Posted on 01/05/2014 8:16:30 AM PST by marktwain
Entrance to Frank's Gun Shop by Ashley Hardway |
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That led to Tuesday's shooting, police said, when Edmundson walked about 200 yards from the Tunnelton Inn parking lot to Frank's Gun and Taxidermy Shop. Police said surveillance video showed Edmundson walk inside the store, take a pistol from the display case and point it at Petro as he returned from a back room. They said he shot Petro twice, and Petro fell to the ground.But Frank Petro is tougher than Edmundson figures. Petro manages to shoot his attacker as Edmundson is pouring black powder and accelerant around the store preparatory to torching it. Edmundson shoots Petro in the head to finish him off, then calls 911 because of his wound.
Investigators then said Edmundson poured a black powder and an accelerant around the gun shop, at which point Petro fired at Edmundson, wounding him in the leg. Police said video shows Edmundson walk over to Petro and shoot him a third and fourth time in the face.Edmundson tries to claim that the shooting was in self defense, but the video reveals everything. Edmunson was a police officer in 1995, but was convicted of stealing as part of a drug task force. He since worked as a paramedic and as a confidential informant for the state police.
Every life is precious, but multiple studies show that a gun is far, far more likely to cost you your life than to protect you, as Mr. Petro and others have found out.I find the argument silly. Edmundson had already decided to murder Frank Petro and burn down the shop to cover it up. Does any sane person believe that if it had not been a gun shop, that Edmundson would not have come up with another gun or another method to murder Petro with? I believe it far more likely that if Frank Petro would not have had guns, Edmundson would have been successful in his murder/arson. Instead, while Frank Petro died at the hands of an extremely dangerous criminal with police training, that criminal's career has been ended and likely will no longer endanger the community.
The tickets appeared at first glance to be legal, but Indiana County investigators are working to trace their roots, District Attorney Patrick Dougherty said at a news conference. He did not go into detail about how the ticket sales worked.
"Do you think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. Theres no way to rule innocent men. The only power the government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there arent enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."
Strange story. Perfect for a made for TV movie.
(I’m always using the full Ferris to Reardon quote. Ayn was even more prescient than Orwell in ‘1984’.)
Good story
Tony Soprano is in that story somewhere.
It is strange. It sounds like both men were involved in criminal activity. I'm just curious as to how the fake cop found out the lottery tickets were fake.
We do not know the lottery tickets were fake. It does not say.
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