He thought he could miss with the handgun - you cant miss with a 12.

Now considering the other stupid thread, the real question is... WAS HE A DEMOCRAT?

Dear god...

Originally posted by FraternitasSaturni
He thought he could miss with the handgun - you cant miss with a 12.

Now considering the other stupid thread, the real question is... WAS HE A DEMOCRAT?

Dear god...

That was my thoughts to, he was scared he would miss.. since they didn't specify the caliber of handgun it was, who knows.. if it was a large caliber, I don't think he had to worry about missing lol.

I would have to think it was because he did fear ending up a vegetable, and wanted to make sure he was nicely splattered.

But I have to throw my mind along with the wind, you know, what angle could there be... can it be somehow tied to the gun debate - was he a patsy, doped up and sent in with the squirrels in his ear telling him to end it all, psyop, bluebeam, nwo style etc etc.. no doubt those who desire to will find some truth there...

who knows.

At least he didn't take out others. Has to be a first time I've read "Gunman robs gun store with gun. shoots self after." in a thread on ATS however!!

Well.. before saying more, I'd ask one thing. What was his level of knowledge or experience with Police, Medical or Mental Health professions? If he'd had real contact? Then...I'll buy that he actually put the thought into the fact a fair % of those who try suicide with a firearm ..FAIL...and the failure is usually far worse than dying would have been.

I just tend to think very very few people think of that. I know it only because I heard my father and other cops talk about it..before hearing it again from Psych professionals at the college. People have a human nature and that nature tends to fight by twitch at the last second...making too many a "Near suicide".


IF my first thoughts are right and he has no experience to suggest he'd be thinking like a cop or a psych? Then he's a real piece of crap and a poster with his picture wouldn't be statement enough.

A handgun makes a head wound. A small to fair size hole going in...and a larger hole to half his head going on the way out. Makes a big mess on the wall behind him as he shoots. I'll NOT link pictures for crime scene photos ..but suffice it to say, plenty are out there.

A shotgun ....erases the head as if it had never friggin been there. You don't have a wall with a mess..you have a ROOM with 2-3 walls covered in what was once his brains and skull. I think he wanted to go out in as big a flash and splash as possible and make as big a mess as possible ......and short of a hand grenade, he did it.

Maybe he walked in there with the intention of stealing firearms and ammo to go on a spree style shooting and couldn't go through with it at the last minute. There are too many unknowns about the mans personal life to draw any real conclusions though. Could have recently lost his job, wife, house, you name it, everyone handles stress differently and some people can't handle stress at all.

Ultimately the flaw in this approach is that we're seeking to impose a framework of rationality over an act, or series of acts that, by definition, were irrational.

Originally posted by Hefficide

Ultimately the flaw in this approach is that we're seeking to impose a framework of rationality over an act, or series of acts that, by definition, were irrational.

Good point, that's why I didn't put it in a more serious forum for a serious debate, I just thought the guy went to a lot of effort to end his life, when he had an easier way out.

America seems to be in a Great Depression.
Just yesterday I was reading about the guy who shot himself dead in front of kids.