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Boy, 14, Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself in the Head in East LA: Sheriff’s Dept
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| Tracey Bloom
Posted on 11/08/2015 2:29:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Selfie gone wrong?
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:29:20 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Somewhere Darwin smiles.
As do I.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:31:08 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: BenLurkin
Love a story with a happy ending.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:31:10 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: BenLurkin
Based on witness accounts...
Were those witnesses perhaps somehow involved with this accidental shooting? Was it accidental?
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:31:36 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i libeThe Democrats and their allies the GOPe rali sono feccia.)
To: BenLurkin
When are the riots scheduled to begin?
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:33:34 PM PST
by
immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe the “how to suck start a 9mm” were not written in spanish ?
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:36:01 PM PST
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:36:06 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: BenLurkin
This was a case of LA roulette where unlike Russian roulette they use a semi-auto handgun instead of a revolver.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:36:21 PM PST
by
Purdue77
("I would make the perfect benevolent dictator. Vote for me.")
To: BenLurkin
Average intelligence level for Los Angeles area has increased slightly
To: BenLurkin
Probably didn’t have an ‘at home’ father to teaching him those things a father is suppose to teach his son, including handling weapons and staying out of gangs.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:37:05 PM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: BenLurkin
"a documented member of a local street gang"
"It remained unclear how he obtained the handgun."
I'm not a detective but I think the first quote answers the question.
To: BenLurkin
As someone who was born in East LA (Monterey Park) and lived in Rosemead until I was 6, it was depressing to see Rosemead now listed as one of the worst 20 places to live in the US.
Back then, it was a working class post-war neighborhood where people knew each other, left their houses and cars unlocked, and crime was rare.
Today, it’s gang infested, graffiti laden, and people hide in their homes sporting bars on the doors and windows.
My, what progress we’ve made in 50 years...
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:39:18 PM PST
by
Tigerized
(Your Personal Safety is Yours, and Yours Alone. Aim Small, Miss Small.)
To: BenLurkin
Selfie gone wrong?
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:41:12 PM PST
by
digger48
FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:43:10 PM PST
by
RedMDer
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To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:43:18 PM PST
by
BobL
( (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
To: BenLurkin
It’s a good thing Cali has such strict gun laws, otherwise I’d worry that guns were readily available to gang members.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:44:34 PM PST
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: BenLurkin
Based on witness accounts, investigators believed the teen â allegedly a documented member of a local street gang â was handling a loaded firearm when he âunintentionallyâ shot himself, the release stated. I assume the firearm was found with the stiff. The article didn't say.
That street gang must be a little light on basic training.
My basic was Navy boot camp and a little training aboard a destroyer. My only training was with a .22 bolt action, an M1 Garand and a Browning 1911 .45. My Dad also showed me what to do with firearms.
No one, not a soul, responsible for teaching me ever suggested I point a loaded firearm...or unloaded...at my head.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:45:34 PM PST
by
stevem
To: BenLurkin
One less gang member to worry about.
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:45:53 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: Squantos
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:51:55 PM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: BenLurkin
“It remained unclear how he obtained the handgun.”
I’m sure the young man... being an upstanding citizen in his community passed an extensive background check, which is required for a person to be in possession of a firearm .
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posted on
11/08/2015 2:52:21 PM PST
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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