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St. Stephen man dies after struggle with wife over gun (Gun Saves Wife)
The State Newspaper ^
| 5-18-2006
| MissEdie
Posted on 05/18/2006 3:14:59 PM PDT by MissEdie
St. Stephen man dies after struggle with wife over gun ST. STEPHEN A 52-year-old St. Stephen man has died after being shot during a struggle with his wife, authorities said.
Prosecutor Blair Jennings said no criminal charges are expected to be filed in the death of Robert Lawrence Horne.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, sheriff's deputies were dispatched to Horne's home, where they found his wife, Valerie Humbert Horne, sitting on the floor, an incident report said. Her husband's body was lying nearby, and a silver-colored revolver was on the kitchen table.
The man had been arguing with his 23-year-old daughter over her relationship and said he wanted to kick her out of the house, Jennings said. The daughter fled the house after the man pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her, Sheriff's Capt. Rick Ollic said.
Robert Lawrence Horne then threatened to kill his wife and armed himself with three handguns, Ollic said.
During an ensuing struggle, Horne's wife fired the gun.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; bang; banglist; domesticviolence; gun; guns; handguns; husband; selfdefense; wife
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To: rmh47
Not on FR. Most of us use Hoppe's Number Nine as cologne.
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:35:41 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
We're all dead serious, but what else is there to do, debate the morality of self-defense?
If this was one of those cases where someone shot at a fleeing theft suspect, there would be more in-depth analysis of the propriety and legality of the action. This is more cut and dried, so a round-table discussion isn't as necessary.
To: Dilbert San Diego
Why do so many Freepers respond to news stories with wisecracks instead of being serious?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You need to hang around a bit, since you joined only on the 18th of April.
These wise cracks are contextual, because the media wants to portray guns as inherently dangerous. The full story on shootings is rarely told in the media spin.
Note that this is one reason why this is not taken seriuosly and there are wise cracks.
The real story will come out from a police report.Right now it appears the woman acted in self defence, but there are a lot of unknowns here.
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:44:30 PM PDT
by
Candor7
To: Cobra64
How many rounds did she put into the target?
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:45:42 PM PDT
by
Candor7
To: MissEdie
[The man had been arguing with his 23-year-old daughter over her relationship and said he wanted to kick her out of the house, Jennings said.]
...over her relationship TO WHAT?!
Sorry to keep flogging the decomposed horse on this, but why can't journalists write clear, accurate and logically consistent sentences? This story reads like it was written at 3 AM during a bender.
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:57:47 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(The Democratic Party is the reason I vote for Republicans.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Why do so many Freepers respond to news stories with wisecracks instead of being serious?It depends on the topic.
About three years ago, a FReeper misspelled a word, and the double entendres and inuendo, and word twisting went on for 600+ posts. On the flip side, we're REALLY series about certain topic with hugh consequences.
For instance, one mention of The Swimmer, will get you this:
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:59:34 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: Cobra64
I love that smell, hate the smell of CLP
To: Larry Lucido
I've tried that but it's hard to get my toe through the trigger guard.Thank you for the first good laugh of the evening.
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:17:51 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(CA conservatives only serve to inflate the number of electoral votes won by the Dems.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Why do so many Freepers respond to news stories with wisecracks instead of being serious?I spend my whole day at work being serious. I'm done being serious for the day.
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:20:33 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(CA conservatives only serve to inflate the number of electoral votes won by the Dems.)
To: EricT.
At least it wasn't five guns. :-)
To: spinestein
This story reads like it was written at 3 AM during a bender.Ernest Hemingway lives on in spirit...
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:24:18 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(CA conservatives only serve to inflate the number of electoral votes won by the Dems.)
To: MissEdie
Glad to hear she won't be facing any chargesI'm hoping the story is as the survivor reported it.
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:27:53 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(I'm not being defensive. You're the one being defensive.)
To: Cobra64
HOLY ******* **** !
I did neither need nor want to see that.
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:29:54 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(The Democratic Party is the reason I vote for Republicans.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Why do so many Freepers respond to news stories with wisecracks instead of being serious?It's our form of group therapy. :)
I hope it doesn't bother you too much, 'cause you're going to see a lot more of it!
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:30:16 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(I'm not being defensive. You're the one being defensive.)
To: EricT.
Only in a superficial way. :^)
Hemingway and many other drunken authors were literately skilled sober and could still write clearly while drunk. I can't believe the "journalist" who wrote this tripe is on the same level as those great authors.
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:34:24 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(The Democratic Party is the reason I vote for Republicans.)
To: r9etb
To: daybreakcoming
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:40:47 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:47:52 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: George from New England
BTTT for that Phyllis Schlafly article...
Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
05/19/2006 6:31:13 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(Preacher; "If there was more love in the world, there'd probably be a lot less dyin'")
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