Thread: Reasons Citizens Should Own Guns

Three teens charged in Australian Christopher Lane's death



Chris Lane was studying at an Oklahoma university


Three Oklahoma teenagers have been charged in the death of an Australian who was gunned down in broad daylight as he jogged on a road in the US state.

College baseball player Christopher Lane, 22, was shot in the back in the town of Duncan on Friday.

Police said one of the accused admitted Lane was killed for "the fun of it".

Chancey Luna, 16, and James Edwards, 15, were charged with first-degree murder; Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, has been named as accessory to the crime.

Lane, from Melbourne, had been visiting his girlfriend's family in Duncan. He was entering his final year at East Central University in the city of Ada, some 85 miles (137km) east of the town.


'We were bored'

Because of the severity of their alleged crime, all three of the accused will be tried in adult court.

At Tuesday's hearing, Michael Dewayne Jones cried after he tried to speak about the incident but was cut short by the judge, who said the facts of the case would be determined at another hearing.

Bail for him was set at $1m (£640,000). The two younger accused were denied bail.

Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford told local television on Monday that one suspect had said Lane was killed at random.



From left, James Francis Edwards, 15, Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, are being tried as adults


"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said, 'there's our target,'" Chief Ford said.

"The boy who has talked to us said, 'we were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"

Mr Ford said they followed Lane in a car and shot him once in the back before driving off.

Witnesses rushed to help Lane after seeing him collapse on the road in Duncan, which has about 24,000 residents.

Family and friends in the US and Australia have been mourning him.

His American girlfriend, Sarah Harper, wept as she laid a cross by a memorial in Duncan at the spot where he was shot.

Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported that roses and a baseball were placed on the home plate where Lane played baseball as a boy in a suburb of the city.

It was accompanied by a message that read: "A wonderful young man taken too soon. Why?"

The victim's father, Peter Lane, said there was no explanation for his son's death.

"It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity," he told Australia's Sky News.

The mother of one of the accused was quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC News as saying that she could not believe her son was at fault.

"I get off work at three," she said. "It takes me five minutes to get home and he was there. That's what time they said it happened."


Lane's girlfriend, Sarah Harper, at a memorial where he was shot



www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23771858


More evidence of easy access to firearms coupled with a shortage of brain cells in the USA

We are seeing a country going down the tubes.

Originally Posted by Morden

We are seeing a country going down the tubes.

For once I agree entirely.

As I recall, it started about the same time as "social engineering" started taking place in America's schools.

RickThai

Originally Posted by RickThai

Originally Posted by Morden

We are seeing a country going down the tubes.

For once I agree entirely.

As I recall, it started about the same time as "social engineering" started taking place in America's schools.

RickThai

The underlying problem with the US is that it is a crumbling empire with the usual decadence, insularity and failure to see what's under it's nose. Study the fall of the Roman Empire and you will see the similarities.

Many US citizens are stuck in the past with a fixation for an outdate Constitution and a Wild West mentality that believes guns are the answer to everything. We all feel very sorry for you.

Before y'all jump on that bandwagon of passing more gun laws, think about this.

The perps were 15, 16 and 17, hence underage under existing US gun laws. What law should they pass that would affect them?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Before y'all jump on that bandwagon of passing more gun laws, think about this.

The perps were 15, 16 and 17, hence underage under existing US gun laws. What law should they pass that would affect them?

I think you have answered your own question.

Nothing can be done, Boon Mee. Too many liars and hypocrites in America, people with no respect for ethics and life, human and otherwise. That's why we watch it going down the drain joyfully. Go on.

Originally Posted by Morden

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Before y'all jump on that bandwagon of passing more gun laws, think about this.

The perps were 15, 16 and 17, hence underage under existing US gun laws. What law should they pass that would affect them?

I think you have answered your own question.

Really?

Total gun confiscation?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by Morden

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Before y'all jump on that bandwagon of passing more gun laws, think about this.

The perps were 15, 16 and 17, hence underage under existing US gun laws. What law should they pass that would affect them?

I think you have answered your own question.

Really?

Total gun confiscation?

Of course not.

You wrote to the effect that the killers are too young to be subject to the US gun laws, which seem to vary from State to State. Do you not see the obvious solution?

In any case, are they not subject to the laws applicable to unlawful killing?

usa is being sucked into a big black hole
who in their right mind would swop to live life there.
it has to be one of the most insecure places in the western world.
uk isn't that far behind though and catching up.
such a fokin shame.

Originally Posted by Morden

We are seeing a country going down the tubes.

The States never got more then its head and neck out of the Third World so it isn't that far to sink. It will never rise to be on a par with the civilised world until it learns that the years of the Wild West are over.

Originally Posted by Rainfall

.Too many liars and hypocrites in America, people with no respect for ethics and life, human and otherwise. That's why we watch it going down the drain joyfully. Go on.

Ah Rainfall,

From the mouth of the ubermench. I assume the "we" you refer to are all the Nazis that got their arses handed to them by US and allied soldiers during WWII (and WW1)?

As an ex East German solider I am sure you are well versed in "respect for ethics and life".

So do you still wear your "SS" insignia?

RickThai

Originally Posted by Morden

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by Morden

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Before y'all jump on that bandwagon of passing more gun laws, think about this.

The perps were 15, 16 and 17, hence underage under existing US gun laws. What law should they pass that would affect them?

I think you have answered your own question.

Really?

Total gun confiscation?

Of course not.

You wrote to the effect that the killers are too young to be subject to the US gun laws, which seem to vary from State to State. Do you not see the obvious solution?

In any case, are they not subject to the laws applicable to unlawful killing?

Uh, actually they are required to comply with US gun laws. Its just that criminals seem to like to ignore laws (that's why they are called criminals).

The best solution would have been for an honest citizen to "fire them up" as soon as they shot off the first round at the jogger. That would have saved the taxpayers the expense of trying them and keeping them in jail for the next 20 years (and taken them out of the gene pool permanently).

RickThai

So which one do we think is rick? I'm going for the one on the right with the "I'm a homicidal loony" grin

Originally Posted by RickThai

Originally Posted by Rainfall

.Too many liars and hypocrites in America, people with no respect for ethics and life, human and otherwise. That's why we watch it going down the drain joyfully. Go on.

Ah Rainfall,

From the mouth of the ubermench. I assume the "we" you refer to are all the Nazis that got their arses handed to them by US and allied soldiers during WWII (and WW1)?

As an ex East German solider I am sure you are well versed in "respect for ethics and life".

So do you still wear your "SS" insignia?

RickThai

That is the most offensive remark that I have ever read on TD. You should bow your head in shame and apologise.

Never mind, I'm not easily offended. Rick seems to be furious, I like that.

Originally Posted by RickThai

Its just that criminals seem to like to ignore laws (that's why they are called criminals).

We interrupt this thread to bring you a Public Service Announcement.

For those who have not been following the thread this picture shows a potentially violent criminal brandishing an illegally acquired weapon after ignoring the law. Such people pose an enormous risk to society and law abiding citizens and should therefore be shot on sight:

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by RickThai

Its just that criminals seem to like to ignore laws (that's why they are called criminals).

For those who have not been following the thread this picture shows a potentially violent criminal brandishing an illegally acquired weapon, such people pose an enormous risk to society and law abiding citizens and should therefore be shot on sight:

Perhaps, out of frustration at not finding a suitable victim, he will shoot himself.

Originally Posted by Morden

Perhaps, out of frustration at not finding a suitable victim, he will shoot himself.

By his own reasoning he IS a suitable victim..

Originally Posted by RickThai

I wasn't going to post anymore on this thread, as I had realized just how useless it was to try and separate liberals from their rhetoric.

However, I just an update on a case, that, to me, once again proves how vital it is for innocent people to arm themselves.

In this case, a woman was walking down a street in broad daylight pushing a stroller containing her 18-month old child.

A street punk came up and pointed a gun at her demanding money. The mother responded that she didn't have any money. The punk, then deliberately shot the young child in the face, killing the baby instantly.

Watchathink, Rick?

Santi

Originally Posted by billy the kid

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who in their right mind would swop to live life there.
.

Based upon the millions of people trying to immigrate to the USA (both legally and illegally), I would say your comment is pure rubbish.

RickThai

Originally Posted by Rainfall

Originally Posted by RickThai

I wasn't going to post anymore on this thread, as I had realized just how useless it was to try and separate liberals from their rhetoric.

However, I just an update on a case, that, to me, once again proves how vital it is for innocent people to arm themselves.

In this case, a woman was walking down a street in broad daylight pushing a stroller containing her 18-month old child.

A street punk came up and pointed a gun at her demanding money. The mother responded that she didn't have any money. The punk, then deliberately shot the young child in the face, killing the baby instantly.

Watchathink, Rick?

Santi

If you are referring to the sign, it is obviously a photo-shopped picture (replaceable Ariel text?? Come on!)

And again, what is your thoughts on the Nazi party?

RickThai

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by RickThai

Its just that criminals seem to like to ignore laws (that's why they are called criminals).

We interrupt this thread to bring you a Public Service Announcement.

For those who have not been following the thread this picture shows a potentially violent criminal brandishing an illegally acquired weapon after ignoring the law. Such people pose an enormous risk to society and law abiding citizens and should therefore be shot on sight:

QC,

I feel sad for you. To think you live your life based upon so many incorrect assumptions!

Perhaps you could share with TD your IQ score, then perhaps it could explain so many of your posts?

RickThai