SITTING IN A CAR ON A PUBLIC ROAD ISN'T TRESPESSING OR STALKING YOU FUCKING LUNATIC!
Or maybe it is, because who can resist having a pop at Nintendo?
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Florida Man shot at Pokemon Go players parking on road outside his house at 1:30AM
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SITTING IN A CAR ON A PUBLIC ROAD ISN'T TRESPESSING OR STALKING YOU FUCKING LUNATIC!
Or maybe it is, because who can resist having a pop at Nintendo?
Chû Totoro
Member
I would say, f*cked up country.
Oh, so you're a coward then, afraid of anything that moves?
br0ken_shad0w
Member
You'd think so but this is the same state that let George Zimmerman off the hook so
¯_(ツ
_/¯TheAutomator
Banned
You are not helping your case.
It's the people not remembering they were once teenagers and suddenly needing the youngins to be put in their place.
Askherserenity
Member
Reading some of these paranoid comments in this thread is pretty damn ironic.
blanket indictments against race and religion are frowned on, even banworthy. Blanket indictments on the US, particular the southern US are A OK, even when they promote the same ignorance and stupidity of the former.
Having a gun doesn't mean you have the right to go investigate and detain people. He left the safety of his home, went into a public street to play cop and try and hold people against their will at gun point. And then fired at them. Taking into account all of that you'd think it'd be an open and shut case but I haven't heard that they arrested him
sir_kevith
Member
Someone just says "ban guns" in a topic about someone who can't control theirs on an anonymous impersonal website and you fuckin fly off the handle that easy???
Salty Rice
Member
Every idiot in Murica owning a gun is the real problem.
Every time some idiot says they need more guns to prevent such shit, BANG! BANG! i cant believe how such a large portion of this country is so stupid and literally crazy.
Every time some idiot says they need more guns to prevent such shit, BANG! BANG! i cant believe how such a large portion of this country is so stupid and literally crazy.
TheAutomator
Banned
Sure. Let's just ignore the shootings that are happening all over the country.
Dangansona
Member
As far as I understand, it's always Florida because they have state laws that require the police to release reports on criminal activity more openly than most other states in America.
ThatArcher
Member
I was thinking the same. People are saying the kids shouldn't be in a strange neighborhood but the article doesn't say that they weren't maybe in their own neighborhood.
The jumping to conclusion here is insane
It's not even about Pokemon Go. They could stop there for any other reason like consulting the map, calling someone, having some food etc etc. They would still be 100% blameless.
Some new developments:
He actually hit a tyre? Jesus Christ.
Some new developments:
He actually hit a tyre? Jesus Christ.
What did he mean by this?
Member
The blanket indictment against the US is the 2nd amendment.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
So that justifies ignorant stereotypes? Lets take a post from this very thread:
and change it to
How is that different?
Religion and races aren't product ownership. People owning a product aren't afforded the same consideration or protections because that would be fucking stupid.
WordAssassin
Member
He blew a tire and also put a bunch of holes in the side or back of the car as well. The kids could have been killed and they quite literally barely escaped with their lives simply because they stopped their car to look at their phones in a public street in front of a murderous psychopath's house.
Neither is a nationality, which seems to be the point you're missing. American =/= gun owner. I don't own a gun. Your logic is flawed.
I don't think you could come up with one convincing reason why someone needs to be able to carry a concealed handgun with them wherever they go. Not like you're out hunting at all times of the day with a handgun.
OT, my brother and I were talking about this exact situation happening when the app first came out and wondering how long it would take. It actually took longer for this story to break then we had guessed.
Yup. Blame the game, not the people. Classic.
WordAssassin
Member
You know what let's let everyone keep their shitty guns but let's Minority Report everyone so the second they even have a passing thought of using their gun for murder they can be thrown in jail.
TheAutomator
Banned
Is is still a stereotype if it still happens everyday? Muslim bombings are not nearly as common as shootings in America.
Doesn't it say the vehicle sped right at him - clearly he thought they were robbers and was going to question them. Then he panicked.
Although that doesn't make him right as they were in the street, so he had no right to do what he did
And lol at everyone getting mad at this guy, he just finds it funny people are wandering around in the middle of the night catching pokemon
I caught Rayquaza last night around 1:30... in Sapphire.
Although that doesn't make him right as they were in the street, so he had no right to do what he did
And lol at everyone getting mad at this guy, he just finds it funny people are wandering around in the middle of the night catching pokemon
I caught Rayquaza last night around 1:30... in Sapphire.
zenosparadox
Member
Too late. I already see a bunch of idiot posts making that assumption.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
We really should ban guns though. You venture over to Off Topic much?
I don't get this. are you saying it's unlikely that two teens would be doing that? Because it's not, like at all.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
It's weird how gun owners become such hot heads because they have a weapon on them. I wonder how you are without your gun?
OnimaruXLR
Member
Because foreigners having half-formed surface level opinions about the US doesn't really do anything but embarrass Americans, but people having half-formed surface level opinions about Muslims gets innocent people blown up and encouraged crime against Muslims who live in non-predominantly Islamic countries?
Then criminals will keep there guns because they clearly don't care and the licensed to carry innocents will be defenseless
http://qz.com/518477/charted-this-is-the-gun-ownership-minority-in-america-that-has-a-big-impact-on-national-policy/
Sounds like a stereotype to me. Please rail on the NRA, who is responsible for our shitty gun enforcement policies. Most Americans are not out to shoot and kill everything that they view a threat.
WordAssassin
Member
It says that he went outside and held them at gunpoint which is fucking illegal, and then they sped the fuck out of there because they were probably scared out of their god damned minds and he fucking fired at them leaving holes in their car and blowing out a fucking tire.
There is no justification at all for what he did, ever, period, which was holding two teenagers hostage in their own car in a public place and then attempting to murder them. If he was concerned he should have locked his front door and called the fucking police.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
That's what he claims they did, but according to the Sheriff's Office, they were driving away when he shot. Since he managed to strike the vehicle, it should be easy for investigators to figure out what direction the car was moving in while he was shooting.
Salty Rice
Member
Lets just ignore the rest of the world i guess.
America isnt the only country with criminals and other countries dont need arm every human being with a gun.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
The issue is far more complicated than this. Banning is the start. It works and we have the evidence to prove it does.
Dude, if you're sitting in front of my house at 1:30 am in the morning, I'm taking down your license plate and asking you to leave with a bat in my hand. For all I know you are just another group of heroin addicts that have been breaking into cars and houses in the neighborhood. If I find out it's for video games, I'm definitely calling the cops.
You have to understand how bad that looks.
The rest of the world is not America, we are not your culture or your way of life. America is a gun culture, plain and simple. You don't just undo that.
cheezcake
Member
Because who does it really hurt when people state an obviously caricatured view of what, in the end, is the most powerful country on Earth and their citizens. Some frail egos? Who cares.
When you make that comment amount Muslims, or similar comments about minorities in general, it should be really fucking obvious what very bad element of society that serves to reinforce.
Also let's not forget that this is very much a problem America, and America alone, faces in terms of the developed world. Where as your "equivalent" comment about Muslims made basically no sense.
As evidenced by all the gun violence in countries such as the UK, where there is a gun ban?
Oh wait...
TheAutomator
Banned
Is this satire?
...it's the kids street, too.
We should not be so stricken by fear. There is something tremendously wrong here.
WordAssassin
Member
And you have to understand that there is a difference between walking outside with a bat and asking someone to leave and holding someone at gunpoint and shooting at them when they do.
"If it takes more than one step to complete a process you might as well not even bother at all."
Also what the fuck are you gonna do with that bat if you ask them to leave a public place which you have no right to do and they tell you to fuck off? You gonna assault them with it?