Friends, students try to make sense of Pataskala murder-suicide

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... Pataskala police found John Eckard, 46; Robin Eckard, 45; and Nicholas Michael Gabriel Eckard, 9, dead Thursday morning in their 13160 Havens Corner Road SW home. Investigators think Robin and Nicholas were shot by John while asleep in their respective bedrooms, according to a Pataskala police news release. John was found in the living room with what appears to be a self-inflicted shot to the head, according to the news release ... http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20091107/NEWS01/911070317/1002

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1. Guess this 'man of faith' didn't want to go to heaven all alone

so he took his wife & son along for the ride. Good thing for him that nobody had grabbed his guns, huh? There are too many things that can go wrong in a murder-suicide without a trusty sidearm, boy howdy!

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2. So, what's your plan to deal with knives?

'Cause that would be next on the list, right?

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3. Killing people with a knife requires a lot more commitment: it's harder

work; it's often messy; and it's close-up and personal; a conscious victim is likely to make noise; a conscious target is less likely to misjudge intent, when the killer appears drenched in blood; and an attempt to run away from a knife is more likely to succeed than an attempt to run away from a gun

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4. Knives require getting up close & personal

some cowards won't take the risk, preferring instead to maintain the advantage with a magic boom-stick. Throwing rocks requires a bit of strength & fine motor control, and those with Parkinson's need all the advantage they can get. Jabbing with a pointy stick introduces the possibility that the target will take it away from the attacker and fuck him with it. Yep, good thing he had unfettered access to a gun! It's a gawd-given right, yunno.

Sticks, stones, knives are all readily available, but if you want some killin' done, you're ALWAYS going for the gun! Accept no substitute.