Man shoots and kills 15 year old for walking on his lawn - is THIS

[NRaleighLiberal]

the sort of world that the current misadministration is cultivating???

http://www.wral.com/news/8157594/detail.html

A world of short tempers, low threshold for flexibility, on edge, shoot first....so, so sad.

[trotsky]

1. Welcome to the Ownership Society. n/t

[proReality]

2. We do seem to be cultivating...

rude, crude and violent these days. It's depressing.

[Flying Dream Blues]

3. That is completely insane. What a tragedy! Can you even imagine?? nt

[leftchick]

4. he is a lawn nazi

I had a neighbor like that but this one is clearly insane...

<snip>

"I just killed a kid," Martin said, according to a recording of the Sunday afternoon call released by police in Union Township, near this city about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.

Martin, 66, is charged with murdering 15-year-old Larry Mugrage, who lived next door to the house where Martin kept a meticulous front lawn with grass that he could sometimes be seen measuring to the inch.

Police said crossing that lawn is what got Mugrage killed. Martin, who lived alone, told officers he'd had several disputes with neighbors about walking on his grass, but hadn't called police since 2003, Union Township police Lt. Scott Gaviglia said.

In the 911 call, Martin, a retired Ford Motor Co. worker with no criminal record, told the dispatcher that Mugrage had been "making the other kids harass me and my place, tearing things up."

"I shot him with a (word deleted) .410 shotgun twice," Martin told the dispatcher.

[cantstandbush]

5. NRA to the rescue! n/t

[KG]

6. remember, guns don't kill people,

oh, fuck it, yes they do.

[FormerDittoHead]

8. With no gun, he would have "weed wacked" the kid to death! n/t

[stepnw1f]

13. It Would Have Been That Much Harder

to kill that kid. For some reason, I think the kid would have been alive today, if the dipshit had tried with a weed wacker.

[dogday]

7. Shouldn't he at least have a "keep off the grass or we

will shoot sign on his property:sarcasm:

[PassingFair]

9. The guy is obviously CRAZY.

:crazy:

We have a couple like this down the street from us.
When we had our driveway redone a few years ago,
we had to park down the street. We parked in
front of their house a few times, and the wife
ACTUALLY came to our house ENRAGED that we had
parked in front of their house. She was actually
SHAKING with anger.

I tried to explain that our driveway was torn up,
and we had to wait for the cement to dry before
we could use our drive, and that they didn't ACTUALLY
OWN the street in front of their house, but I basically
just backed off and moved the car.

It was obviously VERY important to these two.
Probably OB/COM couple and unable to deal with
a change in routine, however small.

[blueknight]

10. this guy lives in the district

which gave us that crazy bitch congresswoman jean schmidt. the repug puke bitch that made an ass of herself in congress

[kurth]

12. Happened where I lived

85-year-old woman came out, shot and killed a man for parking in front of her house. The man was lost and had stopped to check his map.

[ewagner]

11. Insanity. Not Politics

This man is clearly insane but I don't think it can be attributed to the NRA, or the Bush Administration policies.

Insanity happens.

What a tragedy.

[global1]

14. I Blame Everything That Bad That Happens On The * Administration.....

it helps me keep my sanity.

[madinmaryland]

15. It's the Clenis's fault.

Whats wrong with you? :sarcasm:

[bottomofthehill]

19. Newt blamed 40 years of Democratic Rule in the House

As the reason that that woman (I cant remember the name) drove her car into the pond and killed her children.

I am with you, blame everything on the Republicans as they control all.

[Jim Warren]

16. BOING!!!

Strung too tight? There are signs of that.

< Neighbors said Martin was quiet, often sitting out in front of his one-story home with its neat lawn, well-trimmed shrubbery and flag pole with U.S. and Navy flags flying. >

[shenmue]

17. Don't you know he was trying to steal the lawn?

Damn lawn stealers! Take that!

:scared:

Seriously, what a demented asshole. Yes, this is the world B*** wants.

[monktonman]

18. Welcome to Ohio!

[Kingshakabobo]

20. Doe this count as one of those RTKBA "success stories?"

I mean the kid WAS on his lawn. He WAS violating his private property.