Posted on 02/28/2008 9:08:44 PM PST by metmom
A Georgia man was arrested for murder after he allegedly shot and killed a motorcyclist who he said was following his teenage daughters home from a Target store, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Richard Harold Gear's two daughters, ages 17 and 19, called their 45-year-old father from their cell phones to tell him they were being followed, the paper reported.
When they got home their father was at the end of their driveway with a pistol, police told the newspaper.
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He didn’t have to.
WE’ll find out, in the trial. What’s for sure is the guy was killed, shot in the back.
“Circles back” was more likely the action of someone not familiar with a subdivision, running into culdesacs, and leaving by the only route he knew——his route in.
Given what we think we know so far, that’s a perfectly reasonable working summary for me.
I think it’s murder.
There was no excuse to gun someone down who was passing by your house, unless they were shooting at you first. Then it wouldn’t be gunning someone down, it would be self-defense.
He can’t claim that here.
Shot in the back is not going to make it go well for dad in the trial.
Especially if the cops were already in the past called to his house over complaints of brandishing firearms and firing his weapons.
That will destroy him at trial, if it’s admitted.
ping for later
The one thing that I don’t like about our justice system is that past history can’t be taken into account. I understand the trial should just be about the particular crime and judgment of innocence and guilt based on the evidence for it, but when it comes to sentencing, if the guy has a history, he’s likely to do it again.
I hear of too many stories where the guys violent past or record are hidden from the jury and when they find out, they’re ticked because they weren’t sure and gave him the benefit of the doubt. They said later if they had known, they wouldn’t have. Then the guy goes out and kills someone later.
Likely his past will get out somehow or other. No doubt the people living in the area know of him if he’s been like that.
It’ll be interesting. Neil Boortz, who is a rider, was all over this story yesterday. At first he was on the father/shooter’s side, saying “he’d do ANYTHING to protect his callers. He changed his tune after many local callers reported more details. This will all come out.
Sheesh Travis, read before posting. “He’d do anything to protect his DAUGHTERS.”
Exactly. But who needs wait for facts? He was on a bike. That’s all that matters to some people. Makes him automatically guilty. You know if I ever find myself in a situation I think I’ll ask for a bench trial. You can’t trust people to leave their prejudices outside & base a decision on the facts. This guy’s been found guilty by some before ANY evidence has even been released.
You just made that up. What law are you referring to?
An armed society is a polite society, eh?
Right.
And this "perp"... what did he do, exactly?
Ride a motrcycle? Oh the horror.
I said it before on the other thread: When the gun-grabbers say that right-to-carry will lead to hotheaded shootings, this guy is the assclown they’re talking about.
Motorcyclists are already treated as second class citizens by the general motoring public. In thirty five years of riding I’ve gathered enough anecdotal evidence firsthand supporting this conclusion to write a book. Cellphone addled teenage-twenty somethings are by far the worst offenders today. They’re oblivious to the world around them.
On average, I experience one Really Close Call a year by thoughtless and inattentive drivers compromising my safety. The ensuing rush of adrenaline morphs the fear of physical harm into anger. In the past I have chased down offending drivers in order to share a word or two.
Best to just suck it up and shake it off, lest you meet up with a nutbar like this . . .
First of all, as a motorist who doesnt ride [Id kill myself on a street bike ] I would like to extend my apologies for my past disrespect of bikers 'safety zones' as well as to OTR haulers...
Secondly, where the urge to confront someone over this sort of violation is understandable, I have in times past been that 'nutbar', so a certain amount of caution should always be exercised when entering into that situation...
A little age and life experience has tempered that adolescent behavior as well as a new respect for my place in lifes drama...
Mr Biker prolly just wanted to get insurance info or 'make a point' to the girls [we'll never know fer sure] and ran up against that one in a million chance and paid the price...
Happy trails and RFOD...
I had a bike in my younger days and I enjoyed riding it. But when some crotchity old, $*&@(#)(&% glared at me at a stoplight one day and deliberately tried to run me off the road while watching me the whole time, that was enough for me.
I was not a *biker*, I was riding a little Honda SL100, wearing a t-shirt and jeans, a whole 103 pounds soaking wet. He had no justification, just his mean, spiteful nature. I decided that I’d rather stay in one piece.
Could'a been the wet t-shirt he was glaring at;^)
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