Discussion: Police Believe Texas Man Accidentally Shot, Killed Roommate During Home Invasion

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Clearly his roommate should have been armed, that way this all would have been avoided.

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Or, Texas Man Hates Roommate, Uses Home Intrusion As Excuse To Murder Him.

If you’ve ever had a roommate from hell, this headline makes a bit more sense.

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The death of the roommate is felony murder to be charged to the home invaders. I have zero problem with a gun being used for self-defense inside of a home against armed robbers. I have problems with the idiots who are carrying the guns on the street.

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Maybe the roommate should have been wearing a hat with flashing lights and sign ‘Don’t shoot me Bro’? < sigh >

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Wayne sez this is the kind of world we just have to live in.

Wayne sez we NEED all the guns we can get to keep us save from ni(CLANG)…uh…home invaders.

Wayne sez…what? The roommate is what?

Never mind.

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He was

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The problem here is that this exact scenario illustrates why some people should NOT respond with gunfire. Just because you have a gun and know how to shoot doesn’t mean you should. Here, he killed his roommate. It doesn’t matter that he won’t be prosecuted. What matters that someone is dead.

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Well good for you. I bet the family of the roommate may feel a bit different though.

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An “accident” is when your car hits an unexpected patch of ice in the road. When you pull the trigger of a piece of hardware designed to kill people, it is not an accident.

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Helps if the would be defender doesn’t shoot the people he is claiming to defend. I have a problem with that.

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roomate said I told him time and time again do not drink MY MILK did he listen NO…

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Another needless tragedy. But then again, it’s Texas–a tragedy around every corner.

http://www.examiner.com/article/possessing-a-gun-makes-you-less-safe-not-more-safe

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The only thing that can stop a roommate with a gun, is another roommate with a gun.

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But they died FREE…

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2 out of 3 ain’t bad!

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This is clearly liberal propaganda because it’s just not possible. Everybody Knows that it is impossible for a Good Guy With a Gun to miss or otherwise inflict injury on innocent bystanders. Don’t you libs ever watch Action Movies? The Good Guy With a Gun always puts every round into the Bad Guy With a Gun who dies an explosively gratifying slow motion blood spraying death with no harm to anyone in the vicinity.

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I’m sure the deceased roommate is happy that the man who shot him dead won’t be charged.

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Meh. 50% “collateral damage” is pretty good in the minds of the “ammo-sexuals”.

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Its almost as if its the fault of the person whose home got invaded that his home got invaded. It is the fault of the armed robbers breaking into the house that anyone got shot at all. No home invasion=no one getting shot. Hence the felony murder doctrine.