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YouTube gun enthusiast's shooting death spurs hunt for suspect
FoxNews.com ^ | 1/9/2013

Posted on 01/09/2013 12:49:15 PM PST by RoosterRedux

Authorities in Georgia are searching for suspects in the shooting death of a gun enthusiast and weapons expert who managed a popular YouTube channel showcasing high-powered guns and explosives.

Keith Ratliff, 32, who helped operate FPSRussia firearms channel on YouTube, was found dead inside his Carnesville, Ga., office on Jan. 3 from a single gunshot wound to the head.

The man's death is being investigated as a homicide, Mike Ayers of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed to FoxNews.com.

"He [Ratliff] did sustain a gunshot wound that was not self-inflicted," Ayers said, adding that "robbery does not appear to be the motive."

Ayers said authorities have identified the caliber of the weapon used in the killing, but declined to elaborate further. He said Ratliff's office, which is attached to his home, was used to operate the YouTube channel as well as manufacture suppressors, noise-reduction devices for guns that are commonly referred to as "silencers."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: banglist; fpsrussia; keithratliff; ratliff
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1 posted on 01/09/2013 12:49:23 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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Video at myfoxatlanta.com
2 posted on 01/09/2013 12:52:43 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Liberty and Freedom!)
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How sad! I hope they catch the perps. Could the motive be assasination?


3 posted on 01/09/2013 12:53:36 PM PST by DBrow
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Somewhat pertinent:

http://www.zjstech.net/~ddixson/Unintended_Consequences.pdf


4 posted on 01/09/2013 12:55:35 PM PST by elpinta (Jer. 10:23 - It really holds true!)
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To: DBrow

Is the Pope Catholic?


5 posted on 01/09/2013 12:55:35 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: RoosterRedux

“FPSRussia is the tenth most-viewed channel on YouTube”

hmmm....


6 posted on 01/09/2013 12:56:54 PM PST by ILS21R (Everything is a conspiracy. No? You're living in one.)
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To: DBrow

Ya think? Now the left is using assassination to implement their gun grabbing schemes. Bank on that.


7 posted on 01/09/2013 12:58:56 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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Here's why its so popular...VIDEO
8 posted on 01/09/2013 1:00:17 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Liberty and Freedom!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Have police interviewed the guns yet?
They could have assaulted him!
Guns did it.

[/sarc - do I really have to have this tag?]


9 posted on 01/09/2013 1:01:42 PM PST by SparkyBass
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Anti-gunners taking out 2nd amendment advocates by shooting them with...GUNS! Kinda like screwing for virginity. Effing hypocrisy!


10 posted on 01/09/2013 1:03:59 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: DBrow

of course...if it was an assassination, nobody will ever find out who did it unless the assassin himself tells us. The interesting part would be who was paying him.


11 posted on 01/09/2013 1:06:40 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance........)
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To: RoosterRedux

popular/famous enough this guy has his own picture memes.


12 posted on 01/09/2013 1:07:44 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Impala64ssa

I think it’s time for the strategy I’ve been thinking about:

Piss off a gun grabbing liberal: Shoot back!


13 posted on 01/09/2013 1:09:29 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: B.O. Plenty

George Soros comes to mind.


14 posted on 01/09/2013 1:11:06 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: ILS21R

My whole family enjoys FPSRussia. It’s fun and fantastic.


15 posted on 01/09/2013 1:11:27 PM PST by Marie ("The last time Democrats gloated this hard after a health care victory, they lost 60 House seats.")
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R.I.P. Keith

Another innocent casualty of the growing war on the 2nd Amendment?

NRA pres : Paper demonized gun owners.

16 posted on 01/09/2013 1:14:37 PM PST by Errant
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I wonder how big a check Soros had to write for that hit.


17 posted on 01/09/2013 1:19:24 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: RoosterRedux; Travis McGee

The Dirty War begins...


18 posted on 01/09/2013 1:20:12 PM PST by Noumenon (One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
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Hickok45 and Nutnfancy should watch their six. Though I’m sure they know that more than I.


19 posted on 01/09/2013 1:25:26 PM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: B.O. Plenty
of course...if it was an assassination, nobody will ever find out who did it unless the assassin himself tells us.

Dead men tell no tales.

The interesting part would be who was paying him.

The same guy that will pay the guy who silences the first assassin when he's no longer useful...

20 posted on 01/09/2013 1:43:09 PM PST by null and void (Avg # victims per incident, if shooter stopped by armed civilian: 3, if stopped by a policeman: 14)
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