one bad apple in every group; no matter how brave and courageous the rest of the group may be.
Again, I'll put the criminal records of CHL holders up against the general public or a group of gun haters any day.