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Florida Man shot at Pokemon Go players parking on road outside his house at 1:30AM
- Thread starter massoluk
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Oh NO THEY DONT.
SinCityAssassin
Member
And this is why I'll never go to Florida.
You are stupid. Someone is on their car in the street playing a game. Some deranged, self righteous lunatic has a gun and decides to save the
I myself played Pokemon GO at around the same time at night leaving a bar with a friend and we had great fun chasing Pokemons and even met other people playing the game around a Pokestop with Lure. I live in the UK, so needless to say I didn’t suffer the problem of having someone pointing a gun at me because of that.
You don't fool no one, Florida Man. Get out of here.
Also:
MisterHero
Super Member
(Today, 01:35 PM)
Weltall Zero
Member
You forgot the part where people go "well why were you doing slightly weird thing? I'm not saying you deserve to be shot dead, but...".
Dancing Queen
Banned
Why it took so long
mcz117chief
Member
I don't understand one thing though, how did two kids get a car? Can kids legally drive cars in America?
Think about it. These kids were minding their own business in a public place. Have you ever noticed how many criminals are found in public places? I think there's more to this story.
Yes. They're called teenagers.
Yes. They're called teenagers.
OnimaruXLR
Member
Should I be proud of the fact that I don't shoot at the strange cars I see on the side of the road in the suburbs now? I always just assumed there were teens getting it on in them or something.
MisterHero
Super Member
I'm more open to public spaces at night, but not residential areas.
It's common sense
WeAreStarStuff
Member
Someone get me out of this ridiculous country.
Pretty much. Crazy story.
They were teenagers.
forgeforsaken
Member
The teens reaction to the whole thing is almost as worrying
have we become this inured to gun violence?
have we become this inured to gun violence?
scoobidoo112
Member
I just can't even imagine living in a country where someone can (try to) shoot you for no reason, at any time, at any place, whilst the majority of my fellow citizens think it's normal. How many teenagers and children have been murdered in this fashion, because some gun-toting a-hole 'heard a noise' or 'felt threatened' and just started shooting anything that moved.
Yup. Hanging around outside people's houses at those times can easily be unnerving to residents.
No need to come out gun toting like a lunatic though.
Common sense needed for both parties.
mcz117chief
Member
Teenagers can legally drive in the United States? I thought it was 18+.
gonna assume they mean that because they initially didn't see any bullet holes they thought he was shooting blanks at them. obviously you should still report it though.
quickwhips
Member
I hate when people park in front of my house but this is crazy.
djplaeskool
Member
In most states you can get a learners permit starting at 15 and can be fully licensed at 16
nope 16 you do a driver's education course, if you pass you get a learners permit, which requires you to drive with an adult in the car for awhile, then you can drive by yourself but not after ten, then anytime. Not sure on the timeframe for each phase though, been awhile.
D1renegade
Member
Are we sure this guy isn't covering for Hood Squirtle?
mcz117chief
Member
TIL, thank you
We call them adults in here, not teenagers. Teenagers are like 11-17.
thomasmahler
Member
What year is it? It shouldn't be okay ANYWHERE to go "Oh, these young kids probably stole something from me, so I better murder them", especially not in the US.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Florida is where many north easterners go after retiring. No more shoveling snow and cheaper cost of living.
These gun owners think that because they have a firearm, they're Dirty Harry. Take the law into their own hands. It's unreal.
djplaeskool
Member
There's probably a fairly sizable segment of the population for whom parking in front of a strangers house at 1:30AM, playing a mobile game, and loudly conversing about it would qualify as more than "slightly weird."
Not enough to excuse this sort of street justice BS, all things considered.
In Florida the legal age to drive is 16.
TIL, thank you
We call them adults in here, not teenagers. Teenagers are like 11-17.
You can still be a legal adult and still be a teenager.
And yes, what a stupid, stupid man . . .
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
With geocaching and now Pokemon go, I've learned that people are ready to overreact at the drop of the hat.
These kids just minding their own business and playing a game? Clearly the danger to society.
These kids just minding their own business and playing a game? Clearly the danger to society.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
About 11pm the other night I fired the app up and noticed Pikachu was in my neighborhood. I wouldn't and shouldn't fear for my life to go out looking for it.
Cops would probably be more likely to shoot at the teens.
mcz117chief
Member
Glitchesarecool
Member
I should have figured this thread was going to be filled by people saying "LOL AMERICA AMIRTE?!" like people stopping in front of your house at 1:30am is completely normal. He took it a step too far because they were still on the road, of course, so he should be prosecuted, but the kids aren't entirely blameless either.
I don't get going out at night like that. You know how shady it looks for a car to drive up to an area, stop, and then keep going? Hell it makes me uncomfortable hitting the couple of Pokestops on the way home during the daytime.
I don't get going out at night like that. You know how shady it looks for a car to drive up to an area, stop, and then keep going? Hell it makes me uncomfortable hitting the couple of Pokestops on the way home during the daytime.
Sitting in their car in a public place. I better shoot them.
The freedom to be outside at 11:30 in some suburban area is one of the essential freedoms as laid out by FDR. Quite living in fear and stop blaming these kids for not living in fear either.
Yeah, there's nothing illegal about parking in surburbia at any time of day
The teenagers are entirely, 100% blameless. Any other view is actively dangerous to a free and safe society.
I live in Canada and I feel comfortable doing whatever at all hours of the night as long as I'm not literally opening someone's front door and I feel zero threat of being shot. When I lived in Georgia for 5 years I did not.
cj_iwakura
Member
Natives are indeed very rare overall. Most are either from someplace else or want to leave ASAP.
Sad Affleck
Member
Well if the kids also had guns they could have defended themselves and have a good-old american wild west shootout as God intended, instead of running away like cowards. Guns don't kill people, weird japanese monsters kill people.
At some point you'll have to do something about gun control, America.