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Family says someone fired shots at truck that flew Confederate flag
WSOCTV.com ^ | July 21, 2015 | Ken Lemon

Posted on 07/22/2015 3:46:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

A Gastonia family has removed a Confederate flag from their truck after they said someone fired half a dozen gunshots at them this weekend.

The shooting happened Saturday night and bullets narrowly missed a passenger's head.

The family showed Eyewitness News reporter Ken Lemon the damage and told him they believe they were targeted.

The father of two, who did not want to be identified, took it down and told Lemon it's not worth flying anymore.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsoctv.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: battleflag; confederate; csa; flag; watchman
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1 posted on 07/22/2015 3:46:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

imagine if bullets whizzed passed the heads of those w/ the fag flag sticker on their car


2 posted on 07/22/2015 3:48:13 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Timber Rattler

It is a piece of cloth. People are taking it way too seriously. People are going to die? Maybe Roof will get his race war after all.


3 posted on 07/22/2015 3:51:38 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Timber Rattler
...they believe they were targeted...

Ya think?
4 posted on 07/22/2015 3:52:05 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Powered by RAGE)
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To: Timber Rattler
If you aren't 'allowed' to return fire, it's pretty tough.

Unfortunately, a real racist prosecutor would say the flag was provocation, so self-defense would not be allowed as a legal defense.

5 posted on 07/22/2015 3:53:51 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: ComputerGuy

I live just about 20 minutes from Gastonia . . in Hildebran, NC . . and the Confederate flag flies past my house on a daily basis. And it has always been cheered during the Hildebran Memorial Day Parade. Maybe not this year though.


6 posted on 07/22/2015 3:55:45 AM PDT by ElainaVer
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To: ElainaVer

I grew up 20 minutes or so away on the SC side from there and never a shortage of them when I am up that way.


7 posted on 07/22/2015 3:59:13 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I have a Ruger sticker and Glock decal on my back window of the F-150. I’ve never been shot at.


8 posted on 07/22/2015 4:00:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Timber Rattler

All according to plan........


9 posted on 07/22/2015 4:06:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

Perhaps we should start firing at the rainbow flags and crap the gays proudly display. Might make a big difference there as well and cause them to remove or take their “rainbows” down. But then..........?


10 posted on 07/22/2015 4:12:07 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Timber Rattler

“The father of two, who did not want to be identified, took it down and told Lemon it’s not worth flying anymore.”

Well, way to give in.


11 posted on 07/22/2015 4:14:49 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Yeah... you really gotta ask yourself if this issue is worth losing a kid over...


12 posted on 07/22/2015 4:21:19 AM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: ElainaVer

The only sticker I’ve ever displayed on a vehicle is a USMC sticker on my old beach buggy. Over the years I have resisted the temptation to display anything of a political nature, especially anything to mark me as a proud Son of the Confederacy, which I am. The reason: I don’t want to give any affirmative action state trooper (of which there are many) any excuse to stop me and manufacture some situation which might be the downfall of both of us.


13 posted on 07/22/2015 4:21:56 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Powered by RAGE)
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To: Oberon

Unfortunately, the left will just move on to the next issue and behave the same way.


14 posted on 07/22/2015 4:24:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: sten

Appears the Second Civil War may have started!


15 posted on 07/22/2015 4:30:08 AM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: Timber Rattler

They won’t be found and no charges will ever come of it.

It’s open season on whites.


16 posted on 07/22/2015 4:32:14 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (The Sun Never Sets on Liberal Idiocy)
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To: ComputerGuy

Very wise on your part...

I think we would also be wise to avoid those stupid gun stickers as well. Makes you stand out like a sore thumb and could provoke any one of the multitude of insane libs out there on the roadways.


17 posted on 07/22/2015 4:36:42 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (The Sun Never Sets on Liberal Idiocy)
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To: ElainaVer
Maybe not this year though.

That would be a great shame...

18 posted on 07/22/2015 4:45:17 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: VanDeKoik

“Well, way to give in.”

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He’s a father of two.


19 posted on 07/22/2015 4:46:40 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God bless the United States of America.)
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To: Timber Rattler

20 posted on 07/22/2015 4:47:52 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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